A goal in either half from ten-man second division side Hellas Verona was enough to send Palermo crashing out of the Italian Cup at the fourth round Tuesday.
Luigi Giorgi gave the Serie A side a sixth-minute lead, but less than a minute later Andrea Cocco forced his way through the Palermo defence to level with an angled drive.
Verona’s chances of booking a fifth round match-up with Inter Milan dipped dramatically just after the hour when Fabrizio Cacciatore was booked, and then shown a red for dissent.
However the visitors stunned the Sicilians with the winning goal four minutes later after a poor clearance from Carlos Labrin came off the body of Verona player Daniele Cacia went back into the net.
Palermo crash out of Cup to 10-man Verona
