2020 Supercoppa Italiana
MapeiStadium.jpg
The Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore in Reggio Emilia hosted the match
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Event | Supercoppa Italiana | ||||||
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Date | 20 January 2021 | ||||||
Venue | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia | ||||||
Man of the Match | Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)[1] | ||||||
Referee | Paolo Valeri[2] | ||||||
Attendance | 0[note 1] | ||||||
The 2020 Supercoppa Italiana (branded as the PS5 Supercup for sponsorship reasons)[3] was the 33rd edition of the Supercoppa Italiana, the Italian football super cup. It was played on 20 January 2021 for the first time at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, between Juventus, the winners of the 2019–20 Serie A championship, and Napoli, the winners of the 2019–20 Coppa Italia.[4]
Juventus won the match 2–0 and claimed their ninth Supercoppa Italiana title.[5][6]
Background
Juventus made its ninth consecutive Supercoppa Italiana appearance, and 16th overall. They had a 4–4 record during this run, and were 8–7 overall. Napoli took part in the competition for the fourth time, having already participated as Serie A champions once (1990) and as Coppa Italia winners twice (2012, 2014). Napoli won two of the previous three editions in which they played.[7] On all three occasions Juventus had been the opponent.
Match
Summary
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 64th minute when a corner from the left broke to him off the back of Napoli's Tiémoué Bakayoko, he finished to the net from six yards out.[8] Napoli was awarded a penalty kick in the 80th minute, but with a chance to tie the game at 1–1, Lorenzo Insigne missed the net, wide to the left. Álvaro Morata made it 2–0 in the 5th minute of added time with a low shot to the net from the right, after Juan Cuadrado ran into the penalty area and drew goalkeeper David Ospina before passing to him.[8]
Details
Juventus | 2–0 | Napoli |
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http://www.legaseriea.it/en/supercoppa-italiana/match-report/2020-21/FINAL/UNI/1/JUVNAP |
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Napoli
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Man of the Match: Assistant referees:[2] |
Match rules
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See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
- ↑ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Supercoppa Italiana 2020. Chi sfiderà il Napoli? Le ipotesi su avversaria e data. Il Sussidiario. Published June 18, 2020.
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- ↑ Supercoppa Italiana 2020, chi affronterà il Napoli? Possibile avversaria, data e luogo. OA Sport. Published June 18, 2020.
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