On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the quarterfinal matches of the "Coppa Italia" were played, in which four more clubs emerged, advancing to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Two days ago, the team "Roma", currently in the second place of the "Serie A" table, secured a ticket to the next stage after a tough battle. The capital city footballers defeated "Empoli" by only scoring in extra time, with Daniele De Rossi securing the victory in the 114th minute.
On Thursday, two matches were played, with the main match time being enough. "Fiorentina" from Florence settled all matters in the first half against Bergamo's "Atalanta" and defeated the opponents with a score of 3-1. Mario Gomez scored a double for "Viola".
At the same time, a match took place at the "San Siro" stadium between Milan's "Inter" and Genoa's "Sampdoria" teams. The students of Roberto Mancini, who were playing at home, managed to defeat the opponents who were higher in the "Serie A" table, much to the joy of the gathered fans. However, the guests had to play almost the entire match without the expelled Nenad Krstičičius, and at the end of the second half, "Sampdoria" was left with only nine players.
Goals were scored by Xherdan Shaqiri, who accurately shot after a pass from Lukas Podolski, and forward Mauro Icardi.
In today's matches, the fans witnessed another extra time. This time, the 90 minutes were not enough for the "Napoli" and "Udinese" teams to determine their relationship. The main time ended with a score of 1-1, but both teams managed to score another goal in the first half of extra time. It is worth mentioning that at that time, Udinese's players were already fighting with ten players.
During the last 15 minutes, neither team managed to do anything more, so the winner had to be determined in an 11-meter penalty shootout. It was there that the Neapolitans were more precise.
Results:
"Roma" 2 - 1 "Empoli" [1-0] 5' Juan Manuel Iturbe [1-1] 80' Simone Verdi [2-1] 114' Daniele De Rossi
"Fiorentina" 3 - 1 "Atalanta" [1-0] 6' Mario Gomez [2-0] 11' Juan Cuadrado (from the penalty spot) [3-0] 27' Mario Gomez [3-1] 39' Rolando Bianchi 84' Marcos Alonso ("Fiorentina") sent off
"Inter" 2 - 0 "Sampdoria" 11' Nenad Krstičičius ("Sampdoria") sent off [1-0] 71' Xherdan Shaqiri 77' Pawel Wszolek ("Sampdoria") sent off [2-0] 87' Mauro Icardi
"Napoli" 2 - 2 "Udinese" (after a penalty shootout) [0-1] 58' Cyril Thereau [1-1] 65' Jorginho (from the penalty spot) 68' Silvan Widmer ("Udinese") sent off [2-1] 99' Marek Hamšík [2-2] 104' Panagiotis Kone
Quarterfinal matchups:
"AC Milan" - Rome's "Lazio" Milan's "Inter" - "Napoli" "Roma" - Fiorentina from Florence Turin's "Juventus" - "Parma"
