{"id":31004,"date":"2016-12-24T12:57:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T12:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31004"},"modified":"2016-12-24T12:57:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T12:57:18","slug":"ac-milan-best-juventus-on-penalties-to-win-italy-s-super-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31004","title":{"rendered":"AC Milan best Juventus on penalties to win Italy’s Super Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"footballDoha: A highly-spirited AC Milan hoisted their seventh Supercoppa Italiana football trophy after prevailing against heavy favourites Juventus<\/a> via a penalty shoot-out 4-3 (1-1) at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium here.<\/p>\n

Seventeen-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero for the historic club Rossoneri, making a superb stop against Juventus’ Paulo Dybala with the sides knotted at 3-3 in the shoot-out on Friday, reports Efe.<\/p>\n

With the victory, AC Milan equalled Juventus in the number of Supercoppa trophies and exposed some vulnerabilities in the reigning Serie A and Coppa Italia champions. This trophy was Milan’s first in the last five years.<\/p>\n

After the win, Milan head coach Vincenzo Montella told his club’s TV: “I told the boys to play without fear, because only those who believe themselves to be the strongest take home the result, and today they did so.<\/p>\n

“This is really a great victory, deserved and hard fought. We had that bit of luck when Dybala missed in front of goal, but I am relly happy for these boys, for (club CEO Galliani) and for the President (Silvio Berlusconi). We are creating a solid basis for the future. I am really pleased.”<\/p>\n

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Juventus, coming into the match off the back of four straight wins in all competitions, were the much stronger team in the early going. The defending champions took a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute thanks to Giorgio Chiellini, who beat Donnarumma with a thunderous header off a Miralem Pjanic corner.<\/p>\n

Ineffectual on the attack for the first third of the match, AC Milan gained confidence as the minutes passed and pulled level with a goal in the 38th minute, as Giacomo Bonaventura surprised veteran Juventus keeper Gianluigi Buffon with a header off a cross from Suso.<\/p>\n

It was the seventh headed goal conceded this season by Juventus, who have boasted the best defence in Serie A over the past five years.<\/p>\n

The stage was set for an exciting, high-tempo second half, but the respective goalkeepers outdid the strikers and forced the match into extra time.<\/p>\n

Alessio Romagnoli headed against the crossbar before Sami Khedira forced Donnarumma into a smart stop with a long-range strike.<\/p>\n

Dybala almost handed the Bianconeri the lead with two fine left-footed efforts, the first skidding just inches past the post and the second, a trademark curled strike from distance, well saved by Donnarumma.<\/p>\n

AC Milan nearly scored at the start of the first overtime, but Carlos Bacca misfired from short range after Buffon stopped Bonaventura.<\/p>\n

Patrice Evra, a first-half sub for injured Alex Sandro, found the net for Juventus only to see the goal called back for a well-warranted offside.<\/p>\n

Then with four minutes remaining, Dybala missed a golden opportunity to score a potential winner when he scooped over the bar from just a matter of yards out.<\/p>\n

With the score still 1-1 after 120 minutes, the contest went to penalties. Claudio Marchisio, Gonzalo Higuain and Sami Khedira all scored from the spot, while Mario Mandzukic and Dybala missed out.<\/p>\n

Buffon blocked Gianluca Lapadula but Bonaventura, Juraj Kucka, Suso made it 3-3. After Donnarumma thwarted Dybala, Mario Pasalic converted to grab the trophy for AC Milan.<\/p>\n

Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri admitted that injury to Sandro forced them to change his plans and it affected the performance.<\/p>\n

“We started very well, before dropping too deep after the goal and playing it around at the back. But ultimately defeats like these can happen. We weren’t beaten over 120 minutes — we only lost on penalties. It’s a shame, we could have won it towards the end had we been more composed.”<\/p>\n

“Injuries cost us dearly,” continued the coach. “I don’t mean those who came on — they did well — but because we had to make enforced changes. The talking points become crucial in matches like these and indeed it finished on penalties.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"footballDoha: A highly-spirited AC Milan hoisted their seventh Supercoppa Italiana football trophy after prevailing against heavy favourites Juventus<\/a> via a penalty shoot-out 4-3 (1-1) at the Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium here.<\/p>\n

Seventeen-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was the hero for the historic club Rossoneri, making a superb stop against Juventus’ Paulo Dybala with the sides knotted at 3-3 in the shoot-out on Friday, reports Efe.<\/p>\n

With the victory, AC Milan equalled Juventus in the number of Supercoppa trophies and exposed some vulnerabilities in the reigning Serie A and Coppa Italia champions. 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