Paolo Vanoli admits it is ‘frustrating to see the same mistakes made over and over again’ by Fiorentina in a 2-2 draw with Torino, as their weakness in the air is becoming a problem.

The Viola had managed to turn the game around after Cesare Casadei sprung the offside trap for a free header, as Manor Solomon’s screamer and a Moise Kean effort put them in front.

However, deep into stoppages Guillermo Maripan’s glancing header on a Gvidas Gineitis free kick allowed Toro to grab a 2-2 draw at the Stadio Franchi.

Vanoli tries to think positive for Fiorentina

“The desire to bring home a result at all costs can make you anxious. We knew that Torino had players who are very strong in the air, so we shouldn’t have allowed them that free kick at the end,” Vanoli told Sky Sport Italia.

“It is frustrating to see the same mistakes made over and over again. We threw away points late on against Lazio, today we would’ve deserved a victory and didn’t take it.”

Fiorentina have conceded an astonishing 38 goals in 24 Serie A matches this season.

“I still say we are on the right track, but need to improve our defending. We cannot always start from a goal down, even if we saw a strong reaction from a great team today to turn it around,” continued Vanoli.

“We must try to stay positive, as we’re fighting to the end. It’s a pity for the lads, who gave their all tonight, but we need to do more.”

There was an odd moment when Albert Gudmundsson limped off at the dawn of the second half, having seemingly sprained his left ankle.

“We started to struggle in the final five minutes because we didn’t close down their crosses from the right, we should’ve pushed our own wingers up to keep them busy, keep it three against three,” said the coach.

“It’s a season like this, but again today we created many chances, turned it around to lead, and until the final couple of minutes were in great shape to bring home the result.”

Fiorentina have conceded 10 goals this season from corners and free kicks, so what is the cause of that weakness?

“More often than not, it’s distraction and a lack of determination in stopping the crosses from coming in. We’re working on dealing with set plays, but we again need to have a positive approach, get more communication between the players.

“We make naïve mistakes and when you use up a lot of energy to fight back from those situations, it leaves you vulnerable at the end.”

New Fiorentina director Fabio Paratici was in the stands, and the January signings are beginning to have a real impact, but they remain at least in the bottom four with this result, awaiting Lecce’s game tomorrow.

Torino coach Marco Baroni admires the ‘determination to get back into’ their 2-2 draw with Fiorentina, and is looking forward to ‘a normal week’ of training.

The Granata had gone in front when Cesare Casadei sprung the offside trap for a free header, but two goals in six minutes turned it around from Manor Solomon and Moise Kean.

Just as the Viola felt they had done enough for all three points, Toro kept pushing and Guillermo Maripan popped up with the glancing header in stoppages, converting the Gvidas Gineitis free kick.

Baroni saw strong Torino response

“The team did very well in the first half and went close to a second goal, but at the start of the second, we made a mistake to gift the goal,” Baroni told Sky Sport Italia.

“I must congratulate the lads, as we were coming off a midweek game in the Coppa Italia, so it was not easy to prepare this with so little time. We had an emergency situation missing players and others who only had one training session with the rest of the team.

“I liked the determination shown to get back into this match.”

Toro are trying to find their feet after a disastrous run of four consecutive Serie A defeats, as they beat Lecce 1-0 last week and this evening grabbed a last-gasp draw.

They were in action midweek too, losing the Coppa Italia quarter-final 2-1 to Inter.

On top of injuries, they were also missing suspended Nikola Vlasic and Matteo Prati, so Torino had to reshuffle their midfield.

“Vlasic is an irreplaceable player for us, but today the team managed to cover him and put everything we had onto the pitch, that is the most important thing,” continued Baroni.

“Tino Anjorin has a lot of quality, but he had some physical problems and he needs to play. The same goes for Ilkhan, he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament, so it took some time to get him into shape, and he too is unaccustomed to playing twice in a week after that injury.”

With a defeat here, there was the very real risk of Torino being sucked back into the danger zone, but they maintain a nine-point buffer from the bottom three.

“Now we need to work hard, as we want to improve our position in the table, and finally we’ll have a normal week to prepare in training, as we had six games in 21 days with the Coppa Italia, so we weren’t used to that.”

Fiorentina thought they had done enough with Manor Solomon’s scorcher and Moise Kean, but Torino snatched a stoppage-time equaliser with Guillermo Maripan.

The Viola were still in the relegation zone after three consecutive defeats between Serie A and the Coppa Italia, but Moise Kean returned to the starting XI, with only Tariq Lamptey out of action. New director Fabio Paratici took his seat in the stands. Toro ended their run of four straight Serie A losses with a slender 1-0 win over Lecce. Nikola Vlasic and Matteo Prati were both suspended, with Ardian Ismajli and Zanos Savva injured. Sandro Kulenovic got his full league debut after scoring in Wednesday’s 2-1 Coppa Italia quarter-final defeat to Inter.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Kean made an immediate impact, his header on a corner fumbled by Alberto Paleari on the line, then Valentino Lazaro’s curler skimmed the crossbar at the other end.

Kean also fired over when springing the offside trap on a long Niccolò Fagioli pass, while Saul Coco’s header flashed wide of the far post on another corner.

Torino took the lead when Dodo mistimed the run back and kept Cesare Casadei onside, allowing him a free header at the back post on Emirhan Ilkhan’s cross.

The Viola fought back, as Paleari stuck out a boot to parry the Marco Brescianini half-volley at the near post, then flew to palm away the Rolando Mandragora long-range strike.

Albert Gudmundsson’s sudden curler grazed a coat of paint off the far top corner, as did the Pietro Comuzzo towering header on a corner.

Fiorentina were forced into a change when Gudmundsson sprained his left ankle from the kick-off for the second half.

Nonetheless, they equalised with a moment of magic from Manor Solomon, who curled the right-foot strike into the top corner from just outside the box, after Mandragora robbed Gvidas Gineitis.

They turned it around completely within six minutes, as Solomon sent Jack Harrison down the right, who rolled low across for Kean to sweep in first time into the near bottom corner from 12 yards.

Mandragora’s free kick whistled just over and Toro struggled to get back into the game, creating a big chance at the 86^th minute when Duvan Zapata forced David De Gea to parry with his legs from 12 yards.

Deep into stoppages, Torino equalised when the Gineitis free kick was whipped in for a glancing Guillermo Maripan header into the far bottom corner, leaving De Gea rooted to the spot.

Fiorentina 2-2 Torino

Casadei 26 (T), Solomon 51 (F), Kean 57 (F), Maripan 94 (T)

07-02-2026 19:45

MatchDay 24

Artemio Franchi Stadium

Fiorentina

Torino

2 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

		26'		Cesare Casadei (Assist: Emirhan Ilkhan)
		31'		Valentino Lazaro
Dodô		40'

2nd half

Manor Solomon (Assist: Rolando Mandragora)		51'
Moise Kean (Assist: Jack Harrison)		57'
		64'		Guillermo Maripán
		66'		Luca Marianucci
Pietro Comuzzo		90+3'
		90'		Gvidas Gineitis
		90+4'		Guillermo Maripán (Assist: Gvidas Gineitis)
		90+5'		Zakaria Aboukhlal

Match statistic

55

Possession %

45

21

Total shots

12

5

Shots on target

4

10

Shots off target

2

6

Blocked shots

6

9

Corners

4

3

Offsides

1

6

Fouls

23

Fiorentina

Torino

Starting lineups

43

David de Gea

Goalkeeper

2

Dodô

Defender

65

Fabiano Parisi

Defender

5

Marin Pongracic

Defender

15

Pietro Comuzzo

Defender

4

Marco Brescianini

Midfielder

73'

44

Nicolò Fagioli

Midfielder

8

Rolando Mandragora

Midfielder

73'

10

Albert Gudmundsson

Attacker

48'

19

Manor Solomon

Attacker

85'

20

Moise Kean

Attacker

85'

1

Alberto Paleari

Goalkeeper

13

Guillermo Maripán

Defender

35

Luca Marianucci

Defender

33

Rafa Obrador

Defender

46'

23

Saúl Coco

Defender

20

Valentino Lazaro

Defender

69'

22

Cesare Casadei

Midfielder

6

Emirhan Ilkhan

Midfielder

59'

66

Gvidas Gineitis

Midfielder

19

Ché Adams

Attacker

83'

17

Sandro Kulenovic

Attacker

59'

Substitutes

22

Jacopo Fazzini

Midfielder

21

Robin Gosens

Midfielder

1

Luca Lezzerini

Goalkeeper

53

Oliver Christensen

Goalkeeper

29

Niccolò Fortini

Midfielder

60

Eddy Kouadio

Defender

62

Luis Balbo

Defender

Jack Harrison

Attacker

48'

Giovanni Fabbian

Midfielder

73'

27

Cher Ndour

Midfielder

73'

91

Roberto Piccoli

Attacker

85'

6

Luca Ranieri

Defender

85'

34

Cristiano Biraghi

Defender

81

Franco Israel

Goalkeeper

61

Adrien Tameze

Midfielder

77

Enzo Ebosse

Defender

25

Niels Nkounkou

Defender

92

Alieu Njie

Attacker

83

Sergiu Perciun

Midfielder

99

Lapo Siviero

Goalkeeper

16

Marcus Pedersen

Defender

46'

18

Giovanni Simeone

Attacker

59'

14

Tino Anjorin

Midfielder

59'

7

Zakaria Aboukhlal

Midfielder

69'

91

Duván Zapata

Attacker

83'

Antonio Conte is frustrated at the ‘absurd’ number of Napoli injuries, hailing the team’s ‘heart’ to beat Genoa 3-2 down to 10 men, and explaining the Scott McTominay setback.

It seemed to be going in the worst possible way for the Partenopei at Marassi, as Genoa earned a penalty after 15 seconds, then when Rasmus Hojlund and McTominay had turned it around, the Scotland international went off injured.

“McTominay has been carrying this problem since the start of the year, it gets inflamed around the tendon, every now and then it hurts and he has to play at a lower gear. He could’ve continued, but this is a player who I’d rather have at 100 per cent rather than take stupid risks,” Conte told DAZN Italia.

A second Alessandro Buongiorno howler gifted the Lorenzo Colombo equaliser and Juan Jesus saw red, but the 10 men snatched the 3-2 victory in stoppages when Hojlund converted the penalty, earned by Antonio Vergara.

Conte frustrated at endless Napoli problems

“I think the victory goes beyond what we showed, we basically gave away two goals to Genoa, but getting back on our feet after that was not easy. We did it, we had this other setback of the red card, but we never stopped pushing and trying to get the win.

“This shows the team never gives in. Every Sunday seems to bring a new obstacle, I was curious to see how the team would react without Di Lorenzo, who is such an important figure for his quality and charisma. I saw a strong response from everyone.

“These are lads who are overcoming everything with pure heart. I had to make some decisions in the moment, in all honesty it was a match we deserved to win, but congratulations to Genoa and Daniele De Rossi, this is a team that won’t have problems staying in Serie A. The atmosphere at Marassi was like being in the Premier League.”

At one stage when McTominay was hurt, clutching the back of the right thigh, Conte turned towards the bench and declared in exasperated fashion that he’d have to play in a minute.

“I always tell the lads, whether we win or lose, we must end the game with heads held high, having given our all, made the fans proud, and honoured the badge on the shirt.

“After that, let’s be clear, it is so difficult. Players make the history of a match, a coach can only do so much when he doesn’t have many players.”

Conte was asked if this has been the most draining and difficult season of his management career.

“It is an absurd season, certainly. If we are intelligent people, we all ought to reflect on the construction of the squad, on the transfer strategy that we did, because compared to other teams, we have a very reduced squad. We can’t even look to the youth academy,” replied the coach.

“We have players like Anguissa, who cannot seem to make a full recovery, Gilmour had surgery and still has problems, so did De Bruyne, Lukaku was out for a long time, Di Lorenzo will be out for two months, we don’t know what’s going to happen with McTominay.”

There were some curious decisions from the coach, who took off Buongiorno straight after the second howler, then when Juan Jesus saw red, opted to remove substitute Giovane to introduce a new defender, meaning the Brazilian was only on for 22 minutes.

Juan Jesus will be suspended against Roma next week, and it remains to be seen what is wrong with McTominay.

“Look here, we can list all we want, I congratulate these lads and those like Vergara who made the most of the opportunity and grew over the last six months. Ambrosino had too, but he preferred to go and play in Serie B,” concluded Conte.

“All we can do is pick up the remaining pieces, prepare for Como in the Coppa Italia, who even rested this weekend as their game against Milan was postponed. I don’t know if McTominay can recover for that, but he’d be a big loss if he didn’t.”

Napoli survived a penalty after 15 seconds, Scott McTominay injury and Juan Jesus red card to snatch a last-gasp 3-2 victory away to Genoa with Rasmus Hojlund’s brace.

