Lecce beats Spezia to reach the last 16 of the Italian Cup

Lecce beat Spezia 2-0 this Thursday, and with this result became the only team in the second division Italian in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup. Now, he will face the traditional Rome.
Juventus, current champions of the competition, as well as the other seven top-ranked teams from last season in the first division (Inter Milan, Milan, Atalanta, Napoli, Lazio, Roma and Sassuolo), enter this competition starting in the round of 16.

Along with Lecce in the last 16 of the Italian Cup, another team that advanced was Sampdoria, which on Thursday defeated Torino by 2-1, and will face Juve.

#CoppaItalia #Red Arrow #SpeziaLecce
Great VICTORY, decide Listkowski in the pt and Calabresi in the second half, but it is a GREAT VICTORY OF THE GROUP! Let’s move on to the second round where we will meet Roma #avantilecce pic.twitter.com/3ez6A2U2h1

– US Lecce (@OfficialUSLecce) December 16, 2021

— Matches and results of the third phase of the Italian Cup:

– Tuesday:

Venice – Ternana (2nd) 3 – 1

Udinese – Crotone (2) 4 – 0

Genoa – Salernitana 1 – 0

– Wednesday:

Hellas Verona – Empoli 3 – 4

Cagliari – Cittadella (2ª) 3 – 1

Fiorentina – Benevento (2nd) 2 – 1

– Thursday:

Spezia – Lecce (2ª) 0 – 2

Sampdoria – Turin 2 – 1

— Round of 16 games (January 12th and 19th):

Juventus – Sampdoria

Sassuolo – Cagliari

Naples – Fiorentina

Atalanta – Venice

Milan – Genoa

Lazio – Udinese

Rome – Lecce (2nd)

Inter Milan – Empoli