Juventus overcame Napoli 4-3 in a penalty shootout after neither team scored in regulation or extra time of their Italian Cup quarter-final on Wednesday.
Juventus will face Lazio in the two-leg semifinal March 4 and 22. Inter Milan plays Sampdoria in the other semifinal. Walter Gargano missed the crucial spot kick for Napoli after Ezequiel Lavezzi and Matteo Contini also failed to score.
Both teams were lacking in confidence after recent setbacks in the Serie A, and neither side managed to take the initiative in the first half.
In the second half, David Trezeguet and Pavel Nedved were introduced by Juventus to try and inspire the home side, but it was Napoli's attacking trio of Marek Hamsik, Lavezzi and Marcelo Zalayeta who looked the most likely to score, with Zalayeta missing two good chances near the end.
Trezeguet came close in regulation but was marginally offside from an Alessandro Del Piero pass, and in extra time he shot straight at goalkeeper Nicolas Navarro from close range.
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