The injury crisis dragged on for Antonio Conte, who was still missing Giovanni Di Lorenzo, David Neres, Kevin De Bruyne, Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa and Billy Gilmour, while Matteo Politano and Vanja Milinkovic-Savic were only fit for the bench, but at least Amir Rrahmani returned to the starting XI. The Grifone saw their five-match unbeaten run ended by a chaotic 3-2 defeat to Lazio. Tommaso Baldanzi and Benjamin Siegrist missed out, and Leo Ostigard faced his former club.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

It was a dramatic start, as within 15 seconds Alessandro Buongiorno panicked and hacked at a long ball, allowing Vitinha to run into the box, where he went down under an Alex Meret challenge. The referee awarded a penalty following the VAR review, so Ruslan Malinovskyi converted the spot-kick centrally.

Scott McTominay shinned an effort over from the edge of the box, but Napoli turned it around with an astonishing few minutes.

First McTominay’s angled drive was parried by Justin Bijlow into the path of Hojlund to tap in for his first Serie A goal of 2026.

Play had barely resumed when McTominay won a tackle in midfield and thumped a right-foot scorcher into the near bottom corner from 25 metres out.

Curiously, in those few seconds between the two goals, the Scotland international had gone to the touchline to get some magic spray on his right ankle. He was then visibly hobbling after the goal with a muscular issue at the back of the right leg.

Malinovskyi’s long-range screamer forced a flying Meret save out from under the bar on the stroke of half-time.

McTominay was replaced by Giovane, with Eljif Elmas dropping into midfield and Antonio Vergara shifting over to the left flank.

Genoa got back on level terms, and it was another howler from Buongiorno, who was caught napping in midfield and robbed by Lorenzo Colombo, who surges forward to drill into the far bottom corner.

Napoli fought back, Spinazzola scuffing the finish after a give and go with Hojlund, then a double chance where Miguel Gutierrez saw his finish charged down and Stanislav Lobotka ballooned over.

Malinovskyi and Vitinha also turned over from promising positions, but Napoli went down to 10 men when Juan Jesus pulled back Caleb Ekuban by the jersey for a second yellow card. It also means he’ll be suspended against his old club Roma next week.

There was drama deep into stoppages when Maxwel Cornet trod on Vergara’s foot during a Napoli corner. Just like in the opening minute, Massa had to be called to the VAR monitor and awarded a penalty. Hojlund slightly scuffed the spot-kick, his first ever in Serie A, and it squirmed under Justin Bijlow’s hand to give 10-man Napoli the victory.

Genoa 2-3 Napoli

Malinovskyi pen 3 (G), Hojlund 20, pen 95 (N), McTominay 22 (N), Colombo 57 (G)

Sent off: Juan Jesus 76 (N)

07-02-2026 17:00

MatchDay 24

Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Genoa

Napoli

2 - 3

Player statistic

1st half

		2'		Alex Meret
Ruslan Malinovskyi		3'
		20'		Rasmus Højlund
		21'		Scott McTominay (Assist: Amir Rrahmani)

2nd half

Johan Vásquez		50'
Lorenzo Colombo		57'
		59'		Juan Jesus
		76'		Juan Jesus
Alessandro Marcandalli		82'
		90+2'		Leonardo Spinazzola
		90+5'		Rasmus Højlund

Match statistic

40

Possession %

60

12

Total shots

14

3

Shots on target

5

8

Shots off target

7

1

Blocked shots

2

4

Corners

3

1

Offsides

1

16

Fouls

12

Genoa

Napoli

Starting lineups

16

Justin Bijlow

Goalkeeper

3

Aarón Martín

Defender

74'

27

Alessandro Marcandalli

Defender

15

Brooke Norton-Cuffy

Defender

22

Johan Vásquez

Defender

5

Leo Östigard

Defender

32

Morten Frendrup

Midfielder

17

Ruslan Malinovskyi

Midfielder

74'

29

Lorenzo Colombo

Attacker

64'

77

Mikael Egill Ellertsson

Attacker

9

Vitinha

Attacker

89'

1

Alex Meret

Goalkeeper

4

Alessandro Buongiorno

Defender

60'

13

Amir Rrahmani

Defender

5

Juan Jesus

Defender

37

Leonardo Spinazzola

Defender

3

Miguel Gutiérrez

Defender

26

Antonio Vergara

Midfielder

20

Eljif Elmas

Midfielder

8

Scott McTominay

Midfielder

46'

68

Stanislav Lobotka

Midfielder

19

Rasmus Højlund

Attacker

Substitutes

20

Stefano Sabelli

Defender

39

Daniele Sommariva

Goalkeeper

1

Nicola Leali

Goalkeeper

14

Jean Onana

Midfielder

21

Jeff Ekhator

Attacker

13

Nils Zätterström

Defender

34

Sebastian Otoa

Defender

Amorim

Midfielder

18

Caleb Ekuban

Attacker

64'

10

Junior Messias

Attacker

74'

73

Patrizio Masini

Midfielder

74'

70

Maxwel Cornet

Attacker

89'

14

Nikita Contini

Goalkeeper

32

Vanja Milinković-Savić

Goalkeeper

9

Romelu Lukaku

Attacker

27

Alisson Santos

Attacker

98

Emmanuele De Chiara

Midfielder

95

Vincenzo Prisco

Midfielder

31

Sam Beukema

Defender

60'

17

Mathías Olivera

Defender

77'

23

Giovane

Attacker

Moise Kean returns to lead the Fiorentina attack Albert Gudmundsson and Manor Solomon, as Torino start Che Adams and Sandro Kulenovic.

It kicks off at the Stadio Artemio Franchi at 19.45 GMT (20.45 CET).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Genoa vs. Napoli on the Liveblog.

The Viola remain in the relegation zone and their recent upturn in form hit another snag with three consecutive defeats between Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

It is perhaps no coincidence that Kean did not start any of those three games, but now makes his return after treatment for a recurring ankle injury.

Tariq Lamptey is the only remaining absentee, with January signings Marco Brescianini, Giovanni Fabbian, Solomon and Jack Harrison eager to make an impact.

Daniele Rugani gets his debut on the bench after the deadline day move from Juventus.

Torino ended their run of four consecutive Serie A defeats with a hard-fought and slender 1-0 win over Lecce.

They were also in action midweek in the Coppa Italia, losing the quarter-final 2-1 to Inter.

Coach Marco Baroni is forced into changes, as Nikola Vlasic and Matteo Prati are both suspended, with Ardian Ismajli and Zanos Savva injured.

Kulenovic scored on his debut for the Granata against Inter on Wednesday, and he starts here with Adams, who has shaken off a knock.

Fellow January signings Rafa Obrador and Luca Marianucci play in defence.

Fiorentina vs. Torino line-ups

Fiorentina: De Gea; Dodo, Comuzzo, Pongracic, Parisi; Fagioli; Solomon, Brescianini, Mandragora, Gudmundsson; Kean

Torino: Paleari; Marianucci, Maripan, Coco; Lazaro, Gineitis, Ilkhan, Casadei, Obrador; Kulenovic, Adams

07-02-2026 19:45

MatchDay 24

Artemio Franchi Stadium

Fiorentina

Torino

2 - 2

Player statistic

1st half

		26'		Cesare Casadei (Assist: Emirhan Ilkhan)
		31'		Valentino Lazaro
Dodô		40'

2nd half

Manor Solomon (Assist: Rolando Mandragora)		51'
Moise Kean (Assist: Jack Harrison)		57'
		64'		Guillermo Maripán
		66'		Luca Marianucci
Pietro Comuzzo		90+3'
		90'		Gvidas Gineitis
		90+4'		Guillermo Maripán (Assist: Gvidas Gineitis)
		90+5'		Zakaria Aboukhlal

Match statistic

55

Possession %

45

21

Total shots

12

5

Shots on target

4

10

Shots off target

2

6

Blocked shots

6

9

Corners

4

3

Offsides

1

6

Fouls

23

Fiorentina

Torino

Starting lineups

43

David de Gea

Goalkeeper

2

Dodô

Defender

65

Fabiano Parisi

Defender

5

Marin Pongracic

Defender

15

Pietro Comuzzo

Defender

4

Marco Brescianini

Midfielder

73'

44

Nicolò Fagioli

Midfielder

8

Rolando Mandragora

Midfielder

73'

10

Albert Gudmundsson

Attacker

48'

19

Manor Solomon

Attacker

85'

20

Moise Kean

Attacker

85'

1

Alberto Paleari

Goalkeeper

13

Guillermo Maripán

Defender

35

Luca Marianucci

Defender

33

Rafa Obrador

Defender

46'

23

Saúl Coco

Defender

20

Valentino Lazaro

Defender

69'

22

Cesare Casadei

Midfielder

6

Emirhan Ilkhan

Midfielder

59'

66

Gvidas Gineitis

Midfielder

19

Ché Adams

Attacker

83'

17

Sandro Kulenovic

Attacker

59'

Substitutes

22

Jacopo Fazzini

Midfielder

21

Robin Gosens

Midfielder

1

Luca Lezzerini

Goalkeeper

53

Oliver Christensen

Goalkeeper

29

Niccolò Fortini

Midfielder

60

Eddy Kouadio

Defender

62

Luis Balbo

Defender

Jack Harrison

Attacker

48'

Giovanni Fabbian

Midfielder

73'

27

Cher Ndour

Midfielder

73'

91

Roberto Piccoli

Attacker

85'

6

Luca Ranieri

Defender

85'

34

Cristiano Biraghi

Defender

81

Franco Israel

Goalkeeper

61

Adrien Tameze

Midfielder

77

Enzo Ebosse

Defender

25

Niels Nkounkou

Defender

92

Alieu Njie

Attacker

83

Sergiu Perciun

Midfielder

99

Lapo Siviero

Goalkeeper

16

Marcus Pedersen

Defender

46'

18

Giovanni Simeone

Attacker

59'

14

Tino Anjorin

Midfielder

59'

7

Zakaria Aboukhlal

Midfielder

69'

91

Duván Zapata

Attacker

83'

There was confusion around precisely what happened when Genoa earned a penalty with a foul in the opening 15 seconds of their Serie A match against Napoli, the role of referee Davide Massa and VAR.

You can follow all the action as it happens from the Week 24 fixture at Marassi on the Liveblog.

When Alessandro Buongiorno hacked at a long ball and allowed Vitinha to run into the box, going down under the Alex Meret challenge, it looked at first as if the referee had immediately awarded the penalty.

Moments later, he was called to the touchline by VAR for the On-Field Review, announcing via the microphone that he had given a penalty with yellow card for Meret, seemingly sticking with his original decision despite Vitinha dragging his leg a little bit to seek contact.

It was then converted by Ruslan Malinovskyi to give Genoa the lead.

Massa point caused confusion on early penalty

However, DAZN Italia analysed the footage and explained that this was not the real course of events at all.

When referee Davide Massa pointed in the general direction of the penalty spot, he was in fact pointing to award a goal kick.

Therefore when VAR called him over, it was not to suggest Vitinha had dragged his foot, but to show the Meret contact was worthy of a penalty.

Genoa are awarded a VERY early penalty vs Napoli and Ruslan Malinovskyi scores from the spot pic.twitter.com/Wnql33JlXf

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 7, 2026

It was so early into the game that Napoli coach Antonio Conte wasn’t even looking and wasn’t sure what had happened either.

Antonio Conte reveals Giovanni Di Lorenzo will be out ‘for circa two months’ and Napoli must not ‘force’ Romelu Lukaku back too quickly, but Genoa’s Daniele De Rossi is ‘destined for greatness.’

It kicks off at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, also known as Marassi, at 17.00 GMT (18.00 CET).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Fiorentina-Torino on the Liveblog.

The injury crisis drags on for the Partenopei, who are still without Giovanni Di Lorenzo, David Neres, Kevin De Bruyne, Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa and Billy Gilmour.

Matteo Politano and Vanja Milinkovic-Savic are only fit for the bench with new buys Giovane and Alisson Santos, but at least Amir Rrahmani returns to the starting XI.

Conte on Napoli injuries and De Rossi admiration

“Genoa are a side who above all on home turf rediscovered enthusiasm, Daniele De Rossi called it their fortress, so we know the difficulties we will face today,” Conte told DAZN Italia.

“At the same time, we are not changing our style of football, we’ll press high, try to win the ball back quickly and do what we always did.”

There had been fears Di Lorenzo’s season would be over, but fortunately the knee injury was only a sprain.

The captain took advantage of this enforced lay-off to have surgery on a foot issue that had been dragging on too.

“We have Rrahmani back, but lost Di Lorenzo, a very important figure both on and off the field. I want to see a reaction from the team today to this loss, which will be for circa two months,” revealed Conte.

