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Lazio routs Sassuolo 6-2 to stay top of Serie A, humiliating cup exits for Arsenal and Espanyol

Lazio's Tijjani Noslin, second from right, celebrates after scoring a goal during the Serie A soccer match between Sassuolo and Lazio in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
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Fleetwood's Andy Cannon kicks on a penalty shootout during the English League Cup soccer match between Fleetwood Town and Arsenal in Fleetwood, England, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)
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Referee Luca Zufferli issues a red card to Sassuolo's Kristian Thorstvedt during the Serie A soccer match between Sassuolo and Lazio in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)
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Darmstadt's Lars Kehl, second from left, celebrates with his staff after scoring goal during the German Cup soccer match between SV Elversberg and SV Darmstadt 98, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2026, in Elversberg, Germany. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
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Bochum's Philipp Hofmann, back to the camera, celebrates with Mansour Ouro-Tagba after scoring his side's second goal during the German soccer cup match between VfL Bochum and FSV Mainz 05 in Bochum, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. (David Inderlied/dpa via AP)
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DANIELLA MATAR

Tue, October 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM UTC ·

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Lazio saw two penalties saved but still managed to rout 10-man Sassuolo 6-2 to remain top of Serie A on Tuesday.

Espanyol suffered a shock loss at fourth-tier Sestao River in the Spanish Cup, with its coach quickly paying the price, while Premier League champion Arsenal was beaten by fourth-tier Fleetwood Town in a penalty shootout in the English League Cup.

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Elversberg and Mainz were dumped out of the German Cup by second-division teams but Leipzig narrowly avoided humiliation at third-tier Rot-Weiss Essen.

Penalty saves in vain for Sassuolo in Serie A

Sassuolo goalkeeper Stefano Turati saved two penalties but couldn't prevent his team from falling to a hefty loss.

Sassuolo was already 3-1 down when midfielder Kristian Thorstvedt was shown a straight red card in the 31st minute for a horror tackle on Mattia Zaccagni, who was fortunate to escape without serious injury.

Romano Floriani Mussolini , the great-grandson of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, had scored Lazio's third goal.

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Sebastiano Esposito managed to pull one back but Zaccagni restored Lazio's two-goal advantage on the stroke of halftime.

Tijjani Noslin scored twice in the second half, while Turati stopped spotkicks from Zaccagni and Davide Frattesi.

Lazio moved three points clear of Inter Milan, which visits bottom club Venezia on Wednesday.

Roma needed two late goals to beat Cagliari 4-2 and move back to within four points of Lazio. It was Cagliari's third straight loss, following an impressive start to the season.

Como also left it late, with all its goals coming after 80 minutes, to secure a 3-1 win at Torino.

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Espanyol coach fired immediately after Spanish Cup embarrassment

Espanyol coach Manolo González was fired less than two hours after his side lost 4-3 at Sestao River, after extra time, in the first round of the Spanish Cup.

Espanyol needed a last-gasp penalty to force extra time and, although it then took the lead in the 96th minute, Sestao River leveled two minutes later and home defender Jon Rojo scored the winner in stoppage time.

Huge upset in English League Cup

Fleetwood beat Arsenal 5-3 in a penalty shootout to reach the quarterfinals of the English League Cup.

Arsenal's Bruno Guimaraes had a penalty saved. The match had finished 1-1 in regulation. Arsenal's 16-year-old prodigy Max Dowman was sent off for kicking out at an opponent in the 85th.

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Eighty-four positions separate the teams in the English soccer pyramid.

Leipzig survives scare in German Cup

Essen's second-round match against Leipzig had hit the headlines even before kickoff after an act of sabotage saw concrete poured around the gate to the away end at the stadium to seal it shut — it was opened well before supporters started to arrive.

On the field, Essen almost pulled off a shock. Lucas Brumme took advantage of a terrible back pass by Castello Lukeba and a slip by goalkeeper Ørjan Nyland to fire Essen into a ninth-minute lead.

Essen's chances appeared to grow when Leipzig midfielder Nicolas Seiwald was sent off shortly before halftime following two yellow cards in the space of 10 minutes.

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However, substitute Christoph Baumgartner scored two late goals to turn the game around for Leipzig, which won 2-1.

Elversberg, which is enjoying an impressive Bundesliga debut, lost 2-0 at home to Darmstadt. Mainz lost by the same scoreline at Bochum.

Borussia Dortmund prepared for Saturday's top-of-the-table showdown at Bayern Munich by snatching a 3-2 victory over Weder Bremen.

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