Roma dismantled second-tier Sampdoria 4-1 on Wednesday night to arrange a blockbuster Coppa Italia quarter-final tie in opposition to Milan. Within the meantime, unforgiving Atalanta humbled Cesena 6-1 to guide a last-eight date in opposition to Bologna.
Already out of the Scudetto race, Roma might even see the Coppa Italia as the one strategy to keep away from one other trophyless season. Claudio Ranieri’s effort to get the Giallorossi again on monitor is gaining momentum. Nonetheless, the veteran’s short-term mission within the capital remains to be a piece in progress.
In distinction to Roma, Lazio are having fun with a dream marketing campaign. Regardless of slumping to on Monday, they continue to be firmly embroiled in an intense top-four battle in Serie A. However, Inter’s rout has considerably derailed their probabilities of conquering the division.
Final weekend, Lazio thumped Napoli 3-1 on the Stadio Olimpico to develop into the primary Coppa Italia quarter-finalist. Marco Baroni’s crew will face the winner of the upcoming last-16 tie between defending Serie A champions Inter and perennial strugglers Udinese.
Simone Inzaghi’s facet received consecutive Coppa Italia titles earlier than final season’s last-16 fiasco in opposition to Bologna. They’re odds-on favorites to raised that end result this time period as they host Udinese at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza later this night.
Elsewhere, Juventus will tackle Empoli. Thiago Motta’s fees eased previous Cagliari 4-0 on Tuesday to keep up their pursuit of a record-extending sixteenth Coppa Italia title. The Bianconeri lifted the crown final season however haven’t received back-to-back since 2018.