“We must always try to find the best solution and give our best in reaction to difficulties. Today is going to be a very tough match.”

Lukaku played 90 minutes in a friendly match recently, but how long will it take to get the striker back with a strong role in competitive games after his pre-season injury?

“Romelu is going through the recovery process, you all know how much Napoli missed him since mid-August. The tendon in his left leg was detached, that’s his kicking leg, so we need patience and let him have the right time to recover from a very serious injury. I cannot force him, it’s something the player has to feel, how his body is reacting.

“We hope that he can be more available, as we could use him and Hojlund in a trio together, there are many situations, but right now he is not the Romelu that we know.”

This is the first time that Conte has faced De Rossi as a coach, and the Genoa boss called him a ‘legend’ ahead of this showdown.

“I think Daniele is destined for greatness as a coach,” replied Conte.

“I was fortunate enough to train him when I was the Italy coach for two years. His father is a coach too, so he will certainly have a great career.

“I’m glad when there is recognition, because players are ultimately the only people who can give a real verdict on the work of a coach.”

Napoli look to Rasmus Hojlund, Amir Rrahmani and Scott McTominay for the tricky trip to Daniele De Rossi’s Genoa, who start Ruslan Malinovskyi and Vitinha.

It kicks off at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, also known as Marassi, at 17.00 GMT (18.00 CET).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens from this game and Fiorentina-Torino on the Liveblog.

The Partenopei are still decimated by that injury crisis, but at least managed to get back on track last week with a 2-1 victory over Fiorentina.

They have the Coppa Italia quarter-final against Como coming up, then a Serie A showdown with Roma, but there’s no room for squad rotation.

Giovanni Di Lorenzo, David Neres, Kevin De Bruyne, Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa and Billy Gilmour are still out of action, with Vanja Milinkovic-Savic and Romelu Lukaku only fit for the bench.

At least Rrahmani returns from a muscular issue and goes straight into the starting XI, with Matteo Politano also making the trip, while new buys Giovane and Alisson are available.

Genoa have been revitalised since De Rossi took over from Patrick Vieira and had been on a five-match unbeaten run until their dramatic 3-2 defeat to Lazio.

It is the first time the former Italy player has faced off against Conte as a coach.

Tommaso Baldanzi arrived from Roma in the January transfer window, but he’s not fully fit along with Benjamin Siegrist.

Former Feyenoord goalkeeper Justin Bijlow takes the gloves, with Leo Ostigard facing his old club.

Malinovskyi pulls the midfield strings behind Vitinha and Lorenzo Colombo, but new buy Amorim is eager to make his debut.

When these sides met in October, Jeff Ekhator had put Genoa in front, but Anguissa and Hojlund goals turned it around in the second half.

Genoa vs. Napoli official line-ups

Genoa: Bijlow; Marcandalli, Ostigard, Vasquez; Norton-Cuffy, Malinovskyi, Ellertsson, Frendrup, Martin; Vitinha, Colombo

Napoli: Meret; Rrahmani, Buongiorno, Juan Jesus; Gutierrez, Lobotka, McTominay, Spinazzola; Vergara, Elmas; Hojlund

07-02-2026 17:00

MatchDay 24

Stadio Luigi Ferraris

Genoa

Napoli

2 - 3

Player statistic

1st half

		2'		Alex Meret
Ruslan Malinovskyi		3'
		20'		Rasmus Højlund
		21'		Scott McTominay (Assist: Amir Rrahmani)

2nd half

Johan Vásquez		50'
Lorenzo Colombo		57'
		59'		Juan Jesus
		76'		Juan Jesus
Alessandro Marcandalli		82'
		90+2'		Leonardo Spinazzola
		90+5'		Rasmus Højlund

Match statistic

40

Possession %

60

12

Total shots

14

3

Shots on target

5

8

Shots off target

7

1

Blocked shots

2

4

Corners

3

1

Offsides

1

16

Fouls

12

Genoa

Napoli

Starting lineups

16

Justin Bijlow

Goalkeeper

3

Aarón Martín

Defender

74'

27

Alessandro Marcandalli

Defender

15

Brooke Norton-Cuffy

Defender

22

Johan Vásquez

Defender

5

Leo Östigard

Defender

32

Morten Frendrup

Midfielder

17

Ruslan Malinovskyi

Midfielder

74'

29

Lorenzo Colombo

Attacker

64'

77

Mikael Egill Ellertsson

Attacker

9

Vitinha

Attacker

89'

1

Alex Meret

Goalkeeper

4

Alessandro Buongiorno

Defender

60'

13

Amir Rrahmani

Defender

5

Juan Jesus

Defender

37

Leonardo Spinazzola

Defender

3

Miguel Gutiérrez

Defender

26

Antonio Vergara

Midfielder

20

Eljif Elmas

Midfielder

8

Scott McTominay

Midfielder

46'

68

Stanislav Lobotka

Midfielder

19

Rasmus Højlund

Attacker

Substitutes

20

Stefano Sabelli

Defender

39

Daniele Sommariva

Goalkeeper

1

Nicola Leali

Goalkeeper

14

Jean Onana

Midfielder

21

Jeff Ekhator

Attacker

13

Nils Zätterström

Defender

34

Sebastian Otoa

Defender

Amorim

Midfielder

18

Caleb Ekuban

Attacker

64'

10

Junior Messias

Attacker

74'

73

Patrizio Masini

Midfielder

74'

70

Maxwel Cornet

Attacker

89'

14

Nikita Contini

Goalkeeper

32

Vanja Milinković-Savić

Goalkeeper

9

Romelu Lukaku

Attacker

27

Alisson Santos

Attacker

98

Emmanuele De Chiara

Midfielder

95

Vincenzo Prisco

Midfielder

31

Sam Beukema

Defender

60'

17

Mathías Olivera

Defender

77'

23

Giovane

Attacker

Gleison Bremer admits ‘it is a penalty by the letter of the law and we must accept it’ after a controversial spot-kick sparked Atalanta’s 3-0 Coppa Italia win over Juventus.

The Bianconeri had started the quarter-final stronger in Bergamo and hit the crossbar with Francisco Conceicao, but the game changed after 25 minutes.

Even Ederson had not appealed when his cross was deflected off Bremer into the arms of Mattia Perin, but VAR spotted that it had hit the defender’s hand, and referee Michael Fabbri awarded a penalty following the On-Field Review.

Bremer and Juventus shrug off controversy

“It is honestly difficult to talk about this, because it is a penalty by the letter of the law,” Bremer told Sport Mediaset.

“As a defender, I would naturally say it isn’t a penalty, but the referee awarded it and we must accept it. This is a decision that changes the game, but we can’t do anything about that.

“After all, it was in the first half, we had an hour left to turn the match around.”

Former referee Graziano Cesari in the studio noted that the replay showed Bremer’s hand never moved towards the ball, but was in a fairly natural position for someone running.

He even called this kind of penalty ‘anti-football,’ but Bremer was more focused on the rest of the Juventus performance.

They failed to convert any of their scoring opportunities, while Atalanta were clinical in adding two more goals through Kamaldeen Sulemana and Mario Pasalic late on.

“It happened against Cagliari and Lecce too, so we have to improve on taking our chances,” insisted the Brazilian.

“We have just started this new era with the coach, so we are on the right track, even if we made mistakes today. We also must apologise to the fans, because a 3-0 result is too much, but we’ve got to get right back on track from the next game.”

Atalanta go on to face either Bologna or Lazio in the Coppa Italia semi-final.

Raffaele Palladino enjoyed a ‘magical night’ for Atalanta to sweep Juventus aside 3-0 and reach the Coppa Italia semi-final. ‘These open games are the ones I enjoy.’

The atmosphere in Bergamo was special, as they had history with Juve in the Coppa Italia, losing the Final to this opponent in both 2021 and 2024.

The deadlock was broken by a Gianluca Scamacca penalty, awarded via VAR for a Gleison Bremer handling offence on the Ederson cross, then the substitutes made the difference with both Kamaldeen Sulemana and Mario Pasalic on target for the 3-0 result.

Palladino has strong record against Juventus

Palladino also has history, as he beat Juventus in his first ever game as coach of Monza too.

“That’s true, I cannot deny it,” smiled the former Juve player on Sport Mediaset.

“I am very happy, I thank the lads, the club, all our fantastic fans, we dedicate the victory to them, as the stadium was a cauldron and inspired us. It was a perfect evening, a magical night, as we want to go all the way in this competition.

“We’re giving a sense of consistency to our work, and the substitutes came on with the right spirit, which made the difference. I can count on all these lads, which makes me happy.”

While Juventus perhaps had more scoring opportunities overall, it was Atalanta who were for once the more clinical team.

“We were clinical when we had to be, defended solidly when we had to do that too,” noted Palladino.

“I was impressed with the strength and quality of Juve, facing one of the best coaches in Italy in Luciano Spalletti. Don’t forget they had so many positive results in recent months, that makes this win even more important for us.

“It was a balanced game, we must admit they had the chances to go in front, but these open games are the ones I enjoy. I asked the lads at half-time if they wanted to sit a bit deeper, but they wanted to keep pushing, that’s what I like to hear.”

The last time these teams met in September, the coaches on the touchline were Ivan Juric and Igor Tudor, but a great deal has changed under Palladino and Spalletti.

“The DNA of Atalanta is what we needed to rediscover. This is a group of great guys and they are working so hard to achieve results in three tournaments. We know it is a difficult month with Serie A, the Champions League and Coppa Italia commitments.

“Now I expect a great show of maturity against Cremonese on Monday, because too often we raise our game for these big nights, then play below par against sides that might be inferior on paper, but are not inferior on the pitch. We cannot keep doing that, so that will be a real test.”

Atalanta will now go into the two-legged semi-final against either Bologna or Lazio, continuing their hopes of Coppa Italia glory after coming so close in recent years.

They are also in the Champions League play-offs against Borussia Dortmund, and fighting for a top six spot in Serie A.

“I believe that defence is the best form of attack, so Scamacca and Raspadori pressed the opposition defenders today, we try to win back the ball as quickly as possible. I don’t like to defend deep, neither do Atalanta really since the Gasperini era, so we share the same vision in that sense,” added Palladino.

“It means running risks, but we accept that and go on the attack straight away.”

Luciano Spalletti admits Juventus ‘made the wrong choices, Atalanta made the right ones’ in a 3-0 Coppa Italia quarter-final defeat. 

The Bianconeri were in fine form going into the New Balance Arena in Bergamo, and had beaten La Dea in the Coppa Italia Finals of 2021 and 2024.

However, a controversial penalty changed the quarter-final this evening, as VAR spotted the Ederson cross clipping Gleison Bremer’s hand in a situation where even Atalanta players hadn’t realised anything was amiss.

Gianluca Scamacca converted the penalty, then as Juve threw on new buys Jeremie Boga and Emil Holm, it was Atalanta whose substitutes made the difference, with Kamaldeen Sulemana and Mario Pasalic on target.

Spalletti sees repeat of Juventus issues

“They were better than us in the decisive moments of the match. When you comment on a 3-0 defeat, there’s not much you can say. We congratulate Palladino and Atalanta, it is a well-built team that plays good football,” Spalletti told Sport Mediaset.

“We made the wrong choices when the going got tough. There are moments where the ball moves around and it’s largely about statistics, but when the game gets real, you have to make the right calls, do them quickly and sharply. In those moments, we made the wrong choices, they made the right ones.”

This is a recurring theme for Juventus so far this season, one that Spalletti has complained about before.

“There were spaces to send players through two on one, but instead we took it near the corner flag. We lack the experience sometimes to recognise those situations, but also there are the characteristics of some players that are either there or not. We cannot seem to have that sharpness and clear-headed focus in the decisive moments. It happens.”

Considering the strength in depth at their disposal, it was expected that the Juventus options off the bench would allow them to step up a gear in the second half, but instead it was Atalanta whose substitutes made a strong impact.

“Stepping up a level is also down to the way the whole group trains. We have a few defects, as many teams do, but I feel that we are a team. We just need to recognise these moments of a match that can become decisive, because if you look at the number of chances in this game, the result seems like a false reflection of it,” noted Spalletti.

“We lost 3-0, so it seems odd to say the lads worked hard and put in a good performance. What I didn’t like was in the closing stages we all got spread out and tried to find a breakthrough individually, so we lost organisation too much. We lost some unity.”

Spalletti was asked to be honest on what he thought about that handball for the penalty, but he didn’t take the bait.

“It’s a penalty because it touches his hand. I am interested in other things, I have a different job,” smiled the coach.

“My hardest job is convincing the lads of what really happened in this match tomorrow, not what the result says. They need to see the reality of their performance.”

This result means Juventus are out of the Coppa Italia at the quarter-final stage, remaining in Serie A and preparing for the Champions League play-offs against Galatasaray.

