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SPAL ousts Sassuolo, Atalanta through

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Spal's Lorenzo Dickmann scores during the upset Italian Cup win against Sassuolo.
Camera IconSpal's Lorenzo Dickmann scores during the upset Italian Cup win against Sassuolo.

Second-division team Spal will face Serie A champions Juventus in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals after an upset 2-0 win against Sassuolo.

Atalanta beat Cagliari 3-1 in the later match to progress to the last eight.

Spal are the only Serie B side left in the Italy Cup.

Sassuolo were the better side in the first half of Thursday's match in Reggio Emilia, but the match turned immediately after the restart when midfielder Filip Duricic was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Spal defender Leonardo Sernicola.

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Spal took the lead two minutes later when Demba Seck ran into the area and pulled the ball back for Simone Missiroli to sidefoot into the bottom right corner.

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The visitors doubled their advantage in the 58th minute when Marco D'Alessandro put in a cross from the left to the back post where Lorenzo Dickmann volleyed in from close range.

At the Azzuri Stadium, Aleksej Miranchuk's taut shot off Luis Muriel's feed converted Atalanta's massive pressure late in the first half for the lead.

But Riccardo Sottil levelled from a tight angle on the visitors' first telling chance in Bergamo.

Muriel found the far post six minutes later and Bosko Sutalo turned in a corner kick to secure the Bergamaschi's win.

"I am happy," said Colombian Muriel, who tallied his 13th goal in the season despite often sitting on the bench.

"I do my best when I have a chance to play and I want to help the team both if I start or if I come on."

Holders Napoli, Inter Milan and Juventus all went through on Wednesday.

Serie A leaders AC Milan prevailed on penalties against Torino on Tuesday and play a city derby with Inter in the quarter-finals.

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