Fiorentina lost on penalties to Cagliari in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia Primavera.

It was an uphill battle for Fiorentina Primavera, who fell behind in the 19^th minute with a goal from French striker Yael Trepy. Cagliari doubled their lead shortly after the half hour mark with Trepy getting on the scoresheet again. The starlet smashed a volley in from 30 yards out past the Viola’s despairing goalkeeper Tommaso Vannucchi.

Jacopo Tarantino pulled one back before the break for the hosts and then Riccardo Braschi completed the comeback in the 65^th minute.

Despite many opportunities Fiorentina Primavera were unable to see off the visitors, and eventually suffered defeat in the penalty shootout, exiting the Coppa Italia in the quarter-finals.

The Viola, who has won this competition numerous times in recent years, will now channel their energy into the final months of the season. Next up is Roma away, who are the current leaders of Primavera 1.

Fiorentina 2-2 Cagliari (HT 1-2, 5-6 on penalties)

SCORERS: Trepy  Trepy, Tarantino, Braschi 

FIORENTINA LINE-UP:

Vannucchi (GK), Kouadio, Elia, Sadotti (Trapani 46), Scuderi (Romani 89), Ievoli (C) (Gudelevicius 58), Keita, Lamouliatte (Mazzeo 46), Rubino, Braschi, Tarantino (Bertolini 81)

Unused substitutes: Leonardelli, Fei, Turnone, Deli, Puzzoli, Angiolini

CAGLIARI LINE-UP:

Iliev (GK), Arba, Soldati, Cogoni, Marini, Balde (Tronci 69), Marcolini, Malfitano (Liteta 58), Simonetta (Grandu 69), Trepy (Costa 58), Vinciguerra (Sulev 89)

Unused substitutes: Auseklis, Pintus, Lo Verde, Ardau, Franke