Coppa Italia 2025-2026: Sassuolo-Catanzaro, the likely lineups

Summer excitement is always special, even if it doesn’t always translate into a season that lives up to expectations. Dreaming is permissible, as long as you keep your feet firmly planted on the ground. Sassuolo and Catanzaro know this feeling well.

The neroverdi immediately returned to Serie A after just one year of “purgatory” in the cadetteria. The Giallorossi, on the other hand, stroked the dream of promotion until the very end, finishing the championship in sixth place and surrendering only in the playoffs.

Today on the bench, for Catanzaro, there is an important novelty: Alberto Aquilani, who has been stationary for a year after his experience at Pisa, ready to get back into the game with great determination. For both teams, the summer preparation phase is now behind them: it’s time to get serious.

The first official engagement of the season arrives with the Coppa Italia: Sassuolo and Catanzaro will play each other in the first round on August 15 at 18:30. Qualification will be decided in a dry match: whoever passes will find the winner of Como-Südtirol on their way.

Probable lineups:

Sassuolo (4-3-3): Turati; Missori, Romagna, Muharemovic, Doig; Iannoni, Boloca, Ghion; Berardi, Pinamonti, Volpato.
Coach: Grosso.

Catanzaro (4-4-2): Pigliacelli; Frosinini, Antonini, Bonini, Verrengia; D’Alessandro, Pontisso, Pompetti, Nuamah; Biasci, Iemmello.
Coach: Aquilani