2020 Coppa Italia Final

The 2020 Coppa Italia Final decided the winners of the 2019–20 Coppa Italia, the 73rd season of Italy's main football cup.[1]

2020 Coppa Italia Final
The Stadio Olimpico in Rome hosted the final
Event2019–20 Coppa Italia
Napoli Juventus
0 0
Napoli won 4–2 on penalties
Date17 June 2020
VenueStadio Olimpico, Rome
RefereeDaniele Doveri
Attendance0[note 1]

It was originally scheduled to be played on 13 May 2020, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, it was first postponed to 20 May,[2] and then to 17 June.[3][4] Following the second leg of both semifinals, also delayed until 12 and 13 June 2020, the finalists were determined to be Napoli and Juventus. Napoli won the match 4–2 on penalties after a goalless draw.[5][6]

As the cup winners, Napoli automatically qualified to the group stage of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League and to the 2020 Supercoppa Italiana against the champions of the 2019–20 Serie A, Juventus.

Background

Napoli appeared in the final for the 10th time, with a record of five wins and four losses in their first nine appearances. It was a record 19th appearance for Juventus in a Coppa Italia final, and fifth appearance in the last six years. Going into the final, Juventus had won in 13 of their 18 final appearances. The teams had met in the final only once in 2012, a match Napoli won 2–0.

Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Napoli Round Juventus
Opponent Result 2019–20 Coppa Italia Opponent Result
Perugia (H) 2–0 Round of 16 Udinese (H) 4–0
Lazio (H) 1–0 Quarter-finals Roma (H) 3–1
Internazionale 1–0 (A), 1–1 (H) (2–1 agg.) Semi-finals Milan 1–1 (A), 0–0 (H) (1–1 (a) agg.)

Match

Details
Napoli0–0Juventus
Report
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Daniele Doveri
Napoli[7]
Juventus[7]
GK1 Alex Meret
RB22 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
CB19 Nikola Maksimović
CB26 Kalidou Koulibaly
LB6 Mário Rui 77' 81'
CM8 Fabián Ruiz 80'
CM4 Diego Demme
CM20 Piotr Zieliński 88'
RF7 José Callejón 66'
CF14 Dries Mertens 67'
LF24 Lorenzo Insigne (c)
Substitutes:
GK27 Orestis Karnezis
DF13 Sebastiano Luperto
DF23 Elseid Hysaj 81'
DF31 Faouzi Ghoulam
DF44 Kostas Manolas
MF5 Allan 80'
MF12 Elif Elmas 88'
MF34 Amin Younes
FW9 Fernando Llorente
FW11 Hirving Lozano
FW21 Matteo Politano 66'
FW99 Arkadiusz Milik 67'
Manager:
Gennaro Gattuso
GK77 Gianluigi Buffon
RB16 Juan Cuadrado 85'
CB4 Matthijs de Ligt
CB19 Leonardo Bonucci (c) 51'
LB12 Alex Sandro
CM30 Rodrigo Bentancur
CM5 Miralem Pjanić 74'
CM14 Blaise Matuidi
RW11 Douglas Costa 65'
CF10 Paulo Dybala 83'
LW7 Cristiano Ronaldo
Substitutes:
GK1 Wojciech Szczęsny
GK31 Carlo Pinsoglio
DF2 Mattia De Sciglio
DF13 Danilo 65'
DF24 Daniele Rugani
MF8 Aaron Ramsey 85'
MF25 Adrien Rabiot
MF38 Simone Muratore
FW33 Federico Bernardeschi 74'
FW35 Marco Olivieri
FW44 Giacomo Vrioni
FW46 Luca Zanimacchia
Manager:
Maurizio Sarri

Assistant referees:
Giacomo Paganessi
Stefano Alassio
Fourth official:
Gianpaolo Calvarese
Video assistant referee:
Massimiliano Irrati
Assistant video assistant referees:
Giorgio Schenone

Match rules[8]

See also

Notes

  1. The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
  2. Each team was given three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

  1. "Coppa Italia 2018/2019, 2019/2020 e 2020/2021" (PDF) (in Italian). legaseriea.it. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. "Official: Juventus-Inter called off and others". Football Italia. 29 February 2020.
  3. "Official: Coppa Italia June 13, Serie A 20". Football Italia. 28 May 2020.
  4. "Coppa Italia Final June 17". Football Italia. 28 May 2020.
  5. "Coppa: Napoli beat Juventus on penalties". Football Italia. 17 June 2020.
  6. "Napoli 0 Juventus 0 (4-2 on pens)". BBC Sport. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  7. "Match report: Napoli – Juventus" (PDF). Lega Serie A. 17 June 2020. p. 2. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. "No extra-time in Coppa Finals". Football Italia. 10 June 2020.
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