Neither the fact of playing at the Diego Maradona Stadium, nor playing the last 20 minutes in superiority for the expulsion of Leonardo Sernicolanor the 40 points that separate both teams in the championship… Cremonese gave the big surprise in this round.
The Lombard team took the lead before minute 20 with a goal from the Swiss charles pickelbut the Neapolitans seemed to have everything under control when they came back before control with goals from the Brazilian john jesus (33 ‘) and the Argentine Giovanni Simeone (36′).
But everything got complicated for the locals when the Senegalese Happy Afena-Gyan forced extra time in the 87th minute, as Unione Sportiva Cremonese He resisted until he forced the penalties despite ending up playing with 10 footballers.
In the penalty shootout, the Lombards did not miss any of their five shotsso the failure of the Slovakian Stanislas Lobotka ended up being fatal for the Serie A leader.
Cremonese will play in the quarterfinals against Romaclassified last week, like Inter, Torino and Fiorentina.
The round of 16 is completed on Thursday with three eliminatory rounds between top teams: Atalanta Spezia, Lazio vs Bologna Y Juventus-Monza.
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