Atalanta took revenge on Juventus for the Coppa Italia Finals of 2021 and 2024, winning 3-0 to set up a semi-final with either Bologna or Lazio.

With Kenan Yildiz not fully fit, Dusan Vlahovic and Arek Milik injured, the Bianconeri moved Andrea Cambiaso to a more advanced role, with new buys Jeremie Boga and Emil Holm on the bench for the first time. La Dea had just one win in their last five competitive games and on Sunday held Como 0-0 despite Honest Ahanor’s early red card. Giacomo Raspadori returned to the starting XI after being rested.

This was a repeat of the 2024 Final, which ended 1-0 for Juve, but was also the last time they managed to beat La Dea.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Khephren Thuram couldn’t keep the volley on target from a Francisco Conceicao pass within 10 seconds, nor could Jonathan David’s header later on.

Conceicao took matters into his own hands with two huge chances in one minute, first surprising Ahanor on a long Weston McKennie throw-in to force a tough Marco Carnesecchi save, then as the move continued his left-foot curler smacked against the crossbar.

VAR intervened for an incident that Ederson had not even noticed, when his cross took a deflection off Gleison Bremer’s fist, and the referee awarded a penalty following the On-Field Review. Gianluca Scamacca sent Mattia Perin the wrong way with a powerful spot-kick.

Bremer nodded Andrea Cambiaso’s cross wide, then McKennie scuffed a finish from six yards on a short corner.

Boga was introduced for his Juve debut and his first pass was a through ball for Conceicao, cut off by Giorgio Scalvini for a corner.

McKennie gathered with his back to goal and turned to fire over from 12 yards, while Scalvini took advantage of a heavy David first touch to put another chance out for a corner from close range.

Boga also stood up a cross for Lloyd Kelly to nod wide, while he dribbled to the by-line and the pull-back was beyond both Carnesecchi and McKennie.

Emil Holm made his Juventus debut too, but instead Atalanta doubled their lead against the run of play. Marten De Roon won it back in midfield and Raoul Bellanova’s low cross went past Nikola Krstovic, but Kamaldeen Sulemana came sliding in from seven yards.

Another substitute came off the bench to make it 3-0 for La Dea, as Lorenzo Bernasconi intercepted a wayward Bremer pass, Krstovic found Mario Pasalic, whose finish went through Lloyd Kelly’s legs, taking a slight deflection to dribble into the far bottom corner.

"Job done for Atalanta!"

Mario Pašalić with the third and Raffaele Palladino's side are cruising past Juventus pic.twitter.com/MwsPbFxLt9

— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) February 5, 2026

Khephren Thuram’s scorcher was straight at Carnesecchi, as Juve proved ultimately toothless.

Atalanta 3-0 Juventus

Scamacca pen 27 (A), Sulemana 77 (A), Pasalic 85 (A)

05-02-2026 20:00

1/4 Final

Gewiss Stadium (Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia)

Atalanta

Juventus

3 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Gianluca Scamacca

27'

2nd half

Kamaldeen Sulemana (Assist: Raoul Bellanova)		77'
Mario Pasalic (Assist: Nikola Krstovic)		85'

Match statistic

42

Possession %

58

8

Total shots

13

4

Shots on target

2

0

Shots off target

9

4

Blocked shots

2

1

Corners

6

2

Offsides

2

11

Fouls

8

Atalanta

Juventus

Starting lineups

29

Marco Carnesecchi

Goalkeeper

19

Berat Djimsiti

Defender

77

Davide Zappacosta

Defender

70'

42

Giorgio Scalvini

Defender

76'

69

Honest Ahanor

Defender

47

Lorenzo Bernasconi

Defender

13

Éderson

Midfielder

15

Marten de Roon

Midfielder

17

Charles De Ketelaere

Attacker

83'

Giacomo Raspadori

Attacker

75'

9

Gianluca Scamacca

Attacker

71'

1

Mattia Perin

Goalkeeper

27

Andrea Cambiaso

Defender

81'

3

Bremer

Defender

4

Federico Gatti

Defender

64'

6

Lloyd Kelly

Defender

15

Pierre Kalulu

Defender

19

Khéphren Thuram

Midfielder

5

Manuel Locatelli

Midfielder

74'

22

Weston McKennie

Midfielder

7

Francisco Conceição

Attacker

80'

30

Jonathan David

Attacker

74'

Substitutes

59

Nicola Zalewski

Midfielder

10

Lazar Samardžić

Midfielder

31

Francesco Rossi

Goalkeeper

57

Marco Sportiello

Goalkeeper

Mitchel Bakker

Defender

23

Sead Kolasinac

Defender

4

Isak Hien

Defender

6

Yunus Musah

Midfielder

16

Raoul Bellanova

Defender

70'

7

Kamaldeen Sulemana

Midfielder

71'

90

Nikola Krstovic

Attacker

75'

3

Odilon Kossounou

Defender

76'

8

Mario Pasalic

Midfielder

83'

23

Carlo Pinsoglio

Goalkeeper

21

Fabio Miretti

Midfielder

16

Michele Di Gregorio

Goalkeeper

18

Filip Kostic

Midfielder

32

Juan Cabal

Defender

10

Kenan Yıldız

Attacker

17

Vasilije Adžić

Midfielder

13

Jeremie Boga

Attacker

64'

8

Teun Koopmeiners

Midfielder

74'

2

Emil Holm

Defender

74'

11

Edon Zhegrova

Attacker

80'

20

Loïs Openda

Attacker

81'

Watch as former Atalanta striker Ademola Lookman takes just 37 minutes to score his first goal for Atletico Madrid on his debut.

The Nigeria international was a deadline day transfer from La Dea to the Colchoneros at a cost of €40m including performance-related bonuses.

He was thrown straight into the starting XI for tonight’s Copa del Rey quarter-final trip to Real Betis.

Lookman opens Atletico Madrid account

Ademola Lookman gets his debut goal for Atletico Madrid

A brilliant counter attacking move sees the visitors take a 3-0 lead before half-time #ITVFootball pic.twitter.com/KXAjI6aKD6

— ITV Football (@itvfootball) February 5, 2026

Atletico Madrid were already leading 2-0 when Lookman added a third just before half-time, completing the rapid counter-attack sparked by Pablo Barrios.

He still had work to do, cutting inside past two defenders to create the space for the finish.

It was the Nigerian’s fourth goal of the season in club football, having netted three with two assists in 19 Atalanta games.

The Inter supporter who threw the firework that struck Cremonese goalkeeper Emil Audero has apologised ‘to the player, the two clubs and all the fans.’

The incident during last week’s Serie A match at the Stadio Zini saw a firework thrown from the away end, hitting Audero on the leg and exploding right next to him.

He was able to continue after treatment, but it could’ve been so much worse, and drew condemnation from all areas of Italian football.

Inter fan arrested after throwing firework

The fan has been identified as a 19-year-old who damaged two fingers by trying to throw another firework soon after in the same game.

He was arrested and is now facing prison for his actions.

“I apologise to Audero, to the two clubs, and to all the fans,” was his statement given to news agency ANSA.

His lawyer also explained the approach that they were taking to this court case, with Inter adding their names as parties who sustained financial damage from the €50,000 fine for his actions.

“He should not have thrown that firework, but he did not think about the possible consequences, which were that the goalkeeper could get close to it and be stunned by the explosion.”

The initial request awaiting trial is for the teenager to be confined to house arrest.

Roma have confirmed their Europa League squad list for the knockout rounds, bringing in Donyell Malen, Bryan Zaragoza and Robinio Vaz, but cutting Artem Dovbyk and Angelino.

The Giallorossi are the only Italian side who managed to avoid the play-offs in Europe, as they finished eighth in the big Europa League table and therefore qualified directly for the Round of 16.

It means they have two fewer games on the fixture list and can take more time to get their new January signings to settle in.

Those include Malen, Robinio Vaz and Zaragoza, who are introduced into the squad for the knockout phase of this tournament.

However, coach Gian Piero Gasperini has chosen to remove two big names in order to make room for the new signings.

They are centre-forward Dovbyk and winger Angelino, who have both struggled for playing time in recent months due to recurring injuries.

Leon Bailey was also removed after his return to Aston Villa from the loan experience.

As Niccolò Pisilli is a youth academy product, he can still be registered in the B List, freeing up a space in the senior squad.

Roma Europa League list

Celik, Cristante, Dybala, El Aynaoui, El Shaarawy, Ferguson, Ghilardi, Gollini, Hermoso, Kone, Malen, Mancini, Ndicka, Pellegrini, Rensch, Soulé, Svilar, Tsimikas, Vaz, Wesley, Zaragoza, Ziolkowski

Juventus director Giorgio Chiellini wasn’t expecting Luciano Spalletti to have such an immediate impact, but explains the lack of a new striker ahead of the Coppa Italia quarter-final with Atalanta.

It kicks off at the New Balance Arena in Bergamo at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

The winner will be decided after 90 minutes, or heading directly to a penalty shoot-out, as there is no extra time at this stage of the tournament.

Whoever wins will go through to face either Bologna or Lazio in the semi-final.

Chiellini sees revitalised Juventus

“Naturally both teams care a lot about this tie, it is a quarter-final,” Chiellini told Sport Mediaset.

“We are aware of the difficulties and the intensity that is required to keep up with Atalanta, but we’ll try to give our all to win.”

Kenan Yildiz is not fully fit with an adductor issue, while Dusan Vlahovic and Arek Milik are long-term absentees, so Andrea Cambiaso is moved into a more advanced role on the left.

Deadline day signings Emil Holm and Jeremie Boga are on the bench for the first time, but the long-awaited striker never materialised after failed attempts for Randal Kolo Muani, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Youssef En-Nesyri.

“I think we cast our eye over the transfer market and sought out many different situations that could’ve helped us during Dusan Vlahovic’s absence,” noted Chiellini.

“He is coming back soon, but not this month, and then we’ve got to see how long he’ll take to regain full fitness after a long injury.

“We’re pleased with how the team is growing, as some players are gaining confidence. We’re also pleased Federico Gatti is back and expect others to step up too, giving the team a hand during a difficult but exciting month.

“We need everyone, they all have to step up a gear, including those who so far have performed well.”

Luciano Spalletti was brought in to replace sacked Igor Tudor and has transformed the Juventus performances.

“We hoped he would have an immediate impact, of course, but usually coaches take longer for that to show. What was important I feel is during the Christmas period he had more time to work in training and that helped the change of gear,” concluded Chiellini.

Atalanta director Luca Percassi feels the team has been ‘reinforced’ in the January transfer window and is ready to face Juventus in the Coppa Italia quarter-final tonight.

It kicks off at the New Balance Arena in Bergamo at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

It will be decided after 90 minutes, or go directly to a penalty shoot-out, because there is no provision for extra time.

Whoever wins will go through to face either Bologna or Lazio in the semi-final.

Percassi sees stronger Atalanta in 2026

“It is a fantastic atmosphere and will certainly be a great game,” Percassi told Sport Mediaset.

These teams met in the Coppa Italia Final in 2021 and 2024, Juventus getting the trophy on both occasions, but May 2024 was also the last time the Bianconeri were able to defeat Atalanta.

It was followed by two draws and an incredible 4-0 victory in Turin in March 2025.

January signing Giacomo Raspadori starts after his arrival from Atletico Madrid, where he was replaced by Ademola Lookman from Atalanta.

“Football has a short memory, so we must work all the time to ensure the squad is as competitive as possible,” noted Percassi.

“I think the transfer window allowed Atalanta to reinforce the team, we signed a player that we were not expecting to get, we’re very happy that Raspadori chose Atalanta. Now fortunately we can talk only about football and not the transfer market, as there are many important matches coming up.”

Pushing for the top six in Serie A and qualifying for the Champions League play-offs with Raffaele Palladino, it feels a very different side to the one that struggled under Ivan Juric at the start of the season.

“This is our 16th year since my family returned to Atalanta, so we know the journey we have taken, and that this remains a provincial club that must earn every single point,” concluded Percassi.

“We knew that after nine years a fantastic era was ending, that it would not be easy to start again, but we put all our energy and financial support in for the technical project. We want to keep going with no regrets.”

New Pisa coach Oscar Hiljemark points to Elfsborg’s performances against Roma and Tottenham as proof of why he was chosen at age 33. ‘I felt great enthusiasm.’

Alberto Gilardino was sacked last week after managing only one victory, 11 draws and 11 defeats in Serie A so far this season, leaving them rock bottom of the table.

There is little time to prepare, as the new man will make his debut on Friday when Pisa face Hellas Verona in a relegation dogfight.

Hiljemark takes over at Pisa

“I am very proud to be here. I felt a great sense of enthusiasm, but we need to start picking up points,” said Hiljemark in his press conference.

The club poached Hiljemark from Elfsborg, because he is no stranger to Italian football, having played for Palermo and Genoa during his career.

