Napoli survived a thrilling clash with Udinese in order to live to fight another day in the defence of their Coppa Italia crown.
Napoli went through after penalties
Rafa Benitez's men won through 5-4 on penalties after being locked at 1-1 after 90 minutes and then 2-2 following extra-time.
Cyril Thereau put Udinese ahead (58) but Jorginho equalised seven minutes later and Napoli gained the advantage when Silvan Widmer was sent off 60 seconds later.
Udinese dug in for extra-time, though, and even when Marek Hamsik's penalty (99) looked to have finished them off, they roared back through Panagiotis Kone (104).
But Napoli got the job done from the spot, Gonzalo Higuain scoring after Marques Allan missed.