Coppa Italia: Genoa, Sassuolo, Lecce and Empoli victories

Empoli 1-1 Reggiana (4-1 on penalties)

It was considerably tougher than expected for Empoli, who were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Reggiana and needed a penalty shoot-out to secure their passage to the next round.

They had been trailing 1-0 to a Cedric Gondo strike, then Rares Ilie wasted the opportunity to equalise when his penalty was saved by Edoardo Motta.

At least Ilie made up for it by forcing extra time with a goal from open play, allowing Andrea Fulignati to take centre stage with two saves in the shoot-out.

Empoli will go on to play Genoa in the next phase.

15-08-2025 17:00 1/32 Final Stadio Comunale Carlo Castellani

Empoli

Reggiana 1 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Marco Curto		6'
		13'		Cedric Gondo
Rares Ilie

22'     Franco Carboni 38'     Bogdan Popov 44'         44' Tobías Reinhart 2nd half

Rares Ilie (Assist: Brando Moruzzi)

64'

Penalty shootout

	Event
Luca Belardinelli
Salvatore Elia
Franco Carboni
Danilo Busiello

Event
	Cedric Gondo
	Manuel Marras

Matteo Rover

Match statistic

67 Possession % 33 13 Total shots 9 4 Shots on target 3 7 Shots off target 4 2 Blocked shots 2 4 Corners 2 1 Offsides 3 24 Fouls 12 Empoli Reggiana

Starting lineups

21

Andrea Fulignati Goalkeeper 27 Brando Moruzzi Defender 72' 79 Franco Carboni Defender 34 Gabriele Guarino Defender 2

Marco Curto Defender 24

Tyronne Ebuehi Defender 46' 25 Lorenzo Ignacchiti Midfielder 8

Luca Belardinelli Midfielder 77 Bogdan Popov Attacker 85' 10 Rares Ilie Attacker 85' 11 Stiven Shpendi Attacker 1 Edoardo Motta Goalkeeper 3 Andrea Bozzolan Defender 2 Andrea Papetti Defender 17 Lorenzo Libutti Defender 43 Simone Bonetti Defender 84' 90

Manolo Portanova Midfielder 79' 26

Massimo Bertagnoli Midfielder 84' 16 Tobías Reinhart Midfielder 79' 11 Cedric Gondo Attacker 10 Elayis Tavsan Attacker 68' 23 Matteo Rover Attacker

Substitutes

1

Samuele Perisan Goalkeeper 28 Gabriele Indragoli Defender 36 Dawid Bembnista Defender 41 Ank Asmussen Attacker 38 Alessio Baralla Midfielder 31 Jeremy Moray Defender 22 Francesco Versari Goalkeeper 42 Kevin Pasalic Defender 96 Andrea Orlandi Midfielder 48 Edoardo Zanaga Attacker 7 Salvatore Elia Attacker 46' 15 Joseph Ceesay Midfielder 72' 14 Gerard Yepes Midfielder 85' 53 Danilo Busiello Midfielder 85' 12

Andrea Seculin Goalkeeper 13 Andrea Meroni Defender 44 Leonardo Mendicino Midfielder 98 Edoardo Cavaliere Attacker 22 Matteo Enza Goalkeeper 7 Manuel Marras Attacker 68' 5

Leo Stulac Midfielder 79' 91 Oumar Conté Attacker 79' 14 Danilo Quaranta Defender 84' 6 Francesco Vallarelli Midfielder 84'

Sassuolo 1-0 Catanzaro

Sassuolo celebrated Domenico Berardi’s 400 ^th appearance for the club, and the veteran provided the crucial assist for Josh Doig to score the winning goal.

It wasn’t ideal from the Neroverdi just a week before their Serie A debut, but they wasted numerous chances with Armand Laurientè, Berardi and Alieu Fadera.

Sassuolo will face either Como or Sudtirol in the Second Round.

