Naples - Cremonese beat Napoli 5-4 on penalties in nasty weather conditions in the Coppa Italia to send Luciano Spalletti's men out of the Coppa Italia. Cremonese took the lead early on through Charles Pickel before Juan Jesus and Giovanni Simeone saw Napoli head into the break 2-1 to the good.
The home side were unable to extend their lead and paid the price for this as Felix Afana-Gyan equalised at the death to take the game to extra time. Simeone nearly won it for Napoli, with his shot hitting both the post and crossbar, but it wasn't to be. The match headed to penalties and Stanislav Lobotka's effort was the only one of ten taken which didn't go in. Napoli go out of the Coppa Italia in the round of 16.
Napoli 2-2 Cremonese AET (HT 2-1). Cremonese win 5-4 on penalties.
Scorers: Pickel 18, Juan Jesus 34, Simeone 37, Felix 85
Penalty sequence: Politano goal, Vasquez goal, Simeone goal, Buonaiuto goal, Zielinski goal, Tsadjout goal, Lobotka miss, Valeri goal, Osimhen goal, Felix goal.
NAPOLI: Meret; Bereszynski, Ostigard (Kim 82), Juan Jesus, Olivera, Ndombele (Osimhen 102), Gaetano (Lobotka 65), Elmas (Zielinski 85), Raspadori (Anguissa 65), Zerbin (Politano 65), Simeone.
Coach: Spalletti
CREMONESE: Carnesecchi; Hendry (Zanimacchia 82), Bianchetti, Vasquez, Sernicola, Pickel (Aiwu 109), Castagnetti (Buonaiuto 66), Meité, Quagliata (Valeri 70), Okereke (Felix 65), Ciofani (Tsadjout 65).
Coach: Ballardini
Referee: Ferrieri Caputi
Sernicola red carded. Vasquez, Okereke, Quagliata, Zerbin, Meite, Valeri yellow carded.
