Italian Cup, Sirigu saved Radovanovic's penalty giving Torino the quarterfinals (photo Ansa)
TURIN – Torino won on penalties against Genoa and qualified for the Italian Cup quarter-finals where they will face the Milan-Spal winner. Favilli had led Genoa but then De Silvestri equalized the accounts before the end of the first half. In the second half and overtime, the result did not change even if Torino had to play in ten men from 105 'for the expulsion of Meité for a double yellow card. On penalties, they were all infallible except for Radovanovic. Sirigu "hypnotized" him and then Berenguer's spoon arrived and gave the grenade the qualification for the Italian Cup quarter-finals.
The match report. Genoa went ahead at 14 'with Favilli, center forward regenerated by the cure Nicola. The rossoblù forward recovered the ball and served Cassata, the teammate dribbled an opponent and passed the ball back to the center forward who bagged easily with an empty goal.
Torino drew the score on 23 'with Lorenzo De Silvestri. It all started with Berenguer who recovered the ball on the pitch, then crossed in the middle for De Silvestri who with his right hand beat an uncertain Radu.
After a first half ended on the result of one by one, in the second half, which was very balanced, the two teams tried to score the qualifying goal without success. Radu made a great parade on Berenguer, while Sirigu made a good guard on Favilli. At 90 ', Radu made a prodigious parade on Bonifazi, on the rejection, Belotti kicked off two steps.
During the first half-time, Torino remained in ten men for the expulsion of Meité. The grenade midfielder left the scene due to a second yellow card, the foul on Schone at 105 'was decisive. At 112 ', the referee canceled the goal of the possible qualification to Romero because the Genoa player was offside at the time of the winning touch. The extra time ended on the result of one by one with the two teams that played the qualification to the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup on penalties .
Belotti scored the first penalty for Torino, Destro displaced Sirigu and drew the scores, Torino took the lead again with the goal of the baby striker Millico, Genoa drew the scores with Favilli, Rincon scored the three in two for Turin, Genoa drew the score with Cassata, Turin scored 4 to 3 with Ola Aina, Sirigu saved the penalty kicked by Ivan Radovanovic on his right, Berenguer scored the 5 to 3 goal that allowed Turin to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup where it will face the winner of Milan-Spal.
Source: Blitz Quotidiano