Aged only 33, the Swede becomes the youngest coach in Serie A, younger even than some of his players, and therefore with very little coaching experience.

“I had good games for my team against Roma and Tottenham in the Europa League. I’m very calm,” he said when asked about a lack of faith in his appointment.

“We must play as a team and not get downhearted when there are negative incidents. The important thing is to get the three points.”

When asked if he would stick with the three-man defence set up by Gilardino, Hiljemark confirmed he would “not be changing the tactical system.

“It is a fantastic group of players, but the situation in the table is delicate. We won’t be perfect tomorrow, obviously, as we haven’t had time in these three days to work on everything.

“What I do want to see is a team that plays together, with clear ideas, knowing what it wants to do. We’ve got to concentrate on defending, dealing with set plays, and the first pass after winning back the ball.”

Juan Cuadrado and new signing Samuel Iling Junior are in the squad, but Adrian Semper, Raul Albiol, Daniel Denoon and Isak Vural are injured.

Juventus look to Francisco Conceicao, Jonathan David and Weston McKennie against Atalanta’s Gianluca Scamacca, Giacomo Raspadori and Charles De Ketelaere in the Coppa Italia quarter-final.

It kicks off at the New Balance Arena in Bergamo at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

This is a one-off match, to be decided after 90 minutes, or going directly to a penalty shoot-out, so there is no provision for extra time.

Whoever wins will go through to face either Bologna or Lazio in the semi-final.

This clash is a repeat of the 2024 Coppa Italia Final, which ended 1-0 for Juve, but is also the last time they managed to beat La Dea.

The Bianconeri are on sparkling form lately, surging into fourth place, winning nine of their last 12 competitive games, losing only once.

However, Kenan Yildiz is not fully fit with an adductor issue, but rather than bring in Fabio Miretti and move McKennie into a wide left role, instead Andrea Cambiaso is pushed into a more advanced position.

Francisco Conceicao also supports Jonathan David, with only Dusan Vlahovic and Arkadiusz Milik still injured.

New signings Jeremie Boga and Emil Holm are on the bench after their deadline day transfers.

Atalanta had been a transformed side since Raffaele Palladino took over from Ivan Juric, but that progress stalled slightly.

Since mid-January they’ve managed just one 4-0 win over Parma, two draws and two Champions League defeats, but still booked their place in the play-offs against Borussia Dortmund.

On Sunday they grabbed a 0-0 draw away to Como despite Honest Ahanor’s red card after just 8 minutes and a last-gasp Marco Carnesecchi save on Nico Paz’s penalty.

Raspadori was rested for that game and returns to the starting XI with De Ketelaere and Scamacca.

Ahanor gets another chance to prove himself after that dismissal.

Atalanta vs. Juventus line-ups

Atalanta: Carnesecchi; Scalvini, Djimsiti, Ahanor; Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Bernasconi; De Ketelaere, Raspadori; Scamacca

Juventus: Perin; Kalulu, Bremer, Gatti, Kelly; Thuram, Locatelli; Conceicao, McKennie, Cambiaso; David

05-02-2026 20:00

1/4 Final

Gewiss Stadium (Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia)

Atalanta

Juventus

3 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

Gianluca Scamacca

27'

2nd half

Kamaldeen Sulemana (Assist: Raoul Bellanova)		77'
Mario Pasalic (Assist: Nikola Krstovic)		85'

Match statistic

42

Possession %

58

8

Total shots

13

4

Shots on target

2

0

Shots off target

9

4

Blocked shots

2

1

Corners

6

2

Offsides

2

11

Fouls

8

Atalanta

Juventus

Starting lineups

29

Marco Carnesecchi

Goalkeeper

19

Berat Djimsiti

Defender

77

Davide Zappacosta

Defender

70'

42

Giorgio Scalvini

Defender

76'

69

Honest Ahanor

Defender

47

Lorenzo Bernasconi

Defender

13

Éderson

Midfielder

15

Marten de Roon

Midfielder

17

Charles De Ketelaere

Attacker

83'

Giacomo Raspadori

Attacker

75'

9

Gianluca Scamacca

Attacker

71'

1

Mattia Perin

Goalkeeper

27

Andrea Cambiaso

Defender

81'

3

Bremer

Defender

4

Federico Gatti

Defender

64'

6

Lloyd Kelly

Defender

15

Pierre Kalulu

Defender

19

Khéphren Thuram

Midfielder

5

Manuel Locatelli

Midfielder

74'

22

Weston McKennie

Midfielder

7

Francisco Conceição

Attacker

80'

30

Jonathan David

Attacker

74'

Substitutes

59

Nicola Zalewski

Midfielder

10

Lazar Samardžić

Midfielder

31

Francesco Rossi

Goalkeeper

57

Marco Sportiello

Goalkeeper

Mitchel Bakker

Defender

23

Sead Kolasinac

Defender

4

Isak Hien

Defender

6

Yunus Musah

Midfielder

16

Raoul Bellanova

Defender

70'

7

Kamaldeen Sulemana

Midfielder

71'

90

Nikola Krstovic

Attacker

75'

3

Odilon Kossounou

Defender

76'

8

Mario Pasalic

Midfielder

83'

23

Carlo Pinsoglio

Goalkeeper

21

Fabio Miretti

Midfielder

16

Michele Di Gregorio

Goalkeeper

18

Filip Kostic

Midfielder

32

Juan Cabal

Defender

10

Kenan Yıldız

Attacker

17

Vasilije Adžić

Midfielder

13

Jeremie Boga

Attacker

64'

8

Teun Koopmeiners

Midfielder

74'

2

Emil Holm

Defender

74'

11

Edon Zhegrova

Attacker

80'

20

Loïs Openda

Attacker

81'

Marcus Thuram reveals his ‘mistake’ when Inter played Juventus and little brother Khephren in Serie A. ‘I tried to joke around, but I poked the bear a little too hard. He scored. He never scores!’

The French striker spoke to CBS Sports show Kickin’ It about his family, growing up in football with father Lilian and little brother Khephren.

Both are now in Serie A and faced each other in the Scudetto race when Inter took on Juventus earlier this season in a fiery encounter.

Thuram brothers are similar, yet different

“We are similar in a lot of points,” said Marcus Thuram. “He works hard and is a serious professional. He knows what he wants in life, he likes to have fun, he is everything that can be the best in the world.

“I am his number one fan. He was very competitive towards me and I like that, I love it. Every time we play against each other, I want to see that anger, because it makes me proud.

“I can see it immediately in his eyes, there’s this switch. He’s very competitive, he always wants to win and be number one, but there’s that edge when I’m on the pitch with him.

“I try to joke around, but he is not going for it. Not going for it.”

That was evident when Inter and Juventus played in a 4-3 thriller in Turin on September 13, as the two siblings had very different approaches to the match.

Marcus had scored with a header to put the Nerazzurri 3-2 up at the 76^th minute, but Khephren equalised, then Vasilije Adzic won it for Juve in stoppages.

“When we faced each other, I wanted to prove a point that I was the big brother. It didn’t go so well, maybe it was my mistake, I looked at him, but I poked the bear a little too hard. He scored, he never scores,” confessed Marcus with a smile.

“But I’m super proud of him and what he’s achieving. He’s becoming a man now, he has so much potential, I wish him all the best.

“We talk every day, we have a great relationship.”

There is almost a four-year gap between the two Thuram brothers, as Marcus was born in August 1997 and Khephren in March 2001.

What is his dream for the Thuram brothers in this world?

“My dream for us is to express our full potential, to grow as men, with values.

“We are footballers, but at the end of your career, you have to be more than an athlete, you have to have morals and respect, and knowledge of the environment you live in.”

"We complete each other perfectly." pic.twitter.com/2psN6bLnS9

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 5, 2026

Bologna have confirmed their new squad list for the Europa League knockout phase, bringing in January signings Joao Mario and Simon Sohm.

The Rossoblu have made it into the play-offs, where they will face SK Brann in the first leg away on February 19, then at the Stadio Dall’Ara on February 26.

Coach Vincenzo Italiano announced the changes to the group now that they have moved into the knockout phase, which allows for the January signings to be added.

They are ex-Juventus full-back Joao Mario, who takes the place of Emil Holm, and former Fiorentina midfielder Sohm.

Lorenzo De Silvestri and new arrival Elvind Helland are not included in the list and won’t be able to play in the Europa League fixtures.

Bologna Europa League list

Franceschelli, Happonen, Pessina, Ravaglia; Baroncioni, Casale, Heggem, Lucumi, Lykogiannis, Joao Mario, Miranda, Vitik, Zortea; Ferguson, Freuler, Lai, Moro, Pobega, Sohm; Bernardeschi, Cambiaghi, Castaldo, Castro, Dallinga, Dominguez, Negri, Odgaard, Orsolini, Rowe

Daniele De Rossi hails ‘world class’ Antonio Conte as Genoa prepare to face Napoli this weekend. ‘He gives you the most important things a player can get from his coach.’

It kicks off at Marassi on Saturday at 17.00 GMT (18.00 CET).

The Grifone are fresh off a chaotic 3-2 defeat to Lazio, which saw three penalties awarded.

That result ended what had been a very positive streak of two wins and three draws in Serie A, dragging them away from the bottom three.

De Rossi knows first hand what Conte can give

“When Napoli have all the players at their disposal, I think they are the best or second best squad in Serie A, with the most successful coach of recent years in Italy,” said De Rossi in his press conference.

“They had a moment of disappointment at Champions League elimination, but then got right back on their feet. If we think that we’re going to face a downhearted team, we’ve got the worst coach in the world for that, because Conte knows how to motivate them and find the right words.

“Napoli are missing a lot of players that affects squad rotation, but if we look at their starting XI, it’s still incredible. They know how to play football in a very energetic way, so we must be ready.

“We cannot be surprised by Scott McTominay’s run forward, a long ball for Rasmus Hojlund, or a mazy run by Leonardo Spinazzola. We’re on our home turf, so anything can happen with energy, ambition, hunger and focus.”

De Rossi did not hold back on his admiration for serial Scudetto winner Conte, who he worked with as Italy coach.

“He gives you the most important things a player can get from his coach. He gives you courage and knowledge. For example, there wasn’t a single time he didn’t explain to us the mechanism of a movement.

“I said once it was tough to be coached by Conte, but wonderful at the same time. He is tough, but he treats you like a great player.

“I also think he puts his players in great physical shape. He is a complete coach, world class, winning in Italy and abroad. If I was a Serie A President, his name would be the first I’d think of to lead my team.”

Genoa were active on the January transfer market, bringing in 20-year-old Portuguese midfielder Amorim, Feyenoord goalkeeper Justin Bijlow, Tommaso Baldanzi from Roma, and more.

“I am satisfied above all at not losing any of the big players, plus bringing in quality figures with the characteristics I had asked for,” said De Rossi.

“Amorim can play as a mezz’ala as well as a playmaker. Brooke Norton-Cuffy and Jeff Ekhator had a lot of rumours around them in January, but they were always concentrated and gave their all.

“Ruslan Malinovskyi was always an attacking player, but in my view he’s changing and becoming more of a total midfielder now.”

Cristian Chivu gives credit to the Inter youth academy for providing fresh talent in tonight’s Coppa Italia win over Torino. ‘You can improve a squad without buying new players.’

The Nerazzurri did not hold back with squad rotation, including full debuts for youth team players Matteo Cocchi and Issiaka Kamate, the latter providing an assist for the Ange-Yoan Bonny header.

Andy Diouf added a second straight after the restart, and Torino got one back through Sandro Kulenovic to set up a tense finale, but Matteo Prati’s potential equaliser was flagged offside.

Chivu pleased with experimental Inter side

“I am not a journalist, nor do I play fantasy football, so I won’t give player ratings,” joked Chivu on Sport Mediaset.

“I am satisfied with the performance, the energy that we needed in a match like this, and what we managed to create. Inevitably, when it gets to 2-1, then the opponent has a second wind and tries to ride that enthusiasm, but they didn’t cause us that many problems.”

Inter didn’t even have home advantage this evening against Torino, as it was played at the U-Power Stadium in Monza, because San Siro is preparing for Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.

“We know who we are dealing with and the players we worked with. These are games where you need energy and fresh legs, so I chose the players who had energy. Don’t forget we had a busy January and will have an even busier February,” explained Chivu.

“I compliment Cocchi and Kamate, but also want to compliment those who run the Inter youth academy, who worked with these lads over the years. It’s Cocchi and Kamate today, but I could also cite Bovo, Topalovic, Alexiou and Berenbruch.

“Stefano Vecchi is doing a great job as coach of the Under-23 side, and these lads are improving, so they can be of use to us throughout the season.”

Inter added nobody to the squad during the January transfer window, despite the on-going Denzel Dumfries injury.

