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The Thirty-second of the Italian Cup kicks off on Friday 13 August 2021  with the match between Pordenone and Spezia. The new formula seeing on the pitch of 12 Serie A TIM teams from this round. The remaining eight will enter the scene starting from the Round of 16.

Today, in addition to Pordenone-Spezia, Genoa-Perugia, Udinese-Ascoli and Fiorentina-Cosenza will take the field.

On Saturday 14 August, it will be the turn of Benevento-Spal, Cittadella-Monza, Hellas Verona-Catanzaro and Cagliari-Pisa.

On Sunday 15 August they will play Empoli-Vicenza, Parma-Lecce, Venice-Frosinone and Turin-Cremonese.

The Thirty-second will end on Monday 16 August with the Crotone-Brescia, Bologna-Ternana, Salernitana-Reggina and Sampdoria-Alessandria matches.

There will be 4 Serie A TIM coaches who will make their official debut on the bench with their respective teams: Thiago Motta (Spezia), Vincenzo Italiano (Fiorentina), Eusebio Di Francesco (Hellas Verona) and Ivan Juric (Torino), as well as to Aurelio Andreazzoli who returns to sit on the Empoli bench.

By Anna Italia
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The Lega announced the 2021-22 Coppa Italia draw with the first-round draw with 12 Serie A teams involved. The games will be played on August 13 and 16. The 2021–22 Coppa Italia will be the 75th edition. Juventus are the defending champions. Unlike previous years, the number of participating teams was reduced from 78 of the previous season to 44 clubs.  The Coppa Italia Final will be played on Wednesday 11 May 2022.

2021/22 COPPA ITALIA KEY DATES

👉 Coppa Italia First Round:  August 13 to August 16, 2021, A group of 32 teams (4 winners from the preliminary round, the remaining 16 teams from Serie B and 12 Serie A teams seeded 9–20) will compete in this round, 16 of which will advance to the second round.

👉 Coppa Italia Round of 16:  Wednesday 12 January or Wednesday 19 January 2022

👉 Coppa Italia Quarter-finals: Wednesday 9 February 2022

👉 Coppa Italia Semi-finals:  Wednesday 2 March, Wednesday 20 April 2022

👉 Coppa Italia Final:  Wednesday 11 May 2022

🏆🇮🇹 👉  2021–22 Coppa Italia Participating teams

🏆🇮🇹 👉The Lega announced the 2021-22 Coppa Italia Coppa Italia first-round draw with 12 Serie A teams involved. The games will be played on August 13 and 16. Serie C clubs were allowed into the preliminaries. pic.twitter.com/eDQyrEHZI5

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 4, 2021

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The Italian Referee Association (AIA) has designated the match officials for the 2021-22 COPPA ITALIA First Round to be played between August 13 and 16, 2021.

👉 Friday 13 August 2021

PORDENONE – SPEZIA
Referee: GHERSINI
Assistants: DELLA CROCE – SACCENTI
IV: FONTANI
VAR: AURELIANO
AVAR: BINDONI
17:45

GENOA – PERUGIA
Referee: RAPUANO
Assistants: BRESMES – CECCON
IV: FIERO
VAR: BANTI
AVAR: RASPOLLINI
18:00

UDINESE – ASCOLI
Referee: GARIGLIO
Assistants: LO CICERO – MORO
IV: PERENZONI
VAR: CHIFFI
AVAR: RANGHETTI
20:45

FIORENTINA – COSENZA
Referee: CAMPLONE
Assistants: BOTTEGONI – BERTI
IV: SCATENA
VAR: VALERI
AVAR: VOLPI
21:00

👉 Saturday 14 August 2021

BENEVENTO – SPAL
Referee: COSSO
Assistants: ROCCA – PAGNOTTA
IV: LONGO
VAR: NASCA
AVAR: MARINI
17:45

CITTADELLA – MONZA
Referee: DI MARTINO
Assistants: VALERIANI – CIPRIANI
IV: FERRIERI CAPUTI
VAR: ORSATO
AVAR: ROSSI L.
18:00

HELLAS VERONA – CATANZARO
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: CECCONI – SECHI
IV: CALDERA
VAR: SOZZA
AVAR: PAGANESSI
20:45

CAGLIARI – PISA
Referee: MANGANIELLO
Assistants: DEI GIUDICI – GROSSI
IV: DI GRACI
VAR: MARIANI
AVAR: MARGANI
21:00

👉 Sunday 15 August 2021

EMPOLI – VICENZA
Referee: SACCHI
Assistants: ZINGARELLI – PAGLIARDINI
IV: PETRELLA
VAR: IRRATI
AVAR: MERAVIGLIA
17:45

PARMA – LECCE
Referee: SERRA
Assistants: MONDIN – VIVENZI
IV: MONALDI
VAR: DI PAOLO
AVAR: DIONISI
18:00

VENEZIA – FROSINONE
Referee: PRONTERA
Assistants: BACCINI – GALETTO
IV: GALIPO’
VAR: FABBRI
AVAR: TOLFO
20:45

TORINO – CREMONESE
Referee: AYROLDI
Assistants: MASSARA – ROSSI M.
IV: TREMOLADA
VAR: MAZZOLENI
AVAR: MARINELLI
21:00

👉 Monday 16 August 2021

CROTONE – BRESCIA
Referee: MASSIMI
Assistants: CAPALDO – VIGILE
IV: ACANFORA
VAR: MARINI
AVAR: NASCA
17:45

BOLOGNA – TERNANA
Referee: ZUFFERLI
Assistants: PRENNA – CIPRESSA
IV: RICCI
VAR: DIONISI
AVAR: DI PAOLO
18:00

SALERNITANA – REGGINA
Referee: FOURNEAU
Assistants: CARBONE – LANOTTE
IV: RUTELLA
VAR: DI BELLO
AVAR: MARCHETTI
20:45

SAMPDORIA – ALESSANDRIA
Referee: COLOMBO
Assistants: DI IORIO – AFFATATO
IV: GIORDANO
VAR: MARINELLI
AVAR: MAZZOLENI
21:00