Juventus 1-3 Lazio: Danilo Cataldi, Senad Lulic and Luis Alberto score as Coppa Italia winners defeat Serie A champions in Italian Super Cup final
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- Serie A champions Juventus take on Coppa Italia winners Lazio in Saudi Arabia
- Lazio took the lead when Luis Alberto converted Sergej Milinkovic-Savic’s cross
- Juventus equalized on the cusp of half-time when Paulo Dybala tapped in for 1-1
- Senad Lulic’s fine volley into the top corner restored Lazio’s lead on minutes
- Rodrigo Bentancur was sent off and Danilo Cataldi scored the resulting free-kick
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Lazio beat Juventus 3-1, their second win over the Turin giants in little more than two weeks, to win the Italian Super Cup on Sunday, the annual meeting between the Coppa Italia winners and Serie A champions.
Second-half goals from Senad Lulic and Danilo Cataldi won the match which was being played in Saudi Arabia for the second year running.(Lazio also beat Juventus 3-1 in Serie A on December 7, handing their opponents their first defeat under coach Maurizio Sarri.Lazio players lift the Italian Supe r Cup after earning a 3-1 win over Serie A champions Juventus
The Rome-based side enjoyed wild celebrations as players took a selfie inside the goal-posts**************
Lazio boss Simone Inzaghi kissed the trophy after his side downed Juventus for a second time
Cristiano Ronaldo (right) was completely bemused at the end having finished as a runner-up(******************************** (MATCH FACTS) ****************************************
JUVENTUS (***************: Szczesny, De Sciglio (Cuadrado) , Bonucci, Demiral, Alex Sandro, Pjanic, Matuidi (Costa****************************, Bentacur, Ronaldo, Dybala, Higuain (Ramsey
Subs not used: De Ligt, Danilo, Pjaca, Can, Rugani, Rabiot, Pinsoglio, Bernardeschi, Buffon
*********** (Booked
Goals: Dybala (***************** (LAZIO) ****************: Strakosha, Radu, Acerbi, Luiz Felipe, Leiva (Cataldi
**********************************, Milinkovic, Alberto (Parolo 73), Lazzari, Lulic, Correa, Immobile (Caicedo 82
Subs not used
: Patric, Berisha, Bastos, Jony, Guerrieri, Proto, Anderson, Adekanye, Marusic
) Booked: Leiva Alberto
Goals: Alberto ( 17), Lulic (66), Cataldi (93)
Referee (***************: Gianpaolo Calvarese
Lazio, the Coppa Italia victors, went ahead after 17 minutes when Sergei Milinkovic-Savic laid the ball off for Luis Alberto to fire into the net.That sparked a fight inside the Italian champions as they remained determined not to see a repeat of the 8151 Super Cup final, when they were beaten by Lazio.
That fight proved to be inspired when Paulo Dybala leveled for the Serie A champions at the end of the first-half from a rebound after Cristiano Ronaldo’s shot was parried by Thomas Strakosha.
VAR had a look to check whether there was an offside in the build-up to the goal but there was no infringement and the strike stood.
Juventus seemed to be in control in the second half and Ronaldo was close to putting his side ahead with a shot which went just over.
But the Old Lady was soon caught out when Marco Parolo’s cross flew across the face of goal and Lulic volleyed in at the far post in the 82 rd minute.
It was an avoidable goal to go behind to from a Juventus perspective but as it was a few weeks ago In Serie A, it was no more than they deserved.
Juventus had midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur sent off in stoppage time and Cataldi curled the resulting free kick into the net with the last action of the game.
The Italian Super Cup final is often played abroad and has also been hosted in China, the United States, Libya and Qatar.Luis Alberto celebrates after opening the scoring on minutes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia********** Paulo Dybala levels the score in first-half stoppage time after Thomas Strakosha parried
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