“You can improve a squad even without bringing in new players,” noted the coach.

“We tried to do something, but the January transfer market is very tricky. We had 23-24 players, seeing as Palacios left, but these great lads from the Under-23 side can give us a hand.”

The result means Inter will face either Napoli or Como in the Coppa Italia semi-final, which is the only stage of the tournament to be played over two legs.

They are also top of the Serie A table, with only Milan seemingly in any condition to keep up the pace, and will play Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League play-offs.

“We want to be competitive, to give a sense of consistency to what has been done in recent years. We keep going with belief, hard work, good performances, always aware that we can continue to improve,” noted Chivu.

This is the 19^th time in the last 30 seasons that Inter have reached the Coppa Italia semi-finals, and their eighth consecutive victory over Torino.

The semi-final is going to be scheduled just before the Derby della Madonnina in Serie A, so could the extra strain worry Inter, considering Milan are now out of the Coppa Italia and had no European commitments?

“I am never worried, I like playing football, and as a player I preferred it to training,” replied Chivu.

“Inter must never lack ambition, but that also must not be mistaken for obsession, because high expectations can create disappointment.

“We work hard to ensure we are ready, that is what these lads have always done.”

“The future feels bright for Inter.” @ChrisWittyngham and @IFTVMarco discuss Cristian Chivu trusting youth and the impact it’s already having pic.twitter.com/gbGsU3pUed

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 4, 2026

Marco Baroni concedes Torino were ‘sad to be out’ of the Coppa Italia, but the performance against Inter in this quarter-final with new arrivals will ‘allow us to work with more conviction.’

The Granata launched all four of their January signings in the starting XI, and one of them was on target to set up a tense finale.

Ange-Yoan Bonny and Andy Diouf had put Inter 2-0 up before the Sandro Kulenovic header, but Matteo Prati’s potential equaliser for 2-2 was flagged offside.

Baroni saw Torino progress despite defeat

“I am satisfied with the performance. Unfortunately, we were a little passive and therefore didn’t attack them enough on the wings, where we could’ve put more pressure on Inter,” Baroni told Sport Mediaset.

“We did better in the second half, the team is alive and stayed in the game, continued to believe and was aggressive in attack. We must also recognise that we had three players on the field who only had a couple of training sessions with their new teammates.”

There were full debuts for Prati, Kulenovic, Rafael Obrador and Luca Marianucci this evening, many of them arriving only on deadline day.

“When I pushed Prati from internal midfield to mezz’ala, he did better. Many players were not accustomed to having so many midweek matches, which prompted a few too many injuries, but we should have more back from tomorrow.

“Obviously, we are sad to be out of the competition, but this performance should allow us to work with even more conviction.”

Toro have not made it to the Coppa Italia semi-final since 1993, so it was not entirely surprising that they faltered against serial winners Inter.

It was also played on neutral turf at the U-Power Stadium in Monza, because San Siro is getting ready for Friday’s massive opening ceremony of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games.

“The team must give its all and believe in what we are doing. We certainly need to step up a gear, that is the feeling for me and the squad. We can do more, so we’ve got to go out there and fight for it,” added Baroni.

Ange-Yoan Bonny and Carlos Augusto are impressed with the strength in depth Inter showed in the Coppa Italia against Torino. ‘We play every tournament aiming to win.’

The Nerazzurri had gone 2-0 up by the dawn of the second half thanks to a Bonny header on the cross from debutant Issiaka Kamate, and Andy Diouf.

Sandro Kulenovic got one back for Torino, and there was a scare when Matteo Prati had the ball in the net, but that goal for 2-2 was ruled offside.

Inter sweep through to Coppa Italia semi-final

“Torino are always a complicated opponent, but we are happy that we go through to the next phase,” Bonny told Sport Mediaset.

The striker went off with a cut to his knee, but it does not seem to be anything particularly serious.

“In a game like this, you have to do battle, and we’re glad we did. There are many strikers who are doing well, we are all at the disposal of the team and want to continue like this.”

This result means Inter will face either Napoli or Como in the Coppa Italia semi-final, which is the only stage of the competition to be played over two legs.

The quarter-final was played on neutral turf at the U-Power Stadium in Monza, as San Siro is getting ready for the opening ceremony of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics on Friday.

“The young players work with us during the week in training, we have faith in them, they did well and can keep going like this,” Carlos Augusto told Sport Mediaset.

Inter are top of the Serie A table, into the Coppa Italia semi-final, and will play Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League play-offs, but last term came close in everything only to finish empty-handed.

“We know what happened last season, but we are Inter, we play every tournament aiming to win and will do everything possible to win.”

Inter will face either Napoli or Como in the Coppa Italia semi-final after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Torino, with Ange-Yoan Bonny and Andy Diouf goals on neutral turf.

The first quarter-final saw the Nerazzurri coming off fine form in Serie A and the Champions League, but with Matteo Darmian, Nicolò Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu and Denzel Dumfries still out injured, they rotated bringing in Matteo Cocchi and Issiaka Kamate for their full senior debuts.

Toro eliminated Roma in a 3-2 thriller at the Stadio Olimpico, but missed Cesare Casadei, Giovanni Simeone, Ardian Ismajli, Gvidas Gineitis, Ivan Ilic, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Niels Nkounkou, Perr Schuurs, Cristiano Biraghi and Zanos Savva, so started four January signings. They lost 5-0 to Inter in the opening Serie A weekend, managing one draw from their last 13 competitive meetings.

It was played on neutral turf at the U-Power Stadium in Monza, as San Siro was being prepared for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Clinton Njie’s sprint down the left saw his pull-back from the by-line blocked by Francesco Acerbi’s body, but the Nerazzurri almost took the lead on 20 minutes when a Carlos Augusto left-foot screamer from outside the box clipped the top of the crossbar.

Matteo Prati fired over, but Inter broke the deadlock when 21-year-old debutant Kamate floated in a cross from the right with his weaker right foot for Ange-Yoan Bonny’s glancing header from six yards.

Ange-Yoan Bonny heads Inter in front!

A great delivery from Issiaka Kamate on his debut too pic.twitter.com/jzSngE04Ea

— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) February 4, 2026

Kulenovic couldn’t keep his header down after getting away from Carlos Augusto on a Nikola Vlasic cross, but the hosts doubled their lead straight after the restart.

Davide Frattesi won the ball back and sent Marcus Thuram down the right, who pulled back for Andy Diouf to prod home at full stretch from eight yards.

Toro tried to respond, as Clinton Njie was off balance when scuffing into the arms of Josep Martinez, who then smothered an Adrien Tameze effort.

The pressure paid off, as Kulenovic nodded in a deflected Marcus Pedersen cross from the right, with Stefan de Vrij still struggling after an earlier collision.

Alberto Paleari parried a Frattesi curler, while Matteo Prati had the ball in the net after a deflected Torino free kick, but his header was flagged offside.

Prati also curled just wide of the far top corner following a Luis Henrique defensive error.

Inter 2-1 Torino

Bonny 35 (I), Diouf 47 (I), Kulenovic 57 (T)

04-02-2026 20:00

1/4 Final

San Siro Stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)

Inter

Torino

2 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Ange-Yoan Bonny (Assist: Issiaka Kamate)

35'

2nd half

Andy Diouf (Assist: Marcus Thuram)		47'
		57'		Sandro Kulenovic
Petar Sucic		71'
Issiaka Kamate		79'
Pio Esposito		83'
		87'		Guillermo Maripán

Match statistic

63

Possession %

37

10

Total shots

11

4

Shots on target

4

4

Shots off target

5

2

Blocked shots

2

2

Corners

2

1

Offsides

1

11

Fouls

12

Inter

Torino

Starting lineups

13

Josep Martínez

Goalkeeper

14

Ange-Yoan Bonny

Defender

56'

15

Francesco Acerbi

Defender

43

Matteo Cocchi

Defender

74'

6

Stefan de Vrij

Defender

30

Carlos Augusto

Midfielder

16

Davide Frattesi

Midfielder

22

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Midfielder

57'

41

Issiaka Kamate

Midfielder

80'

17

Andy Diouf

Attacker

9

Marcus Thuram

Attacker

56'

1

Alberto Paleari

Goalkeeper

35

Luca Marianucci

Defender

61'

16

Marcus Pedersen

Defender

62'

33

Rafa Obrador

Defender

86'

23

Saúl Coco

Defender

61

Adrien Tameze

Midfielder

14

Tino Anjorin

Midfielder

61'

4

Matteo Prati

Midfielder

10

Nikola Vlasic

Midfielder

92

Alieu Njie

Attacker

73'

17

Sandro Kulenovic

Attacker

Substitutes

95

Alessandro Bastoni

Defender

12

Raffaele Di Gennaro

Goalkeeper

40

Alessandro Calligaris

Goalkeeper

44

Thomas Berenbruch

Midfielder

51

Christos Alexiou

Defender

58

Luka Topalović

Midfielder

45

Leonardo Bovo

Midfielder

50

Simone Cinquegrano

Defender

10

Lautaro Martínez

Attacker

56'

94

Pio Esposito

Attacker

56'

8

Petar Sucic

Defender

57'

31

Yann Bisseck

Defender

74'

11

Luis Henrique

Attacker

80'

81

Franco Israel

Goalkeeper

77

Enzo Ebosse

Defender

83

Sergiu Perciun

Midfielder

99

Lapo Siviero

Goalkeeper

13

Guillermo Maripán

Defender

61'

6

Emirhan Ilkhan

Midfielder

61'

20

Valentino Lazaro

Defender

62'

91

Duván Zapata

Attacker

73'

25

Niels Nkounkou

Defender

86'

Inter have taken the lead in the Coppa Italia quarter-final against Torino thanks to Ange-Yoan Bonny, on an assist from debutant Under-23 player Issiaka Kamate, who might be the heir to Denzel Dumfries.

You can follow all the action as it happens on the Liveblog.

The Nerazzurri were looking for new players on the right flank in the January transfer window, as Dumfries is still out injured and Luiz Henrique has struggled to fill his shoes.

Kamate new name from Inter academy

It looks as if they might’ve had his heir in the squad all along, as 21-year-old French-Ivorian talent Kamate was given a surprise senior debut this evening.

He made an immediate impact, as within 35 minutes had floated in a cross from the right with his weaker right foot, finding Bonny for a header.

Ange-Yoan Bonny heads Inter in front!

A great delivery from Issiaka Kamate on his debut too pic.twitter.com/jzSngE04Ea

— Premier Sports (@PremSportsTV) February 4, 2026

Ange-Yoan Bonny's close-range header gives Inter the lead in the Coppa Italia quarter-final pic.twitter.com/7OXNbjYohg

— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 4, 2026

Kamate has been in their youth academy since 2020, and spent some of last season on loan at Modena.

The versatile winger contributed five goals and three assists in 26 competitive games for the Inter Under-23 squad this season.

Fiorentina and Hellas Verona are blaming each other for the failed transfer of Christian Kouame on deadline day, as the contract they deposited was incomplete.

The striker had been on the verge of a move to Cagliari when the Sardinians pulled out, so instead the negotiations picked up with Verona in the final hours of the January transfer window.

Kouame signed the contract and it was deposited with the Lega Serie A with moments to spare, but as it was incomplete, the transfer was not registered successfully.

It was meant to be a loan with option to buy at the end of the season.

Now both clubs are blaming each other for what went wrong in the chaotic final minutes of the transfer session.

Fiorentina and Verona deny Kouame fault

“We saw an opportunity to reinforce the squad, but the move did not go through, through no fault of our own,” said Verona director Italo Zanzi in a press conference.

“We did everything the right way, but there were some missing documents on the other side.”

Fiorentina were unhappy with this version of events and released a formal statement giving their own side of the story.

“Following a phone call at 19.51 where Hellas Verona accepted the terms of the loan with obligation to buy if certain conditions were met, Hellas Verona sent their documents, but what we received was not what had been agreed.

“After asking Verona to update the paperwork, Fiorentina realised time was short and worked out a verbal gentleman’s agreement to modify the purchase clause later.

“At 19.59 our club sent the co-signed documentation. Following that, Hellas Verona deposited the entire folder that was not signed by the club selling the player, nor the player, nor the club that was purchasing.

“This is why the Lega Serie A was forced to invalidate the transfer.”

Inter President Beppe Marotta backs the squad rotation for the Coppa Italia quarter-final with Torino and admits Milan have an ‘advantage’ in the Scudetto race.

It kicks off at the U-Power Stadium in Monza at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

The winners will be decided after 90 minutes or go directly to a penalty shoot-out, then go on to face either Napoli or Como in the semi-final.

It is played on neutral turf because San Siro is being prepared for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.

Marotta has faith in Inter squad

“Inter are obliged to aim for the maximum result in every tournament they enter,” Marotta told Sport Mediaset.

