Jose Mourinho returned after two missed matches due to suspension and with Roma won a place in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup, after Genoa was defeated 1:0 (0:0) at the Olimpico. Giallorossi continued to struggle with the realization, they scored only one goal, even thou they had as many as 25 shots at the rival’s goal, and Mourinho had to find a way to a victory by introducing Paulo Dybala in the second half. Once again it was visible how much Roma depends on the Argentine, who received the ball from Gianluca Mancini some 25 meters from the opponent’s goal, and then ran into the penalty area diagonally from the left side and scored from a difficult position in the 64th minute.FIGLI DI ROMA 💎💛♥️ pic.twitter.com/hOUvpLIESr— Paulo Dybala (@PauDybala_JR) January 12, 2023 Alberto Gilardino’s team put all their hopes on defense, and therefore failed to react in the last half hour of the game the way they wanted, so Rui Patricio was pretty much unemployed for practically the entire game. On the other hand, Roma could have solved the question of the winner much earlier. Tammy Abraham had a great chance in the 21st minute, and Lorenzo Pellegrini had an even better one 12 minutes later. Roma Captain was replaced at halftime by Dybala, who had a great chance prior to the game winning goal. Giallorossi will face the winner of the clash between Napoli and Cremonese on January 17 in the quarterfinals.COPPA ITALIARound of 16TuesdayInter – Parma 2-1 (aet) (1-1, 0-1)/Martinez 88, Acerbi 110 – Juric 38/WednesdayMilan – Torino 0-0 (0-1 AET)/Adopo 114/ThursdayFiorentina – Sampdoria 1-0 (1-0)/Barak 25/Roma – Genoa 1-0 (0-0)/Dybala 64/Tuesday, 17 January23.00: (1.25) Napoli (6.50) Cremonese (10.0)Thursday, 19 January17.00: (1.37) Atalanta (4.80) Spezia (8.50)20.00: (1.65) Lazio (3.80) Bologna (5.50)23.00: (1.45) Juventus (4.40) Monza (7.50)***odds are subject to change
