The tournament brought together Inter, winner of the last Serie A, and Juventus, defending cup holder. In a match that seemed to be heading towards penalties, one last change that never came was the great anecdote of the night of the coronation of the neroazzurri.
Interistas and bianconeri met at the Stadio San Siro before just under 30,000 spectators to celebrate the Supercoppa Italiana, in a single match and in the country of the two clubs, as in the usual historical formats. It was the 34th edition, 17th for Juventus and 10th for Inter.
The scoring was opened by Weston McKennie with a header before half an hour of play after a good measured cross from Álvaro Morata and a very poor marking by the rival defenders. The joy would last 10 minutes, since Mattia De Sciglio committed a penalty on Edin Dzeko that Lautaro Martínez would be in charge of transforming before the break.
No movements would be seen on the electronic during the second half, so the game went into overtime. In the first part of it the equality was maintained (1-1) and it seemed that it was going to be like that until the end of extra-regulatory time. In fact, Massimiliano Allegri ordered Leonardo Bonucci to wear shorts on the bench only to take a penalty in the shootout.
To complete the change, an interruption in the game was necessary that never came. From the Juventus bench, the players were asked to make a foul or send the ball out, but Federico Dimarco’s cross was mishandled by Alex Sandro, who wanted to leave the ball dead for Giorgio Chiellini. A touch from Matteo Darmian allowed Alexis Sánchez to continue the play and sign the victory goal (2-1).
The Chilean gave the sixth Supercoppa title to the interistas, who are closer to AC Milan (7) and Juventus (9) in the historical calculation. With this defeat, the bianconeri They already have twice as many games lost in this competition (8) than the following on the list, such as the two Milanese teams and AS Roma (4).
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