“Of course, going into this tour de force of games, Chivu is wisely rotating the squad at his disposal. We have a large squad, but one of great quality, so we share his choices and maintain the utmost respect for Torino.”

There were no real January signings for Inter, although they had seemed close in some cases to getting new players.

“It is a transfer window for teams to repair problems, and we did not require that, as we did such strong work over the summer. Chivu can also count on the players coming up from the youth academy, so it is satisfactory,” assured Marotta.

“We had that small issue of Dumfries, we don’t know exactly when he’ll be back, but we are all optimistic he’ll return soon. We have the players to cover the roles for all the competitions we are in.”

The Nerazzurri are top of the Serie A table and booked their place in the Champions League play-offs, but go into this game without injured Nicolò Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu and Denzel Dumfries.

Matteo Darmian was meant to get his first start of the season, but was instead ruled out by a stomach bug.

It means both Matteo Cocchi, who turned 19 on Sunday, and Issiaka Kamate get their full senior debuts for Inter.

Considering Inter have seven games to play in February, are Milan the main competitors for the Scudetto, aided also by their early Coppa Italia elimination?

“It is not just a duel with Milan, but all the teams in those top places, as they can all aim for the maximum result. Football is different to the past, so the fact Milan are the only ones in that group who have a single tournament to focus on, that is an advantage,” noted Marotta.

“We are accustomed to dealing with numerous games, we played 64 last season, reaching the Champions League Final and competing to the very end for the Scudetto. We mustn’t give in, we’ve got to fight hard with a physical and psychological stress that comes with this schedule.”

Inter fans have been barred from attending away fixtures until March 23 as punishment for the single 19-year-old supporter who threw a firework that struck Cremonese goalkeeper Emil Audero at the weekend.

“It was an extraordinarily awful and negative gesture that has nothing to do with the values of sport that we’ve been proposing since the youth academy. Unfortunately, some people are just delinquents, the club is helping the judicial process against this individual to protect the club and the fans who have very different values.

“We want to put this behind us, because the majority of Inter fans are absolutely not represented by this person,” added the Inter President.

It is a big day for the Inter youth academy, because while Matteo Cocchi and Issiaka Kamate get their senior full debuts in the Coppa Italia, they qualify for the UEFA Youth League Round of 16.

The Coppa Italia quarter-final kicks off against Torino at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).

It is played on neutral turf at the U-Power Stadium in Monza, as San Siro is preparing for Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics.

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

Inter youngsters allowed to flourish

There are two big changes in the starting XI of that Coppa Italia clash, as Cristian Chivu gives full debuts to wingers Cocchi, who celebrated his 19^th birthday on Sunday, and 21-year-old Kamate.

While Cocchi had played 30 minutes in the Coppa Italia before, Kamate had never represented Inter at senior level before.

This makes it a doubly special day for the Nerazzurri youth academy, as they also earned a 3-1 victory away to FC Koln and booked their spot in the UEFA Youth League Round of 16.

Leonardo Bovio had put them in front, with Fynn Schenten equalising at the 80^th minute.

There was a lot of added time and it was heading towards penalties until the Dilan Zarate popped up with the winner.

Just as Koln threw everyone including their goalkeeper forward for the last corner, Inter went on the counter and added a third with Roberts Kukulis depositing into the empty net from midfield.

The draw for the knockout round will be on Friday in Nyon.

Inter start Marcus Thuram, Ange-Yoan Bonny and two fresh young talents in the Coppa Italia quarter-final against Torino’s Sandro Kulenovic and Alieu Njie.

It kicks off at the U-Power Stadium in Monza at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).

You can follow all the build-up and action as it happens on the Liveblog.

The winners will be decided after 90 minutes or go directly to a penalty shoot-out, then go on to face either Napoli or Como in the semi-final.

It is played on neutral turf because San Siro is being prepared for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.

Serie A leaders Inter are on a roll at the moment, but rotate their squad heavily to rest some of the big stars.

Some changes are forced, as Nicolò Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu and Denzel Dumfries are still out injured.

Matteo Darmian was expected to make his first start of the season, but has instead been ruled out at the last minute by a stomach bug.

Andy Diouf and Stefan De Vrij start, while Carlos Augusto shakes off a knock.

There is a full senior debut for left-back Matteo Cocchi, who celebrated his 19^th birthday over the weekend, and 21-year-old Issiaka Kamate.

Torino eliminated Roma from the Coppa Italia Round of 16, winning a 3-2 thriller at the Stadio Olimpico last month.

Their Serie A form had been dismal, losing four on the bounce including a 6-0 result at Como.

However, they got back on track with Sunday’s 1-0 victory over Lecce.

Coach Marco Baroni has a long list of absentees, including Giovanni Simeone, Ardian Ismajli, Gvidas Gineitis, Ivan Ilic, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Niels Nkounkou, Perr Schuurs and Zanos Savva.

There was also a last-minute problem, as Cesare Casadei is suffering from flu symptoms and didn’t even make the trip.

January signings Luca Marianucci, Rafa Obrador, Sandro Kulenovic and Matteo Prati all step into the starting XI.

When these teams last met in the opening Serie A weekend, Inter emerged 5-0 winners, making it a run of seven consecutive victories against this opponent.

Torino haven’t beaten the Nerazzurri since a 1-0 home result in January 2019, managing one draw and 12 losses.

Inter vs. Torino official line-ups

Inter: J Martinez; De Vrij, Acerbi, Carlos Augusto; Kamate, Frattesi, Mkhitaryan, Diouf, Cocchi; Thuram, Bonny

Torino: Paleari; Marianucci, Coco, Tameze; Pedersen, Anjorin, Vlasic, Prati, Obrador; Kulenovic, Njie

04-02-2026 20:00

1/4 Final

San Siro Stadium (Stadio Giuseppe Meazza)

Inter

Torino

2 - 1

Player statistic

1st half

Ange-Yoan Bonny (Assist: Issiaka Kamate)

35'

2nd half

Andy Diouf (Assist: Marcus Thuram)		47'
		57'		Sandro Kulenovic
Petar Sucic		71'
Issiaka Kamate		79'
Pio Esposito		83'
		87'		Guillermo Maripán

Match statistic

63

Possession %

37

10

Total shots

11

4

Shots on target

4

4

Shots off target

5

2

Blocked shots

2

2

Corners

2

1

Offsides

1

11

Fouls

12

Inter

Torino

Starting lineups

13

Josep Martínez

Goalkeeper

14

Ange-Yoan Bonny

Defender

56'

15

Francesco Acerbi

Defender

43

Matteo Cocchi

Defender

74'

6

Stefan de Vrij

Defender

30

Carlos Augusto

Midfielder

16

Davide Frattesi

Midfielder

22

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Midfielder

57'

41

Issiaka Kamate

Midfielder

80'

17

Andy Diouf

Attacker

9

Marcus Thuram

Attacker

56'

1

Alberto Paleari

Goalkeeper

35

Luca Marianucci

Defender

61'

16

Marcus Pedersen

Defender

62'

33

Rafa Obrador

Defender

86'

23

Saúl Coco

Defender

61

Adrien Tameze

Midfielder

14

Tino Anjorin

Midfielder

61'

4

Matteo Prati

Midfielder

10

Nikola Vlasic

Midfielder

92

Alieu Njie

Attacker

73'

17

Sandro Kulenovic

Attacker

Substitutes

95

Alessandro Bastoni

Defender

12

Raffaele Di Gennaro

Goalkeeper

40

Alessandro Calligaris

Goalkeeper

44

Thomas Berenbruch

Midfielder

51

Christos Alexiou

Defender

58

Luka Topalović

Midfielder

45

Leonardo Bovo

Midfielder

50

Simone Cinquegrano

Defender

10

Lautaro Martínez

Attacker

56'

94

Pio Esposito

Attacker

56'

8

Petar Sucic

Defender

57'

31

Yann Bisseck

Defender

74'

11

Luis Henrique

Attacker

80'

81

Franco Israel

Goalkeeper

77

Enzo Ebosse

Defender

83

Sergiu Perciun

Midfielder

99

Lapo Siviero

Goalkeeper

13

Guillermo Maripán

Defender

61'

6

Emirhan Ilkhan

Midfielder

61'

20

Valentino Lazaro

Defender

62'

91

Duván Zapata

Attacker

73'

25

Niels Nkounkou

Defender

86'

Cagliari confirm they tried to activate their purchase option for Semih Kilicsoy early, but will buy him from Besiktas for the agreed €12m fee plus add-ons.

The 20-year-old talent was signed on loan at a cost of €1m with an option to buy for a further €12m plus €2m in bonuses and a 20 per cent cut of the future sale. Fee.

The forward has scored four goals in 14 Serie A appearances for the Sardinians, as after a difficult start to life in Italy, he has started to earn regular playing time.

Semih Kilicsoy has impressed at Cagliari

“He is doing well and entertaining us with his skills,” said Cagliari director Guido Angelozzi in a press conference today.

“They are already talking about him in Europe, he’s a little phenomenon. We did try to buy him out early for a lower fee, but they didn’t want to do that.

“The intention is to continue with him, hoping to do great things together. We intend to buy him outright at the end of the season.”

Cagliari had a very active January transfer window, including the deadline day loan with option to buy of striker Zito Luvumbo to Real Mallorca.

They had been on the verge of securing Christian Kouame on loan from Fiorentina, but changed their minds.

Angelozzi confirmed that the sale of defender Sebastiano Luperto was against the wishes of coach Fabio Pisacane, but the offer from Cremonese was too good to turn down.

“We were close to Benjamin Dominguez, the agent said he would certainly arrive, but Bologna had to find his replacement and then decided against it. I was upset, I told (Bologna chief Gigi) Sartori he wronged me.”

Juventus are reportedly ready to try again for Randal Kolo Muani in the summer, when he’ll return to PSG from Tottenham, but are not prepared to sacrifice Khephren Thuram.

The Bianconeri made absolutely no secret of their desire to bring the centre-forward back to Turin both last summer and in January.

He had already impressed in a loan experience from January to July 2025, staying on during the FIFA Club World Cup, scoring 10 goals in 22 competitive games, along with three assists.

However, negotiations for a fresh loan with option to buy at the end of the season collapsed, and instead he was loaned to Spurs.

Kolo Muani an eternal target for Juventus

Juve tried again for Kolo Muani last month, but Tottenham refused to interrupt their loan deal early.

Now multiple sources including transfer pundit Fabrizio Romano and Calciomercato.com suggest Juventus are gearing up yet another attempt for next term.

The 27-year-old’s contract with PSG only runs to June 2028 and the club paid €95m to buy him from Eintracht Frankfurt in 2023.

However, any suggestion that Paris Saint-Germain will ask for France international Thuram as part of an exchange deal for Kolo Muani is doomed to failure.

It’s reported Juve are very happy with Thuram and want to propose a new contract for the midfielder with improved salary.

Atalanta coach Raffaele Palladino insists they ‘care about’ the Coppa Italia quarter-final against Juventus, but confirm Ademola Lookman ‘asked to leave’ for Atletico Madrid.

The match kicks off at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo on Thursday at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).

It will be decided after 90 minutes, or go directly to a penalty shoot-out if they are still on level terms, without extra time.

The winners will then go on to face either Bologna or Lazio in the semi-final.

Palladino has big Coppa Italia ambition

“This is a fascinating game against a strong team in good shape, who play fine football and have an excellent coach,” Palladino told Sport Mediaset.

“It’s an important match for us, because we care about this competition and want to keep going forward, being competitive to the end.

“Juventus have many great players, who since Luciano Spalletti’s arrival have gained belief in themselves. I see a strong identity now in this team, so Spalletti deserves credit for that. I always prefer to face the strongest opponents.”

There have been some changes to the Atalanta squad in the January transfer window, including the arrival of Giacomo Raspadori and departure of Lookman.

“Lookman had this offer towards the end of the transfer session, he asked to leave and wanted a change of scenery, so the club made him happy. I am very pleased with the team at my disposal, it is what we needed to face three tournaments. We were going to an away match when he left, so there wasn’t much time to say goodbye, but we wish him all the best for the future,” continued Palladino.

“I am fortunate to have a strong and competitive squad, with many players of quality and technique, so I am spoilt for choice on who to start tomorrow.

“Jack did not play the most recent match, but that was unusual anyway as we were down to 10 men. We’ll see who I choose after the final training session.”

Atalanta were down to 10 men for almost all of their draw with Como, as Honest Ahanor saw red early on for a reaction foul, but Marco Carnesecchi saved the last-gasp Nico Paz penalty.

“We will not fine Ahanor, he is young and is well aware of his mistake. I liked the reaction of the team, which fought hard to bring home a positive result.”

Tonight’s Coppa Italia quarter-final is technically Inter hosting Torino, but the 2026 Winter Olympics mean it is moved to neutral turf in Monza.

