The Peruvian Gianluca Lapadula This Tuesday he confirmed Cagliari’s qualification for the round of 16 of the Coppa Italia with his goal against Cremonese (1-0), in a round, the second, of the tournament where Sassuolo and Empoli also won to reserve their place in the round of 16, leaving Lecce and Torino, the last leaders of Serie A.
A goal in the 60th minute by Lapaula, with a shot at the near post on a lateral cross, gave Cagliari peace of mind against a Serie B team like Cremonese, who have struggled to get through to the round of 16 to the last minute.
It was the first goal of the season for the veteran attacker, who has not scored since May 19 and will now have to lead the Sardinian’s attack in the next round against Juventus.
Empoli surprised Torino
In the only confrontation of the day between two Serie A teams, Empoli closed its classification at the bottom (1-2), with a goal on the horn against Torino, the leader of the Italian top category.
Empoli took the lead half an hour into the game with a goal from the Swede Emmanuel Ekongin a header at the near post; but Torino managed to equalize through the Scotsman Che Adams, with a header, which was his third goal so far this season.
Everything seemed to point to an extension, but the Swiss appeared in the 90th minute Nicholas Haas to, from the ground, catch the ball in the center of the area which he placed in the corner of the goal defended by the Serbian Vanja Milinkovic-Savic, stunned by the goal conceded and the early departure of a Torino that looked like one of the teams to beat seeing their start to the campaign. In the round of 16, Empoli will face Fiorentina.
The other confrontation, which produced a Lecce-Sassuolo, left the surprise of a guest win, that of ‘neroverdi’, a team of Serie B, against a Lecce that also did not start in Serie A with 5 points.
Sassuolo, who clearly won (0-2) thanks to the goals the Bosnian Tarik Muharemovic and the Italian Luca D’Andreais third in the second division, in the promotion playoff positions. In the round of 16 they will face Milan at San Siro.
Source: La Verdad
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