Roma bid farewell to the Italian Cup, which they have not won since 2008, after a fatal home defeat to Torino 2-3 on Tuesday in the round of 16.After the first half ended with Torino leading in the 35th minute through Scottish Che Adams with a shot from outside the penalty area, Roma returned to the match with a goal in the first seconds of the second half through Spaniard Mario Hermoso with a pass from Jamaican Leon Bailey (46).But the visitors shocked coach Jean-Piero Gasperini's team and regained the lead again through Adams as well, this time from the middle of the area after a pass from Croatian Nikola Vlacic (52).Less than a minute after coming on for Bayley, 16-year-old Antonio Arena equalised for the capital club with a header in the 81st minute, becoming the first player born in 2009 to score for a major European league club in all competitions, according to Opta.When it seemed that the two teams would resort to penalty kicks, Turkish Emirhan Ichan snatched the lead goal and the second consecutive victory for Torino in...Thus, Torino will meet in the quarter-finals with Inter, which in December (December) swept second-tier Venice 5-1.
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