Coppa Italia — Napoli wins on penalties to advance to the quarter-finals; Inter and Atalanta also reach the last eight

Napoli advanced to the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup on Wednesday by winning a lengthy penalty shootout against Cagliari after a 1-1 draw in regular time.

Antonio Conte’s team eventually won 9-8 on penalties, with Mattia Felici hitting the crossbar with his penalty for Cagliari and Zito Luvumbo’s shot saved by Napoli goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.

David Neres could have secured victory for Napoli with his team’s fifth penalty after Felici’s miss, but his penalty was saved by Elia Caprile. Instead, it was Alessandro Buongiorno who sealed the victory after even Milinkovic-Savic took a penalty and scored.

The match had finished 1–1 after Lorenzo Lucca’s first-half header for Napoli was canceled out by Sebastiano Esposito in the 67th minute, following an accidental assist from home midfielder Scott McTominay.

Napoli will play Fiorentina or Como in the quarter-finals.

Inter reached the last eight with a crushing 5-1 win over Venezia, the only Serie B team left in the competition.

Both Napoli and Inter rotated their squads heavily as both teams were also involved in the Serie A title race and the Champions League.

Andy Diouf got his first start and put Inter on their way in the 18th minute with his first goal for the Nerazzurri. Pio Esposito doubled Inter’s tally just two minutes later, before a Marcus Thuram double all but secured the win.

Richie Sagrado provided a consolation for Venezia, but Ange-Yoan Bonny restored the four-goal lead.

Inter will next play against Roma or Torino.

Atalanta set up an Italian Cup quarter-final against Juventus with a 4–0 win over 10-man Genoa.

It was Daniele De Rossi’s first defeat as Genoa coach after taking charge early last month.

Berat Djimsiti headed in a cross to give Atalanta the lead in the 19th minute, and Genoa’s task became more difficult when teenager Seydou Fini was sent off in the 36th minute for bringing down Raoul Bellanova when he was through on goal.

Marten de Roon doubled Atalanta’s lead early in the second half with a powerful, swerving shot from outside the penalty area, and Mario Pasalic slid in to fire home the third goal late in the third.

17-year-old Honest Ahanor – who joined Atalanta from Genoa in July – scored his first senior goal in stoppage time.

Juventus defeated Udinese in the eighth finals on Tuesday.

Published on December 4, 2025