Napoli beat Juventus on penalties to win Coppa Italia
Napoli stunned Juventus if they won 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw to lay claim the Coppa Italia on Wednesday and bring their fiery trainer Gennaro Gattuso the primary key trophy of his coaching career.
Paulo Dybala and Danilo missed Juve's 1st two efforts in the shootout while Napoli converted all their attempts to win the trophy for the sixth time while as well ending Juve's expectations of winning the treble this year.
It had been the first subject to be settled found in the Italian season which includes just restarted after a three-month hiatus as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although it have been planned for the players to acquire their own medals in a "self-service" ceremony, the Napoli players received theirs from the respective club presidents Aurelio De Laurentiis and Andrea Agnelli.
It was a remarkable achievement for 42-year-aged Gattuso, who took more than Napoli in December with the team in disarray after the players had rebelled against a good week-long training camp imposed on them by the De Laurentiis.
Napoli could have won without penalties but were defied by a superb double save from Gianluigi Buffon found in stoppage time.
The 42-year-old Juventus goalkeeper blocked Nikola Maksimovic's powerful header and turned Eljif Elmas' effort from the rebound onto the post from point-blank range.
Napoli had the best chances through the entire game while Juventus forwards Cristiano Ronaldo saw little of the ball and had a good frustrating evening.
Lorenzo Insigne reach the post with a 30-metre free activate the first 1 / 2 and saw another work stopped by Buffon, while Arkadiusz Milik may possibly also have earned it for Napoli but sent a go more than the bar from on the 72nd minute.
