21:27
28′ – Goal from Cremonese
Perfect penalty by Dessers who beat Rui Patricio. The player went to cheer in front of the Curva Sud, unleashing the wrath of the Roma players. Dessers and Mancini booked.
21:26
26′ – Penalty for Cremonese
Penalty kick for Cremonese for the knockdown of Rui Patricio in the Dessers area. Bad ball from Tahirovic backwards for Kumbulla who can’t control it by starting one against one from the opposing attacker.
21:12
13′ – Roma are close to taking the lead
First real chance of the game. Fanned from right to left by Cristante found in the area Tahirovic: the Swede’s right-footed volley, however, is rejected by the opposing goalkeeper.
21:10
10′ – Roma pushes
Rome’s high center of gravity that pushes to look for the net of advantage. A lot of pressing on the ball carriers opponents but so far no conclusion on goal.
21:03
4′ – Banner against Zaniolo
Banner of the Fedayn group of the Curva Sud: “For us, wearing that shirt means honoring it, for us, kissing that shirt means not betraying it. AS Roma is sacred.”
21:00
1′ – Rome-Cremonese begins
Off to the game. First ball beaten by Cremonese with the totally white uniform.
20:45
Hug between Wijnaldum and Felix
Nice gesture from Gini Wijnaldum during the field warm-up. Felix, a former Roma striker, went to him to say goodbye and the two embraced. A hug of significant value: it was Felix himself who committed the foul to the Dutchman and fractured his tibia.
20:25
Tiago Pinto: “Soon I’ll talk about Zaniolo”
The words of Tiago Pinto on the issue relating to Nicolò Zaniolo: “At the right moment I will talk about Zaniolo” READ EVERYTHING
20:10
Roma, Wijnaldum in panchina
As anticipated by the Corriere dello Sport-Stadio, Gini Wijnaldum returned to the bench. The Dutchman returned to training fully with the group yesterday and will be able to play an official match again within two weeks.
20:00
Roma-Cremonese, the official formations
ROMA (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Mancini, Kumbulla, Ibanez; Celik, Tahirovic, Cristante, El Shaarawy; Volpato, Pellegrini; Belotti.
Available: Svilar, Boer, Smalling, Llorente, Bove, Zalewski, Matic, Wijnaldum, Camara, Solbakken, Dybala, Abraham.
Trainer: Mourinho.
CREMONESE (3-5-2): Carnesecchi; Ferrari, Chiriches, Vasquez; Ghiglione, Pickel, Castagnetti, Meité, Valeri; Desserts, Afena-Gyan. Trainer: Ballardini.
19:30
Dybala ok with the newly promoted
Paulo Dybala scored three goals in the three matches this Serie A against newly promoted sides, even if the only one he hasn’t scored against was Cremona – brace against Monza and a goal against Lecce.
19:15
Rome, the turning point in the quarterfinals
Roma have been eliminated on the last three occasions in which they played in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup, all matches however played away – the last time they played this round at home, they beat Cesena 2-1, reaching the semi-finals.
19:00
Rome-Cremonese, the first time
Rome and Cremona they have never met before in the Coppa Italia: in general, the Giallorossi team has won 11 of the 15 games against the Grigiorossi in Serie A (D2, L2), including all the last four.
