Roma have set up a capital city derby with Lazio in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia after coming from a goal behind to beat Cremonese in the round of 16.
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The Serie B team had eliminated Jose Mourinho's side in the quarter-finals last season and it looked like there might be a repeat giant-killing on the cards when Frank Tsadjout put Cremonese ahead late in the first half.
But Paulo Dybala, on as a second-half sub, set up Romelu Lukaku's 77th-minute leveller before converting a penalty five minutes from time to settle the tie.
The last-eight clash with Lazio - who eliminated Genoa last month to reach the quarter-final - will be played on January 9.
Atalanta will face AC Milan on the same day after beating Sassuolo 3-1 in their round-of-16 match.
Charles De Ketelaere scored twice and set up the third for Aleksei Miranchuk to earn Atalanta the win, before visitors Sassuolo grabbed an added-time consolation through Daniel Boloca.
On loan from Milan, the 22-year-old De Ketelaere didn't meet expectations upon his arrival in Italy last season.
But the Belgium international is flourishing on loan at Atalanta this campaign and his match-winning display set up an intriguing tie against the club that owns his contract.
Australian Associated Press
