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Roma suffer shootout defeat to Serie B Spezia in Coppa Italia

Edin Dzeko (L) of AS Roma competes for the ball with Josip Brezovec of AC Spezia
Image: Roma's Edin Dzeko competes for the ball against Spezia

Roma were dumped out of the Coppa Italia in the last 32 after losing on penalties to Serie B Spezia.

Neither side could break the deadlock after 120 minutes but Roma's Bosnian duo of Miralem Pjanic and Edin Dzeko fired over the crossbar as the visitors took a 2-0 lead in the shootout.

Daniele De Rossi then Lucas Digne made amends by slotting their spot-kicks past Leandro Chichizola in the Spezia goal.

But it was too little too late as the second division side advanced 4-2 to set up a quarter-final tie with Lega Pro side Alessandria.

A fortnight after ending Palermo's interest in the competition with a shock 3-2 win in Sicily, Alessandria stopped Genoa's progress on Tuesday thanks to a 113th-minute winner that gave the third division club a 2-1 victory over the Serie A strugglers.

Also on Wednesday, Fiorentina suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at home to Carpi as both sides finished with 10 men.

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Simone Zaza scored twice as Juventus thrashed 10-man Torino 4-0.

Zaza scored either side of Cristian Molinaro's dismissal, before Paulo Dybala and Paul Pogba added two more late on.

And Napoli cruised through with a 3-0 victory at home to Hellas Verona. Omar El Kaddouri and Dries Mertens struck in the first-half before Jose Callejon added a third after the interval. 

Carpi took the lead after 76 minutes through Antonio Di Gaudio before Fiorentina's Gonzalo Rodriguez and the away side's Jerry Uche Mbakogu were both dismissed in the 90th minute for a second bookable offence. 

Inter Milan progressed to the quarters on Tuesday with a 3-0 home win over Cagliari and will now meet the winner of Napoli against Verona, played on Wednesday when defending champions Juventus host city rivals Torino.

Thursday sees Lazio, last season's beaten finalists, host Udinese and AC Milan visit Sampdoria.

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