The 2020 Supercoppa Italiana (branded as the PS5 Supercup for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd edition of the Supercoppa Italiana. It was played on 23 December 2020 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.Supercoppa Italiana 2020. Chi sfiderà il Napoli? Le ipotesi su avversaria e data. Il Sussidiario. Published 18 June 2020. The match was initially supposed to be held in December in Saudi Arabia like the previous year, but restrictions related to the global COVID-19 pandemic forced it to remain in Italy.
Juventus won the match 2–0 and claimed their record-extending ninth Supercoppa Italiana title.
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.Supercoppa Italiana 2020, chi affronterà il Napoli? Possibile avversaria, data e luogo. OA Sport. Published 18 June 2020. On all three occasions Juventus had been the opponent. The match was a rematch of the 2020 Coppa Italia final, in which Napoli defeated Juventus 4–2 on penalties.
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. 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.
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GK 1 Wojciech SzczęsnyRB 16 Juan CuadradoCB 19 Leonardo BonucciCB 3 Giorgio Chiellini (c)LB 13 DaniloRM 14 Weston McKennieCM 30 Rodrigo Bentancur CM 5 ArthurLM 22 Federico Chiesa CF 44 Dejan Kulusevski CF 7 Cristiano Ronaldo Substitutes:GK 31 Carlo PinsoglioGK 77 Gianluigi BuffonDF 36 Alessandro Di PardoDF 37 Radu DrăgușinDF 38 Gianluca FrabottaMF 8 Aaron Ramsey MF 25 Adrien Rabiot MF 33 Federico Bernardeschi MF 41 Nicolò FagioliMF 56 Filippo RanocchiaFW 9 Álvaro Morata Manager: Andrea Pirlo GK 25 David OspinaRB 22 Giovanni Di LorenzoCB 44 Kostas ManolasCB 26 Kalidou KoulibalyLB 6 Mário Rui CM 4 Diego Demme CM 5 Tiémoué Bakayoko RW 11 Hirving LozanoAM 20 Piotr Zieliński LW 24 Lorenzo Insigne (c)CF 37 Andrea Petagna Substitutes:GK 1 Alex MeretGK 16 Nikita ContiniDF 19 Nikola MaksimovićDF 23 Elseid HysajDF 31 Faouzi GhoulamDF 33 Amir RrahmaniMF 7 Eljif Elmas MF 68 Stanislav LobotkaFW 14 Dries Mertens FW 18 Fernando Llorente FW 21 Matteo Politano FW 58 Antonio CioffiManager: Gennaro Gattuso
Man of the Match: Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
Assistant referees: Daniele Bindoni Stefano Del Giovane Fourth official: Maurizio Mariani Video assistant referee: Marco Di Bello Assistant video assistant referee: Giacomo PaganessiMatch rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
See also 2020–21 Serie A 2020–21 Coppa Italia 2020–21 Juventus FC season 2020–21 SSC Napoli season Juventus FC–SSC Napoli rivalry
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