JWSport Jacek Waszak – Sport journalist
Looking ahead to the match both teams are playing very well Napoli have won their last 3 matches and Juventus have won 4 of their last 5 matches
Juventus will play without COVID-19 sufferers: Alex Sandro, Juan Cuadrado and Matthijs de Ligt. Paulo Dybala and Merih Demiral are treating injuries. Napoli did not feature Fabian Ruiz.
Juventus defeated Napoli 2:0 in the match for the Super Cup of Italy. The goals were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata. Juventus claimed the Italian Super Cup for the ninth time in history. Although Morata and Ronaldo hit the net, the hero of Turin was Wojciech Szczęsny.
Napoli wanted to win the Italian Super Cup for the third time in this match, but Juventus beat them.
Juventus fought for the 9th title in its history, but it was not exciting, interesting only the coaches of the teams know each other from the days of playing together on the field, and now they will fight against each other. Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso together represented the colors of AC Milan and the national team of Italy.
In the meeting for the Italian Super Cup players ” Old Lady ” started the first half with an aggressive press. Andrea Pirlo’s charges tried at all costs to make it difficult to play the ball team Napoli.
Already in the 3rd minute Piotr Zielinski was fouled, and a moment later a Juventus player was lying on the turf. So from the beginning we knew that no one will not let go in this match and fought for every field.
After a counterattack, Napoli in the 20th minute won a free kick. Unfortunately, Insignie did not manage to threaten the Juventus goal – he sent the ball straight into the hands of Szczesny. A moment later, a miscommunication between Szczesny and Danilo led to the loss of a goal. The intervention of a defender prevented the goalkeeper from catching the ball, which the stopper pushed out of the danger zone just in time.
In the 28th minute, only the reflexes of the Polish goalkeeper saved the Italian champion from losing a goal. After a great pass Lozano hit the ball with his head. Cover was again lost Danilo.
40′ Ronaldo wanted to score on his own in this action, because there were only a few minutes left in the first half. The ball flew over the crossbar.
“Old Lady” was determined, but despite the advantage in possession of the ball during the first half of the match, they could not turn it into a good goal opportunity. The first half ended in a 0-0 draw
Attack after attack by Juventus and in the 47th minute it was close to the goal! Ospina stops the ball on the goal line Kulusevski shoots, but misses the ball. This saved Napoli.
For this took place in the 56th minute of the match a dangerous collision between Cristiano and goalkeeper Ospina. Both fought for the ball, but the Portuguese ran into the Napoli goalkeeper. Medics immediately rushed to help.
Only the first goal we saw in this meeting for the Super Cup of Italy in the 64th minute when in possession was Juventus, and performed a corner kick and passed Bernardeschi, the ball was unfortunate bounce Bakayoko, and Cristiano took advantage of the confusion in the penalty area and from close range sent a powerful shot into the goal. Ospina had no chance.
In the 77th minute , Napoli players demanded a penalty kick . The referee checked VAR . On the replay we see that McKennie has obviously undercut Mertens. After checking everything the referee awards a penalty kick for Napoli in the 80th minute. Lorenzo Insignie missed the goal What a fatal mistake by this player.
90+3′ What an intervention from Ospina! He collected the ball on the 20 meter from under the feet of McKennie, passed another opponent and distributed the action. A display of a goalkeeper.
In the 95th minute Wojciech Szczesny saved his team from a draw. Lozano made a flat shot from eleven meters, the ball rebounded from the leg of one of the defenders and flew to the goal, but the Polish goalkeeper made a great parade. Juventus countered Napoli, Morata hit an empty goal and so ends the Italian Super Cup. Juventus beats Napoli 2:0!
Juventus – Napoli (2:0)
Cristiano Ronaldo (64′), Alvaro Morata (95′)
Juventus: Wojciech Szczęsny – Danilo, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, Juan Cuadrado – Weston McKennie, Arthur, Rodrigo Bentancur (Adrien Rabiot 84′), Dejan Kulusevski (Alvaro Morata 84′) – Federico Chiesa (Federico Bernardeschi 46′), Cristiano Ronaldo
Napoli: David Ospina – Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Konstantinos Manolas, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mario Rui (Matteo Politano 84′) – Diego Demme (Fernando Llorente 84′), Tiemoue Bakayoko (Elif Elmas 67′) – Hirving Lozano, Piotr Zieliński, Lorenzo Insignie – Andrea Petagna (Dries Mertens 72′)
Yellow cards : Cristiano Ronaldo (74′) Piotr Zieliński (89′)