15-08-2025 17:30 1/32 Final Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore

Sassuolo

Catanzaro 1 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Josh Doig (Assist: Domenico Berardi)

32'

Match statistic

47 Possession % 53 21 Total shots 5 6 Shots on target 1 8 Shots off target 1 7 Blocked shots 3 8 Corners 3 4 Offsides 0 13 Fouls 14 Sassuolo Catanzaro

Starting lineups

Stefano Turati Goalkeeper 8 Andrea Ghion Defender 60' 19

Filippo Romagna Defender 3

Josh Doig Defender

Sebastian Walukiewicz Defender 80

Tarik Muharemovic Defender Alieu Fadera Midfielder 60' 11 Daniel Boloca Midfielder 68'

Ismaël Koné Midfielder 84' 45

Armand Lauriente Attacker 68' 10

Domenico Berardi Attacker 22 Mirko Pigliacelli Goalkeeper 17 Gianluca Di Chiara Defender 83' 4 Matias Antonini Defender 23

Nicolò Brighenti Defender 83' 62 Ruggero Frosinini Defender 32 Fabio Rispoli Midfielder 10

Jacopo Petriccione Midfielder 57' 14 Mattia Liberali Midfielder 57' 19 Patrick Nuamah Midfielder 90' 20

Simone Pontisso Midfielder 9 Pietro Iemmello Attacker

Substitutes

12

Giacomo Satalino Goalkeeper Gioele Zacchi Goalkeeper 15 Edoardo Pieragnolo Defender 17 Yeferson Paz Defender 9 Samuele Mulattieri Attacker 24 Luca Moro Attacker

Arijanet Muric Goalkeeper

Fali Candé Defender Agustín Álvarez Attacker Jay Idzes Defender 7 Cristian Volpato Midfielder 60'

Andrea Pinamonti Attacker 60' 77 Nicholas Pierini Attacker 68' 35 Luca Lipani Midfielder 68' 40 Edoardo Iannoni Midfielder 84' 1 Christian Marietta Goalkeeper 28 Tommaso Biasci Attacker 33 Mario Paura Defender 80 Alphadjo Cissè Attacker 99 Edoardo Borrelli Goalkeeper 30 Gabriele Alesi Attacker 7 Giovanni Volpe Attacker 5 Ervin Bashi Defender 61 Sayha Seha Attacker 77

Marco D’Alessandro Attacker 57' 8 Filippo Pittarello Attacker 57' 18

Davide Bettella Defender 83' 27 Costantino Favasuli Midfielder 83' 45 Nicolò Buso Attacker 90'

Lecce 2-0 Juve Stabia

The Salentini made life as difficult as possible for themselves when Lameck Banda was sent off for a foolish lunge in first half stoppages.

Despite being a man down for the entire second half, they still got the victory against Juve Stabia thanks to Nikola Krstovic converting a penalty for Thomas Battistella’s handling offence, and a late Mohamed Kaba finish on Francesco Camarda’s assist.

Lecce will face either Milan or Bari in the next phase.

15-08-2025 19:45 1/32 Final Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare

Lecce

Juve Stabia 2 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Nikola Krstovic

27'     Lameck Banda

45+4'     2nd half

Mohamed Kaba (Assist: Francesco Camarda)

90+5'

Match statistic

36 Possession % 64 7 Total shots 14 3 Shots on target 4 4 Shots off target 7 0 Blocked shots 3 3 Corners 10 1 Offsides 5 7 Fouls 11 Lecce Juve Stabia

Starting lineups

30

Wladimiro Falcone Goalkeeper 25

Antonino Gallo Defender Christ-Owen Kouassi Defender 57' 4 Kialonda Gaspar Defender 44 Tiago Gabriel Defender 75 Balthazar Pierret Midfielder 56' 29

Lassana Coulibaly Midfielder 14 Thórir Jóhann Helgason Midfielder 56' 22

Lameck Banda Attacker 9

Nikola Krstovic Attacker 72' 50 Santiago Pierotti Attacker 82' 1 Alessandro Confente Goalkeeper 19 Giacomo Stabile Defender 79' 24 Lorenzo Carissoni Defender 6 Marco Bellich Defender 4 Marco Ruggero Defender 55 Giuseppe Leone Midfielder 76 Mattia Mannini Midfielder 61' 98 Nicola Mosti Midfielder 61' 5 Thomas Battistella Midfielder 46' 11 Kevin Piscopo Attacker 27 Leonardo Candellone Attacker 86'

