Napoli Edge Cagliari on 20-Penalty Shoot-Out to Reach Coppa Italia Quarters

Goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic starred in a 9-8 shoot-out that sends Napoli to the Coppa Italia quarter-finals.

Overview

The tie finished 1-1 in Naples, with Lorenzo Lucca’s header putting Napoli ahead before Sebastiano Esposito leveled after a ricochet off Scott McTominay.
With no extra time in this round, the match went straight to penalties and stretched into sudden death.
Napoli won 9-8 after 20 spot-kicks, as Vanja Milinkovic-Savic denied Zito Luvumbo and also converted his own attempt.
Alessandro Buongiorno struck the decisive winner in the shoot-out, after earlier misses included Mattia Felici hitting the woodwork and Elia Caprile saving from David Neres.
Antonio Conte called the sequence “interminable,” said his side merited progression, and awaits Como or Fiorentina in the quarter-finals.