2020 Supercoppa Italiana

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]

2020 Supercoppa Italiana
EventSupercoppa Italiana
Juventus Napoli
Serie A Coppa Italia
2 0
Date20 January 2021 (2021-01-20)
VenueMapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia
Man of the MatchCristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)[1]
RefereePaolo Valeri[2]
Attendance0[note 1]

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
Juventus2–0Napoli
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Paolo Valeri
Juventus
Napoli
GK1 Wojciech Szczęsny
RB16 Juan Cuadrado
CB19 Leonardo Bonucci
CB3 Giorgio Chiellini (c)
LB13 Danilo
RM14 Weston McKennie
CM30 Rodrigo Bentancur 83'
CM5 Arthur
LM22 Federico Chiesa 46'
CF44 Dejan Kulusevski 83'
CF7 Cristiano Ronaldo 74'
Substitutes:
GK31 Carlo Pinsoglio
GK77 Gianluigi Buffon
DF36 Alessandro Di Pardo
DF37 Radu Drăgușin
DF38 Gianluca Frabotta
MF8 Aaron Ramsey
MF25 Adrien Rabiot 83'
MF33 Federico Bernardeschi 46'
MF41 Nicolò Fagioli
MF56 Filippo Ranocchia
FW9 Álvaro Morata 83'
Manager:
Andrea Pirlo
GK25 David Ospina
RB22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
CB44 Kostas Manolas
CB26 Kalidou Koulibaly
LB6 Mário Rui 84'
CM4 Diego Demme 84'
CM5 Tiémoué Bakayoko 67'
RW11 Hirving Lozano
AM20 Piotr Zieliński 89'
LW24 Lorenzo Insigne (c)
CF37 Andrea Petagna 72'
Substitutes:
GK1 Alex Meret
GK16 Nikita Contini
DF19 Nikola Maksimović
DF23 Elseid Hysaj
DF31 Faouzi Ghoulam
DF33 Amir Rrahmani
MF7 Elif Elmas 67'
MF68 Stanislav Lobotka
FW14 Dries Mertens 72'
FW18 Fernando Llorente 84'
FW21 Matteo Politano 84'
FW58 Antonio Cioffi
Manager:
Gennaro Gattuso

Man of the Match:
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Daniele Bindoni
Stefano Del Giovane
Fourth official:[2]
Maurizio Mariani
Video assistant referee:[2]
Marco Di Bello
Assistant video assistant referee:[2]
Giacomo Paganessi

Match rules

See also

Notes
  1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  2. 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
  1. "MVP | PS5 Supercup – Il vincitore è Cristiano Ronaldo". legaseriea.it (in Italian). 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. "PS5 Supercup: Arbitra Valeri". legaseriea.it (in Italian). 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. "PlayStation 5 title sponsor of the 2020 Italian Supercup". legaseriea.it. Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A.
  4. Supercoppa Italiana 2020. Chi sfiderà il Napoli? Le ipotesi su avversaria e data. Il Sussidiario. Published June 18, 2020.
  5. "Alla Juventus la PS5 Supercup". legaseriea.it (in Italian). 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  6. "Juventus 2-0 Napoli: Ronaldo inspires ninth Super Cup win". BBC Sport. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. Supercoppa Italiana 2020, chi affronterà il Napoli? Possibile avversaria, data e luogo. OA Sport. Published June 18, 2020.
  8. "Ronaldo on target as Juventus earn Supercup win over Napoli". ESPN. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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