In the early morning of January 21, Beijing time, the last match of the quarter-finals of this season's Coppa Italia ended, roma played at home against Serie B side Lecce. In the end, Roma relied on the joint goals of Kumubra, Shomurodov and Tammy Abraham to reverse the opponent 3-1, and at this point, all the top 8 teams in the Coppa Italia were released.
Compared to Serie A, Roma have won the Coppa Italia nine times, ranking second in history, behind Juventus, who has won 13 times, and the team's last round of victory was in 2008. This season, Rome has attacked the Italian Cup title, which is not small, and the current Champions Such as Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus have all advanced to the next round.
Roma are currently in a disadvantageous position in serie A this season, accumulating 35 points in 22 rounds, seven points behind fourth-placed Atalanta in one round, as well as Juventus and Fiorentina in front of them.
In the 17th minute of the first half, Lecce opened a corner, Calabresi's header broke the goal, the referee signaled Galjulo's offside position to interfere with the goalkeeper, and then after VAR confirmed it, he changed the judgment to Galjulo not to offside, and ruled that Lecce's goal was valid, 1-0 first.
In the 40th minute, Roma's frantic counterattack was rewarded, also using a corner kick to attack the goal, Abraham nodded the ball across the board, and Kumubra nodded the ball to help Roma equalize 1-1.
In the 54th minute of the second half, Zaniolo turned the ball behind him with his back, Tammy Abraham scored from a distance, Roma won 2-1, and Mourinho on the sidelines celebrated with a fist.
In the 81st minute, Mkhitaryan picked out a cross on the left, Andomurodov burst into the box with the ball, swung past the defender and pushed the far corner to open the scoring, and Roma extended the score 3-1.
In the end, Roma won the match 3-1 and advanced to the next round. The victory was Roma's six consecutive home wins over Lecce, the last time they won in 2004, when they drew 2-2.
After that, all the top 8 teams in the Coppa Italia have been determined, namely Atalanta, Fiorentina, AC Milan, Lazio, Juventus, Sassuolo, Inter Milan and Roma.
As a manager, Mourinho led the team to withdraw from the title early this season, while the Serie A competition for the fourth place is equally difficult, only the two titles of the Italian Cup and the European Union are more realistic.