Atalanta and Lecce suffered surprise early exits as a number of other Serie A sides safely progressed in the Coppa Italia.
Atalanta and Lecce bow out early
Atalanta and Lecce suffered surprise early exits as a number of other Serie A sides safely progressed in the Coppa Italia.
Serie A newcomers
Atalanta bowed out of the competition at the first hurdle, beaten 4-3 at home by third round opponents
Gubbio.
The home side led 2-1 at the interval but paid for a poor second half performance, with Silvano Garibaldi's late winner knocking them out.
Top flight
Lecce also bowed out against Serie B opposition, with Milan Djuric and Camillo Ciano netting either side of the break for
Crotone.
Cagliari had no such problems, with Joaquin Larrivey's hat-trick the highlight of a 5-1 defeat of
Albinoleffe, who had defender Matteo Piccini sent off 10 minutes before half-time.
Hernan Crespo's double helped
Parma to a 4-1 win over
Grossetto, while
Bari and
Novara were convincing 4-0 conquerors of
Avellino and
Triestina respectively.
Fiorentina, Catania and
Bologna were all 2-1 winners, seeing off
Cittadella, Brescia and
Padova respectively, while
Chievo edged out
Livorno 1-0. Emanuele Calaio's penalty gave
Siena victory over
Torino, while
Modena defeated
Reggina 2-1 in an all-Serie B clash.
