Daniele De Rossi hit the winner against nine-man Catania to put Roma into the Coppa Italia semi-finals with a 1-0 victory
About 15 minutes after Catania's Giuseppe Bellusci was sent off, Daniele De Rossi struck home in the 74th minute.
Roma will play the winner of quarterfinal between AC Milan and Udinese.
The Giallorossi went into the game inspired by their 2-1 win at Juventus at the weekend but having to do without injured strikers Francesco Totti and Luca Toni.
Marco Motta, who has been strongly linked with a loan move to Manchester City, was included in Roma's starting line-up and had the first opportunity of the game early on.
Bellusci was dismissed before, on the hour mark, Catania goalkeeper Andrea Campagnaro made a fine save with his foot from De Rossi's powerful free-kick.
Augustyn's sending-off proved a hammer blow for the visitors, who soon fell behind.
Okaka set up De Rossi at the edge of the area and the midfielder's right-footed strike beat Campagnolo.
Roma almost extended their lead deep in injury time but Christian Terlizzi made a goal-line clearance from Simone Perrotta's close-range strike.
"We knew that Catania would give their all in defense and try to play on the counterattack," Roma coach Claudio Ranieri said. "We weren't too concerned with how we played tonight, we just wanted to reach the semifinals."
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