On Thursday evening, the first round of the Italian Cup quarter-finals was played. The first team to secure a spot in the quarter-finals were the players of "Torino", who defeated "Genoa" after a penalty shootout. "Genoa" took the lead in the 14th minute after Andrea Favilli's goal, but in the 23rd minute "Torino" equalized with a goal from Lorenzo De Silvestri. During the remaining regular time, neither team scored a goal and had to play extra time. At the end of the first half of extra time, "Torino" was left to play with one player less - Soualiho Meite was sent off. "Genoa" failed to take advantage of their numerical superiority and the teams had to settle the score in the penalty shootout. "Torino" players were more precise in the penalty shootout, converting all five penalties and beating "Genoa" with a result of 5:4, advancing to the quarter-finals of the tournament.
