Friday, January 27, 2012

Coppa Italia Quarterfinals

Juventus 3-0 AS Roma
Chievo Verona 0-1 Siena
Napoli 2-0 Internazionale
AC Milan 3-1 Lazio

Emanuele Giaccherni scored first for Juventus in the sixth minute and Alessandro del Piero hit a rocket at the half hour mark. Eric Lamela was sent off for Roma, already down 2-0, at 69', and Simon Kjaer made matters worse with his own goal at the death.

Siena squeezed out a victory at Chievo with a goal from substitute Mattia Destro at 54 minutes. Destro came on and almost immediately scored. Siena were down to ten men soon after when Paolo Grossi was sent off at the hour mark.

Napoli beat Inter thanks to two goal from Edison Cavani, the final insurance goal coming deep into stoppage time. Napoli will now face Siena in the semifinals.

Milan came from behind to score three unanswered goals as they eliminated Lazio from the competition. Lazio took the early lead as Djibril Cisse scored in the fifth minute. Robinho and Clarence Seedorf scored in quick succession at 15' and 18' to put the hosts on top, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic coming off the bench to put in the final goal six minutes from full time. AC Milan now face Juventus in the semifinals.

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