Spal is the only Serie B side left in the competition.
Sassuolo, which had an impressive start to the Serie A season, was the better side in the first half but the match turned immediately after the restart when midfielder Filip Ðuricic was sent off for a dangerous tackle on Spal defender
Spal took the lead two minutes later when
The visitors doubled their advantage in the 58th minute. Marco D’Alessandro put in a cross from the left to the back post where
Sassuolo hit the post twice in the match.
ATALANTA ADVANCES
In-form Atalanta beat
Atalanta had scored 12 goals in its past three matches and thought it had taken an early lead but Aleksej Miranchuk’s strike was ruled out for offside.
Miranchuk did break the deadlock on the stroke of halftime. The
And the visitors were given hope when
But Atalanta sealed the match shortly after with two goals in three minutes from
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