The 2011 TIM Supercoppa Italiana was the 24th edition of the Supercoppa, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Serie A and Coppa Italia competitions.
The match, the curtain raiser to the new football season in Italy, was the 208th Derby della Madonnina between AC Milan and defending champions Inter Milan, marking the first time these two sides have met in this competition. The match was played at the National Stadium in Beijing on Saturday 6 August 2011. AC Milan won the title 2–1.
AC Milan qualified to take part by winning the 2010–11 Serie A title while their city rivals Inter Milan qualified by winning the 2011 Coppa Italia final. Inter Milan are the competition's defending champions, having beaten Roma 3–1 in last season's contest. Both teams have appeared in the Supercoppa final eight times during its history, AC Milan winning six times and Inter five.
Match details
GK 32 Christian AbbiatiRB 20 Ignazio AbateCB 13 Alessandro NestaCB 33 Thiago SilvaLB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta CM 8 Gennaro Gattuso (c) CM 4 Mark van BommelCM 10 Clarence SeedorfAM 27 Kevin-Prince Boateng ST 70 Robinho CF 11 Zlatan IbrahimovićSubstitutes:GK 1 Marco AmeliaDF 25 Daniele BoneraDF 76 Mario YepesMF 23 Massimo Ambrosini MF 28 Urby Emanuelson FW 7 Alexandre Pato FW 99 Antonio CassanoManager:Massimiliano Allegri GK 1 Júlio CésarCB 23 Andrea RanocchiaCB 25 Walter SamuelCB 26 Cristian ChivuRWB 4 Javier Zanetti (c)LWB 20 Joel Obi DM 8 Thiago MottaCM 5 Dejan Stanković CM 11 Ricky Álvarez AM 10 Wesley Sneijder CF 9 Samuel Eto'oSubstitutes:GK 12 Luca CastellazziDF 44 Matteo BianchettiDF 37 Davide Faraoni MF 77 Sulley MuntariFW 7 Giampaolo Pazzini FW 27 Goran PandevFW 30 Luc Castaignos Manager:Gian Piero Gasperini
MAN OF THE MATCH Zlatan Ibrahimović (Milan)
MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Massimiliano Grilli, Cristiano Copelli Fourth official: Paolo Silvio MazzoleniMATCH RULES 90 minutes (two halves of 45 minutes each). 30 minutes of extra-time (two halves of 15 minutes each) if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Supercoppa Italiana 2011 WinnersMilanSixth title
See also 2010–11 Serie A 2010–11 Coppa Italia 2010–11 AC Milan season 2010–11 Inter Milan season Played between same clubs: 2022 Supercoppa Italiana 2025 Supercoppa Italiana final (January)
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