The round of sixteen was the point at which any foreign interest in the competition was extinguished as Nagoya Grampus were thrashed by a rampant Atalanta side. The Nerazzurri were in fantastic form and had to thank the inspirational Simone Magnaghi
Varese continued their steady pace with victory over Siena, thanks to key players Daniel Ferriera and top scorer Giuseppe De Luca.
Meanwhile, Juventus found a talent in the shape of Filippo Boniperti who had been injured up until yesterdays match. Nephew of the great Giampiero Boniperti, gave the Bianconeri some quality in attack with some exciting dribbling, and the tight marking of him by Palermo allowed others room to shine.
Finally, Inter advanced thanks to a lone goal by Denis Alibec; Roma and Sampdoria had to separated by a penalty shootout; Parma overcame Lazio thanks to goals from Riccardo Cocuzza and Gregoire Defrel, while Genoa defeated Serie D’s representatives with an emphatic win encapsulated by their coach Ivan Juric, who was extremely animated on the bench.
PALERMO 1-2 JUVENTUS
Goals: 25′ Silvestri L. (P); 49′ Belcastro (J), 77′ De Silvestro (J).
Palermo (4-3-3): Di Gregorio; Silvestri L., Prestia, Adamo (45′ Maniero), Pergolizzi (76′ Fricano); Maltese, Corsino, Cristofari (80′ Mercanti), Ardizzone, Asiedu, Nappello. Subs: Ippolito, Vassallo, Mineo, Di Mercurio, Sanseverino, Zerbo. Coach: Beruatto.
Juventus (4-4-2): Costantino; Romano, Camilleri, Di Dio, Liviero; Belcastro (68′ Spinazzola), Corticchia, Ilari, De Silvestro; Libertazzi (53′ Giannetti), Boniperti (83′ Belfasti). Subs: Sclopis, Esposito, Buchel, Bianconi, Margiotta, Schiavone. Coach: Bucaro.
Booked: Ilari (J), Di Dio (J), Corsino (P).
ROMA 0-0 SAMPDORIA (4-5 pens)
Penalties: Mladen (R) missed, Krsticic (S) scored, Viviani (R) scored, Obiang (S) scored, Florenzi (R) scored, D’Agostino (S) scored, Caprari (R) scored, Icardi (S) scored, Ciciretti (R) scored, Messina (S) scored;
Roma (4-1-4-1): Pigliacelli; Sabelli, Antei, Mladen, Frascatore; Viviani; Pettinari (68′ Dieme), Florenzi, Citro (85′ Ciciretti), Caprari; Scardina (77′ Montini). Subs: Pena, Barba, Orchi, Falasca, Politano, Piscitella. Coach: De Rossi.
Sampdoria (4-4-2): Tozzo; Celjak, Pa tacchiola, Masi, Martella; Rizzo (89′ D’Agostino), Sampietro, Krsticic, Obiang; Zaza (92′ Messina), Testardi (65′ Icardi). Subs: Negretti, Cancellotti, Grieco, Lamorte, Martinelli, Muratore. Coach:. Bruni.
Booked: Antei (R), Krsticic (S), Sampietro (S), Celjak (S).
GENOA 3-1 RAPPR. SERIE D
Goals: 32′ Longo (G); 62′ Jelenic (G), 72′ De Bode (G), 82′ Passerò (R).
Genoa (4-3-3): Perin; Bani, De Bode (74′ Miracoli), Polenta, Carlini; Sturaro, Molinelli (45′ Guarco), Alhassan; Jelenic, Longo (59′ Rodriguez), Boakye. Subs: Moretti, Bettati, Candia, Torres, Cane, Mannella. Coach: Juric-Corradi.
Representatives of Serie D (4-3-3): Festa; Gorini, Gennari, Onescu, Giordani; Dolce (59′ Celeste), Lartey (53′ Mariani), Rossi; Zerbato, Fioretti (45′ Passerò), De Sena. Subs: Berto, D’Agostino, Colonetti, Malagò, Sorbo, Ferrè. Coach: Magrini
Sent Off: Onescu (R), Gennari (R); Booked: Molinelli (G), Bani (G).
FIORENTINA 2-1 REGGINA
Goals: 37′ Iemmello (F); 77′ Lamenza (R), 94′ Iemmello (F).
