Paulo Dybala shot Roma into a possible Italian Cup quarter-final conflict with Serie A leaders Napoli with the one objective in Thursday’s 1-0 win over second-tier Genoa.
Substitute Dybala struck within the sixty fourth minute at a packed Stadio Olimpico in Rome after skipping previous the Genoa defence and rifling residence from a decent angle.
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His objective means Roma will probably face Napoli within the final eight subsequent month, with each units of followers set to be banned from going to away video games after a motorway dust-up on the weekend.
Italian media report that Roma and Napoli supporters could possibly be barred from travelling for a month because of critical clashes between hardcore “extremely” supporters of the 2 groups on the A1 motorway on Sunday afternoon on the Badia al Pino service station in Tuscany.
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Napoli blasted the hooligans, dozens of whom had working battles which led to the motorway being blocked for 50 minutes, creating queues as much as 15 kilometres lengthy.
Matches between Roma and Napoli, already fiery affairs because of the rivalry between two of Italy’s largest and most passionate fan bases, had been made extra toxic by the killing of a Napoli fan by a Roma supporter earlier than the 2014 Italian Cup ultimate.
Roma followers will probably be barred from travelling to Naples for his or her group’s league match on the Stadio Maradona on the finish of this month.
Napoli will attain the quarters in the event that they beat Serie A’s backside group Cremonese on Tuesday.
Earlier on Thursday Fiorentina arrange a last-eight conflict with AC Milan, extra-time winners on Tuesday towards Torino, with a 1-0 success over Sampdoria.
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