There were several upsets in the Coppa Italia, as Parma, Empoli, Frosinone and Hellas Verona crashed out, but Sassuolo ran riot.
The tournament entered its third knockout phase and the next fixtures won’t be until December.
Parma’s participation in the Coppa Italia was short-lived, beaten at home 1-0 by Pisa.
Roberto Zammarini scored the decisive goal after 28 minutes, though Leo Stulac went close to an equaliser.
There were several upsets in the Coppa Italia, as Parma, Empoli, Frosinone and Hellas Verona crashed out, but Sassuolo ran riot.
The tournament entered its third knockout phase and the next fixtures won’t be until December.
Parma’s participation in the Coppa Italia was short-lived, beaten at home 1-0 by Pisa.
Roberto Zammarini scored the decisive goal after 28 minutes, though Leo Stulac went close to an equaliser.
Empoli won the Serie B title last term and will be in the top flight, but they were torn apart on home turf by Cittadella today.
They showed big problems defending from set plays, as Scappini scored and then immediately hit the bar from another corner.
Scappini completed his brace after the restart and Finotto tapped in 10 minutes later. Cittadella held on even after Proia’s red card at the 67th minute.
Frosinone were also promoted to Serie A and yet are already out of the Coppa Italia, beaten 2-0 at home by Serie C outfit Sudtirol.
Sassuolo demolished Ternana 5-1 at the Mapei Stadium with new buy Kevin-Prince Boateng wasting no time opening the scoring on the volley, then Domenico Berardi bagged a brace.
Alfred Duncan and captain Francesco Magnanelli rounded out the scoreline to set up their next tie with Catania.
Verona barely put up a fight in their 2-0 defeat to Catania, as Tommaso Silvestri and Alessandro Marotta scored before half-time.
Brescia fumbled a 2-0 lead and eventually lost to Novara on penalties.
Parma 0-1 Pisa
Zammarini 28 (Pi)
Empoli 0-3 Cittadella
Scappini 17, 55 (C), Finotto 65 (C)
Frosinone 0-2 Sudtirol
Costantino 39 (S), Turchetta 87 (S)
Catania 2-0 Verona
Silvestri 33 (C), Marotta 41 (C)
Sassuolo 5-1 Ternana
Boateng 9 (S), Berardi pen 21, 41 (S), Duncan 29 (S), Defendi 72 (T), Magnanelli 80 (S)
Virtus Entella 2-0 Salernitana
Currarino 2 (VE), Carvalho 6 (VE)
Livorno 0-1 Crotone
Rohden 62 (C)
Brescia 2-2 Novara (6-7 on pens)
Donnarumma 11 (B), Torregrossa 58 (B), Schiavi 72 (N), Sciaudone 81 (N)