It kicks off this evening at the U-Power Stadium in Monza at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).

Inter are the ‘home’ team, but will not have that advantage for this one-off fixture, which is to be decided after 90 minutes, or go directly to the penalty shoot-out.

This is because San Siro, officially known as the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, is being prepared for Friday’s massive opening ceremony of the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games.

Inter and Milan forced to change for Olympic Games

The local authorities required several days before and after the event to prepare the venue, which will be under extraordinary security arrangements and transmitted all over the world.

There is going to be a moving platform with several different stages attached to the centre for the ceremony, which can then have athletes from every competing nation walking through.

Both Inter and Milan use this stadium as their home venue, so these two clubs are forced to change their schedules to fit around the ceremony’s preparations.

This is also why the planned Milan vs. Como Serie A match will not be played on February 8.

It had initially been identified as an opportunity to play the first ever Serie A game outside of Italy, specifically moving it to Perth in Australia.

When those negotiations broke down over the demands of the Australian authorities, it was instead simply rescheduled for San Siro on Wednesday February 18.

Inter will be able to host Juventus as normal in Serie A on February 14.

Meanwhile, several Calcio figures have been acting as torch bearers in the build-up to the Games, including Inter vice-President Javier Zanetti, and Como coach Cesc Fabregas.

@milanocortina26 @Olympics @cesc4official pic.twitter.com/hz9HVPANFk

— Como1907 (@Como_1907) February 4, 2026

Cesare Casadei is a last-minute absentee for Torino in tonight’s Coppa Italia quarter-final against Inter, meaning 10 players are ruled out.

It kicks off on neutral turf at the U-Power Stadium in Monza at 20.00 GMT (21.00 CET).

The winners will be decided after 90 minutes, or go directly into a penalty shoot-out, so there is no provision for extra time.

Whoever goes through will then play either Napoli or Como in the semi-final.

Casadei had been tipped to start in midfield for the Granata, but his name was not on the squad list released this afternoon.

This is because the former Chelsea player is suffering from flu symptoms and is therefore not available.

It adds to the list of absentees for coach Marco Baroni, who is also missing Giovanni Simeone, Ardian Ismajli, Gvidas Gineitis, Ivan Ilic, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Niels Nkounkou, Cristiano Biraghi, Perr Schuurs and Zanos Savva.

January signings Luca Marianucci, Rafa Obrador, Matteo Prati and Sandro Kulenovic are all included in the group travelling to Monza.

It is played on neutral turf because San Siro is preparing for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.

Torino squad for Inter

Israel, Paleari, Siviero; Coco, Ebosse, Lazaro, Marianucci, Maripan, Nkounkou, Obrador, Pedersen; Anjorin, Ilkhan, Perciun, Prati, Tameze, Vlasic; Adams, Kulenovic, Njie, Zapata

Oscar Hiljemark has arrived on Italian soil, as the Elfsborg coach is ready to take over at Pisa from sacked Alberto Gilardino.

Sky Sport Italia had footage of the tactician landing at the airport in Bologna, where he will now travel to Pisa by car for the final negotiations.

.@PisaSC, Hiljemark è atterrato a Bologna pic.twitter.com/8uufRaxrfL

— Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) February 2, 2026

Hiljemark chosen by Pisa for new era

The 33-year-old had been identified as the ideal replacement once Gilardino was dismissed, for amassing just one Serie A victory all season, 11 draws and 11 defeats.

Hiljemark must first terminate his contract by mutual consent with Elfsborg, having taken the job in June 2024 and with a deal that runs to December 2027.

Before that, he had a brief experience on the bench of Aalborg BK.

The Swede is no stranger to Italian football, as he played in Serie A for much of his career as a midfielder with Palermo and Genoa from 2015 to 2019.

He hung up his boots at Aalborg in 2021 and immediately went into management as an assistant, then taking charge in March 2023.

Italian football is in mourning following the death of former SPAL captain Nicolas Giani, an Inter youth academy product, at the age of 39.

The central defender passed away today after a long illness, which had forced him to suspend his playing career in 2022.

He would’ve turned 40 next month.

Clubs remember SPAL captain Giani

Giani had started his career as part of the Inter youth academy, going on to play for Cremonese, Pro Patria, Vicenza, Perugia, SPAL, Spezia, Feralpisalò and Desenzano.

The centre-back was most closely associated with SPAL, who he represented from 2014 to 2017, becoming their captain during their climb to Serie A.

Giani never managed a single top flight game during his career, but had 181 in Serie B with five goals and four assists, plus over 200 in Serie C.

He had caps for Italy at Under-18 and Under-19 level.

Inter and Cremonese are among the clubs who expressed their condolences to his family, but SPAL went bankrupt in August 2025.

Gian Piero Gasperini felt ‘luck was not on our side’ as Roma capitulated 1-0 to Udinese, but he welcomes the arrival of Donyell Malen and Bryan Zaragoza amid ‘difficulties’ on the transfer market.

The Giallorossi were ultimately undone by a deflection off Donyell Malen in the defensive wall, which gave Jurgen Ekkelenkamp’s free kick an extra spin to surprise Mile Svilar at the far top corner.

“Undoubtedly, it is never easy to play against Udinese,” Gasperini told Sky Sport Italia.

“We lacked precision in the final third, were unlucky by a few centimetres at the end and the goal we conceded showed luck was not on our side this evening.

“Nonetheless, we leave with our heads held high, and with the strength to keep improving ourselves.”

There were two big chances to equalise in stoppages, but Kostas Tsimikas was offside on the Bryan Cristante goal, then Maduka Okoye fingertipped the Gianluca Mancini toe-poke off the line.

However, there was precious little else upfront, so why the lack of scoring opportunities created?

“It was a very closed match, they too only had a couple of long-range attempts, otherwise it was difficult for both teams to build something. We were looking to do more and we didn’t manage it, but when you have five or six men in the box, that is a chance, even if we didn’t get the finish away. I feel like we did more in that sense.”

Gasperini expected fewer problems for Roma transfers

Roma have been busy in the transfer window, bringing in Malen, Robinio Vaz and today Bryan Zaragoza on loan with option to buy from Bayern Munich.

They also sent Leon Bailey back to Aston Villa midway through his loan spell.

“The transfer market is closed, now we have four months and I didn’t realise we’d have so much difficulty introducing players in roles that we had been trying to fill since the summer,” noted Gasperini when asked how happy he was with the club’s transfer strategy.

“Evidently there were a lot of difficulties. Now we have Malen and Zaragoza, who will certainly give us a hand, then some very young players. We’ll try to do our best.”

Are there any regrets or a player that he would’ve wanted to bring in at Roma?

“There were dozens of names mentioned in the media, but I’m glad we managed to get Malen and Zaragoza. I realise it’s never easy to do business in the January window, but these two players will certainly help. There are also youngsters like Venturino and Vaz who represent the future, but we cannot think they are competitive right now for such high ambitions.

“The most important thing is getting players like Manu Kone and Paulo Dybala back from injury, as this is a group that does not give up.”

This result means that Roma slipped out of the top four and into fifth place, now two points behind Juventus.

They have now amassed just two draws in the last three competitive matches, held 1-1 by Milan and in the Europa League by Panathinaikos.

“These are difficult places to play, you can win or lose, we’ve seen that throughout the season.”

Napoli coach Antonio Conte complained that there are now far too many matches and they are damaging the health of players, so how does Gasperini reflect on that?

“This is the football system now, there are more tournaments and therefore more games. The only negative aspect is that 90 per cent of the injuries happen during matches, rarely in training, and there’s probably a reason for that,” replied the Roma coach.

“There have always been injuries, but there are double now because there are double the number of matches. The big problem is that with technology we have not been able to shorten the recovery time, although the tests are more precise in identifying injuries early. When you play more, there is a greater risk of injury, that’s just statistical probability.”

Roma saw their positive run of Serie A games ended by a surprise 1-0 defeat to Udinese, as Jurgen Ekkelenkamp’s deflected free kick proved decisive.

The Giallorossi played for 75 minutes down to 10 men on Thursday, but still earned a 1-1 draw with Panathinaikos to enter the Europa League last 16. Mario Hermoso returned, but Paulo Dybala, Manu Kone, Evan Ferguson, Artem Dovbyk and Stephan El Shaarawy missed the trip. The Friulani lost Alessandro Zanoli for the rest of the season to a torn ACL, with Adam Buksa, Hassane Kamara and Jakub Piotrowski also injured. Ex-Roma man Nicolò Zaniolo was back on the bench for the first time since knee surgery.

See how it all unfolded on the Liveblog.

Mile Svilar needed two big saves in the opening minutes, first on Arthur Atta’s long-range strike, then doing the same on Jurgen Ekkelenkamp from even further out, with Oumar Solet unable to keep the rebound down.

Gianluca Mancini sprinted back and at full stretch toe-poked the Keinan Davis roll across away from Ekkelenkamp, who was ready to tap in from six yards.

Donyell Malen had a weak effort saved by Maduka Okoye on the Matias Soulé counter-attack, as Udinese continued to have the better of the game with Liam Miller also blasting just over the bar and Evan Ndicka’s decisive interception to prevent Davis going clear.

Soulé floated a free kick off target and after the restart Wesley’s cross-shot was parried at the near post by Okoye’s legs.

However, it was Udinese who took the lead moments later when Ekkelenkamp’s free kick took a big deflection off Malen in the wall to loop up past a helpless Svilar into the far top corner. Roma were furious, as they felt Mancini had not committed a foul to give away that free kick.

The good luck did not last long, because moments later Davis pulled up clutching his left thigh and had to limp off, visibly distraught at this latest injury setback.

Malen’s free kick was straight into the wall, then his effort was deflected wide by Thomas Kristensen after a poor clearance.

Svilar had to palm a tricky Ekkelenkamp free kick out from under the bar, this time without a deflection, but Roma had the ball in the net at the 90^th minute with Bryan Cristante only after Kostas Tsimikas wandered offside for the acrobatic assist.

Roma threatened again at the 97th minute, Okoye at full stretch to fingertip the ball off the line after a Mancini toe-poke from six yards.

Udinese 1-0 Roma

Ekkelenkamp 49 (U)

02-02-2026 19:45

MatchDay 23

Friuli Stadium (Dacia Arena)

Udinese

Roma

1 - 0

Player statistic

1st half

		7'		Evan Ndicka
Keinan Davis		17'
Thomas Kristensen		34'

2nd half

		48'		Gianluca Mancini
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp		49'
		59'		Neil El Aynaoui
Jordan Zemura		62'
		67'		Lorenzo Pellegrini
Lennon Miller		69'
Idrissa Gueye		70'

Match statistic

36

Possession %

64

8

Total shots

10

4

Shots on target

3

3

Shots off target

2

1

Blocked shots

5

4

Corners

7

0

Offsides

2

18

Fouls

17

Udinese

Roma

Starting lineups

40

Maduka Okoye

Goalkeeper

33

Jordan Zemura

Defender

19

Kingsley Ehizibue

Defender

13

Nicolò Bertola

Defender

79'

28

Oumar Solet

Defender

31

Thomas Kristensen

Defender

14

Arthur Atta

Midfielder

8

Jesper Karlström

Midfielder

32

Jurgen Ekkelenkamp

Midfielder

90'

38

Lennon Miller

Midfielder

79'

9

Keinan Davis

Attacker

56'

99

Mile Svilar

Goalkeeper

5

Evan Ndicka

Defender

23

Gianluca Mancini

Defender

22

Mario Hermoso

Defender

70'

43

Wesley

Defender

19

Zeki Celik

Defender

79'

4

Bryan Cristante

Midfielder

7

Lorenzo Pellegrini

Midfielder

67'

8

Neil El Aynaoui

Midfielder

78'

14

Donyell Malen

Attacker

18

Matìas Soulé

Attacker

79'

Substitutes

93

Daniele Padelli

Goalkeeper

1

Alessandro Nunziante

Goalkeeper

29

Abdoulaye Camara

Midfielder

20

Juan Arizala

Defender

27

Christian Kabasele

Defender

79'

6

Oier Zarraga

Midfielder

79'

59

Alessandro Zanoli

Defender

90'

15

Vakoun Bayo

Attacker

90'

7

Idrissa Gueye

Attacker

3

Angeliño

Defender

95

Pierluigi Gollini

Goalkeeper

2

Devyne Rensch

Defender

32

Devis Vásquez

Goalkeeper

24

Jan Ziolkowski

Defender

68

Antonio Arena

Attacker

75

Mattia Della Rocca

Midfielder

20

Lorenzo Venturino

Attacker

67'

87

Daniele Ghilardi

Defender

70'

61

Niccolò Pisilli

Midfielder

78'

12

Konstantinos Tsimikas

Defender

79'

78

Robinio Vaz

Attacker

79'