A surprise was recorded tonight (Tuesday) in the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup. The modest Spezia ousted Roma after a big 2: 4 in extra time and will next meet Napoli.
16 points separate the teams in the league, but like the cliché article, into its own rules trophy. Already in the sixth minute Andrei Glavinov set 0: 1 for Spatija with an accurate penalty and after a quarter of an hour the result was already 0: 2. Ricardo Saponera kicked a sharp ball from an extension to the right corner and inside and stunned Roma.
The team from the Italian capital returned to matters on the verge of the half thanks to a successful penalty by Lorenzo Pellegrini in the 43rd minute. Later, Henrik Mkhitaryan made sure to send the game into extra time with a great finish inside in the 73rd minute, which set up 2: 2.
With the opening of extra time, Roma were left with nine players after Gianluca Mancini was sent off in the second yellow and immediately after the goalkeeper Pau Lopez absorbed a direct red. Spezia took advantage of the numerical advantage when Daniela Varda in the 107th minute and Saponera in the 119th minute made sure to decide the fate of the game with a big 2: 4.
