2016 Coppa Italia final

2016 Coppa Italia Final

The Stadio Olimpico in Rome held the final
Event	2015–16 Coppa Italia
Milan Juventus 0 1
After extra time
Date	21 May 2016
Venue	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee	Gianluca Rocchi
Attendance	72,698[1]
Weather	Clear 17 °C (63 °F) 59% humidity

The 2016 Coppa Italia Final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, the 69th season of Italy's main football cup. It was played on 21 May 2016 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, between rivals Milan and Juventus.^[2]

Since Juventus won the 2015–16 Serie A, Milan secured their place in the 2016 Supercoppa Italiana.^[3] Juventus won the match 1–0 after extra time, with a 110th-minute goal by the substitute Álvaro Morata with his first touch, successfully defending their title.^[4][5]

Background

Milan played in a final for the 13th time, of which they have won five.^[6] Their most recent final was in 2003, defeating Roma 6–3 on aggregate.^[7] It was Juventus' second consecutive final and the 16th in their history, second only to Roma's 17. They had won a record ten titles.^[6] They were the title holders when they defeated Lazio 2–1 after extra time in the last year's final.

Milan and Juventus contested in three finals. Juventus won twice, the first was in 1942 after the final ended with a 1–1 draw, they won 4–1 in replay,^[8] the second was in 1990 with a 1–0 victory on aggregate.^[9] Milan won 6–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in 1973.^[10]

Road to the final

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

Milan		Round	Juventus
Opponent	Result	2015–16 Coppa Italia	Opponent	Result
Perugia	2–0 (H)	Third round	N/A	N/A
Crotone	3–1 (a.e.t) (H)	Fourth round	N/A	N/A
Sampdoria	2–0 (A)	Round of 16	Torino	4–0 (H)
Carpi	2–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Lazio	1–0 (A)
Alessandria	1–0 (A), 5–0 (H) (6–0 agg.)	Semi-finals	Internazionale	3–0 (H), 0–3 (A) (3–3 agg. 5–3 p)

Match

Team selection

Juventus were without defender Leonardo Bonucci, who was given a yellow card in both legs of the semi-final.^[11] They also missed Claudio Marchisio who suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee, that sidelined him for nearly six months.^[12]

Details

21 May 2016

20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

Milan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Juventus
	Report	Morata 110'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 72,698^[1]

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Milan

Juventus

GK 99 Gianluigi Donnarumma RB 96 Davide Calabria CB 17 Cristián Zapata  50' CB 13 Alessio Romagnoli LB 2 Mattia De Sciglio DM 18 Riccardo Montolivo (c)  108' CM 27 Juraj Kucka  112' CM 16 Andrea Poli  84' RW 10 Keisuke Honda  88' CF 70 Carlos Bacca LW 28 Giacomo Bonaventura Substitutes: GK 1 Diego López DF 4 José Mauri  119'  108' DF 5 Philippe Mexès FW 7 Jérémy Ménez FW 9 Luiz Adriano FW 19 M'Baye Niang  101'  84' GK 32 Christian Abbiati DF 33 Alex FW 45 Mario Balotelli  112' MF 72 Kevin-Prince Boateng MF 73 Manuel Locatelli MF 91 Andrea Bertolacci Manager: Cristian Brocchi

GK 25 Neto CB 24 Daniele Rugani  120+2' CB 15 Andrea Barzagli  105' CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini (c)  117' RWB 26 Stephan Lichtsteiner  75' CM 18 Mario Lemina CM 11 Hernanes  108' CM 10 Paul Pogba  62' LWB 33 Patrice Evra  62' CF 21 Paulo Dybala CF 17 Mario Mandžukić Substitutes: GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon FW 7 Simone Zaza FW 9 Álvaro Morata  119'  108' DF 12 Alex Sandro  62' FW 16 Juan Cuadrado  75' MF 20 Simone Padoin MF 22 Kwadwo Asamoah MF 27 Stefano Sturaro GK 34 Rubinho MF 37 Roberto Pereyra Manager: Massimiliano Allegri

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

References

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12. Wright, Joe (15 May 2016). "Injured Marchisio undergoes further knee procedure". goal.com. Retrieved 20 May 2016.