Juventus’ Serbian forward #09 Dusan Vlahovic (2ndL), Juventus’ Brazilian defender #06 Danilo and Juventus’ French midfielder #25 Adrien Rabiot pose with the trophy as Juventus players celebrate after winning the Italian Cup Final between Atalanta and Juventus at the Olympic stadium in Rome on May 15, 2024. (Photo by Isabella BONOTTO / AFP) (Photo by ISABELLA BONOTTO/AFP via Getty Images)
After the conclusion of Inter’s 2-0 victory over Udinese in the Coppa Italia Round of 16 on Thursday night, the quarter-final line-up is now complete, including mouth-watering ties between Inter and LAzio and Milan and Fiorentina.
Here is how the Round of 16 went down.
Coppa Italia Round of 16 re-cap
Bologna and Milan were the first two teams to book a slot in the quarter-finals.
Vincenzo Italiano’s side recorded a 4-0 win over Monza on December 3, while Paulo Fonseca and the Rossoneri cruised past Sassuolo with a 6-1 win on the same night.
December 4 saw Empoli triumph over local rivals Fiorentina. The game went straight to penalties after a 2-2 draw over 90 minutes. La Viola were playing just a few days after Edoardo Bove’s scary on-pitch collapse against Inter the weekend prior.
Then, on December 5, Lazio beat a heavily-rotated Napoli side by a margin of 3-1 thanks to a hat-trick from Tijjani Noslin.
This week saw Juventus qualify for the Coppa Italia quarter-finals with a 4-0 win at home against Cagliari, with goals from Dusan Vlahovic, Teun Koopmeiners, Francisco Conceicao and Nico Gonzalez.
Wednesday night saw another four teams in action, and two Serie A sides up against lower-league opposition.
Atalanta defeated Cesena by a 6-1 scoreline, and were two up within the first eight minutes. Davide Zappacosta, Charles De Ketelaere, Lazar Samardzic and Marco Brescianini provided the goals.
Roma followed Atalanta with a 4-1 defeat of Sampdoria thanks to Artem Dovbyk, Tommaso Baldanzi and Eldor Shomurodov’s efforts. Roma’s victory means that there are no longer any Serie B sides left in the competition.
Then, on Thursday night came Inter’s 2-0 Coppa Italia win at home against Udinese, which came after goals from Marko Arnautovic and Kristjan Asllani, the latter directly from a corner kick.
Juventus vs. Empoli
Milan vs. Roma
Bologna vs. Atalanta
Lazio vs. Inter
All Coppa Italia quarter-finals are currently due to be played on the midweek slot of February 5, 2025, although specific times and dates are yet to be officially confirmed.