Fiorentina: Seculin, Piccini, Romiti, Agiey, Fatticcioni, Masi (85′ Biondi), Acosty, Taddei, Iemmello, Carraro, Matos. Subs: Miranda, Bagnai, Biondi, Bittante, Panatti, Baccarin, Seferovic, Grifoni, Salifu. Coach:. Buso.
Reggina: Leone, Bontà, Chirillo, Corso (64′ Maita), Dall’Oglio, De Lorenzo, Larenda, Louzada, Paviglianitini, Piermattei (59′ Catanese), Rubal. Subs: Cambareri, Basso, Catanese, Gagliardi, Maita. Coach: Ferraro.
Sent Off: Matos (F); Booked: Acosty (F), Masi (F), Bontà (R).
VARESE 2-0 SIENA
Goals: 60′ Ferreira (V), 91′ De Luca (V).
Varese (4-4-2): Micai; Toninelli, Miceli, Bianchetti, Marchi; Benvenga (83′ Lazaar), Wagner, Berberis, Ferreira; De Luca, Pompilio (92′ Gaeta). Subs: Catanese, Bassi, Capriolo, Romanini, Maio, Serrano, Samba. Coach: Mangia.
Siena (3-4-3): Iacobucci; Malquori (45′ Mucci), Checchi, Mazzuoli; Pacini, Serone (46′ Rosseti), Vazzana, Butini; Soudant (80′ Vettraino), Montagnani, Arroe. Subs: Marcone, Campinoti, Gidotti, Stella, Candiano, Cartone. Coach: Mignani.
Sent Off: Arroe (S); Booked: Vazzana (S), Toninelli (V), Miceli (V), Wagner (V), Bianchetti (V).
ATALANTA 4-0 NAGOYA GRAMPUS
Goals: 2′ Gatto (A), 16′ Magnaghi (A); 63′ Almici (A), 87′ Magnaghi (A).
Atalanta (4-3-3): Rossi; Almici, De Leidi, Arcari, Possenti; Molina (64′ Cremaschi), Baselli, Minotti (45′ Malaccari); Cortesi (45′ Zappacosta), Magnaghi, Gatto. Subs: Facheris, Suagher, Esposito, Tanferna, Pandiani. Coach: Bonacina.
Nagoya Grampus (4-1-3-2): Ishii; Kato T. (82′ Adachi), Kawamoto, Havenaar, Kato G. (70′ Nakane); Tomita (75′ Hiei); Tsuzuku, Sato, Mizuno; Kawamura, Aoyama. Subs: Ito, Watanabe, Otani, Kashio, Iwata, Magara. Coach: Takata.
Booked: Zappacosta (A).
INTER 1-0 PRATO
Goals: 68′ Alibec (I).
Inter: Bardi, Faraoni, Benedetti, Natalino, Biraghi, Jirasek (41′ st. Carlsen), Crisetig, Romano, Bessa (15′ st. Knassmullner), Dell’Agnello, Alibec. Subs: Gallinetta, Galimberti, Mannini, Spendlhofer, Lussardi, Tallo, Thiam. Coach: Pea.
Prato: D’Oria, Tafi, Malomo, Visibelli, Guarisa, Schenetti, Gialdini, Morosini, Varutti (32′ st. Gianotti), Regoli, Pagnotta. Subs: Fedele, Benedetti, Franchi, Sbal, Montagnolo, Martin, Vigni, De Felipe. Coach: Fiorentino.
Booked: Faraoni (I), Benedetti (I), Romano (I), Varutti (P), Malomo (P).
LAZIO 0-2 PARMA
Goals: 18′ Cocuzza (P); 58′ Defrel (P).
Lazio: Berardi, Spirito, Vilkaitis, Crescienzi, Pantano, Zampa, Lanni, Adeleke, Ceccarelli, Di Mario, Trombetta. Subs: Mosciatti, Fagioli, Cinque, Spina, Dene, Pala, Barreto, Tira, Ojakor. Coach: Bollini.
Parma: Cacchioli, Ristovski, Iovinella, Palumbo, Contini, Bationo, De Vitis, Ze Eduardo, Defrel, Covic, Cocuzza. Subs: Agosti, Petrozzi, Finocchio, Adofo, Adorni, Colla, Boudzoumou, Bernasconi, Papaianni. Coach: De Patre
Booked: Cocuzza (P), Iovinella (P), Lanni (L), Cacchioli (P), Crescienzi (L).
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