Udinese needed extra time to push 10-man Cesena out of the Coppa Italia 4-2 and will face Napoli in the Round of 16.
Within four minutes the Stadio Friuli crowd had been silenced by Milan Djuric, who rose to nod in an Antonio Mazzotta cross.
Luca Valzania was denied a second by Simone Scuffet and moments later Udinese equalised through Allan’s solo effort, finished off under the bar.
Udinese needed extra time to push 10-man Cesena out of the Coppa Italia 4-2 and will face Napoli in the Round of 16.
Within four minutes the Stadio Friuli crowd had been silenced by Milan Djuric, who rose to nod in an Antonio Mazzotta cross.
Luca Valzania was denied a second by Simone Scuffet and moments later Udinese equalised through Allan’s solo effort, finished off under the bar.
The hosts began to take control and Alexandre Geijo saw his right-foot curler smack against the woodwork, then the same player fired over one-on-one with the goalkeeper and Federico Agliardi needed a triple save to deny Giampiero Pinzi and Giovanni Pasquale.
Udinese’s pressure paid off when Bruno Fernandes saw his strike ricochet in off the underside of the bar.
Davide Succi got the visitors back on track with a diving header, but Cesena went down to 10 men after Massimo Volta received a straight red card for his crunching tackle on Bruno Fernandes. Pasquale forced a save out of Agliardi, but it was 2-2 after 90 minutes and went to extra time.
Lucas Evangelista was on hand to nod in the rebound from Agliardi’s save on Pasquale and Cyril Thereau finished off the job.
Udinese 4-2 Cesena
Scorers: Djuric 4 (C), Allan 20 (U), Bruno Fernandes 43 (U), Succi 54 (C), Lucas Evangelista 99 (U), Thereau 114 (U)
Udinese: Scuffet, Belmonte, Danilo, Bubnjic, Pasquale, Guilherme (Thereau 70), Allan, Pinzi, Piris (Lucas Evangelista 85), Bruno Fernandes (Kone 102), Geijo
Cesena: Agliardi, Capelli, Volta, Krajnc, Mazzotta, Valzania (Cazzola 48), De Feudis, Coppola, Tabanelli (Defrel 46), Succi (Lucchini 69), Djuric
Sent off: Volta 61 (C)