Substitutes

Riccardo Sottil Attacker Youssef Maleh Midfielder 32 Jasper Samooja Goalkeeper 8 Hamza Rafia Midfielder 1

Christian Früchtl Goalkeeper 5 Medon Berisha Midfielder 10

Konan N’Dri Attacker Corrie Ndaba Defender Olaf Gorter Midfielder 20

Ylber Ramadani Midfielder 56' 7 Tete Morente Attacker 56' 17 Danilo Veiga Defender 57' Francesco Camarda Attacker 72' 77 Mohamed Kaba Midfielder 82' 23 Pietro Boer Goalkeeper 13

Marco Varnier Defender 8 Davide Buglio Midfielder 17 Gregorio Morachioli Attacker 16 Alessandro Signorini Goalkeeper 15 Matteo Baldi Defender 26 Francesco D’Amore Defender 80 Alessandro Louati Midfielder 10 Christian Pierobon Midfielder 46' 7 Rares Burnete Attacker 61' Alessio Cacciamani Attacker 61' 21 Giacomo De Pieri Attacker 79' 37 Fabio Maistro Midfielder 86'

Genoa 3-0 Vicenza

Patrick Vieira’s team made short work of Vicenza at Marassi in their first official match of the season.

Valentin Carboni opened the scoring with a left-foot strike from the Aaron Martin assist, then Francesco Benassai accidentally put the ball into his own net before half-time.

Nicolae Stanciu sealed the comfortable victory with a finish into the roof of the net, so Genoa will play Empoli in the Second Round of the Coppa Italia.

15-08-2025 20:15 1/32 Final Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Genoa

Vicenza 3 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Valentín Carboni (Assist: Aarón Martín)		40'
Francesco Benassai

45+2'     2nd half

Nicolae Stanciu

54'         75'

Thomas Sandon

Match statistic

71 Possession % 29 14 Total shots 5 6 Shots on target 2 6 Shots off target 2 2 Blocked shots 1 5 Corners 2 0 Offsides 1 10 Fouls 15 Genoa Vicenza

Starting lineups

1 Nicola Leali Goalkeeper 3

Aarón Martín Defender 27 Alessandro Marcandalli Defender 70' 15 Brooke Norton-Cuffy Defender 22

Johan Vásquez Defender 11 Albert Grønbaek Midfielder 59' 32 Morten Frendrup Midfielder 8

Nicolae Stanciu Midfielder 80' 73 Patrizio Masini Midfielder 23 Valentín Carboni Midfielder 59' 29 Lorenzo Colombo Attacker 70' 12 Samuele Massolo Goalkeeper 23 Francesco Benassai Defender 14

Giuseppe Cuomo Defender 6

Maxime Leverbe Defender 27 Thomas Sandon Defender 28 Lorenzo Caferri Midfielder 67' 4 Marco Carraro Midfielder 99 Mattia Vitale Midfielder 66' 8 Michele Cavion Midfielder 55' 10 Alessandro Capello Attacker 55' 9 Claudio Morra Attacker

78'

Substitutes

20

Stefano Sabelli Defender 2

Morten Thorsby Midfielder 77 Mikael Egill Ellertsson Attacker 39 Daniele Sommariva Goalkeeper 31

Benjamin Siegrist Goalkeeper 40 Seydou Fini Attacker 30 Hugo Cuenca Midfielder 10

Junior Messias Attacker 59' 17

Ruslan Malinovskyi Midfielder 59' 5

Leo Östigard Defender 70' 9 Vitinha Attacker 70' 76 Lorenzo Venturino Attacker 80' 7 Nicola Rauti Attacker 76 Nicholas Fantoni Defender 1 Mattia Basso Goalkeeper 33 Matteo Vescovi Defender 13 Mattia Golin Defender 22 Giacomo Bianchi Goalkeeper 97 Filippo Rosa Midfielder 11 David Stückler Attacker 55' 77 Armand Rada Midfielder 55' 26 Giulio Pellizzari Midfielder 66' 19 Alessio Tribuzzi Midfielder 67' 24

Filippo Alessio Attacker

78'