The 2016 Coppa Italia final decided the winner of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, Italy's main football cup. It was played on 21 May 2016 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, between rivals Milan and Juventus.
Since Juventus won the 2015–16 Serie A, Milan secured its place in the 2016 Supercoppa Italiana. Juventus won the match 1–0 after extra time, with a 110th-minute goal by the substitute Álvaro Morata with his first touch, successfully defending their title.
Background Milan played in a final for the 13th time, of which they have won five. Their most recent final was in 2003, defeating Roma 6–3 on aggregate. It was Juventus' second consecutive final and the 16th in their history, second only to Roma's 17. They had won a record ten titles. They were the title holders when they defeated Lazio 2–1 after extra time in the last year's final.
Milan and Juventus contested in three finals. Juventus won twice, the first was in 1942 after the final ended with a 1–1 draw, they won 4–1 in replay, the second was in 1990 with a 1–0 victory on aggregate. Milan won 6–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in 1973.
Road to the final Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). MilanRoundJuventusOpponentResult2015–16 Coppa ItaliaOpponentResultPerugia2–0 (H)Third roundN/AN/ACrotone3–1 (a.e.t) (H)Fourth roundN/AN/ASampdoria2–0 (A)Round of 16Torino4–0 (H)Carpi2–1 (H)Quarter-finalsLazio1–0 (A)Alessandria1–0 (A), 5–0 (H) (6–0 agg.)Semi-finalsInternazionale3–0 (H), 0–3 (A) (3–3 agg. 5–3 p)
Match Team selection Juventus were without defender Leonardo Bonucci, who was given a yellow card in both legs of the semi-final. They also missed Claudio Marchisio who suffered a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee, that sidelined him for nearly six months.
Details
GK 99 Gianluigi DonnarummaRB 96 Davide CalabriaCB 17 Cristián ZapataCB 13 Alessio RomagnoliLB 2 Mattia De SciglioDM 18 Riccardo Montolivo (c)CM 27 Juraj KuckaCM 16 Andrea PoliRW 10 Keisuke HondaCF 70 Carlos BaccaLW 28 Giacomo BonaventuraSubstitutes:GK 1 Diego LópezDF 4 José MauriDF 5 Philippe MexèsFW 7 Jérémy MénezFW 9 Luiz AdrianoFW 19 M'Baye NiangGK 32 Christian AbbiatiDF 33 AlexFW 45 Mario BalotelliMF 72 Kevin-Prince BoatengMF 73 Manuel LocatelliMF 91 Andrea BertolacciManager: Cristian Brocchi GK 25 NetoCB 24 Daniele RuganiCB 15 Andrea BarzagliCB 3 Giorgio Chiellini (c)RWB 26 Stephan LichtsteinerCM 18 Mario LeminaCM 11 HernanesCM 10 Paul PogbaLWB 33 Patrice EvraCF 21 Paulo DybalaCF 17 Mario MandžukićSubstitutes:GK 1 Gianluigi BuffonFW 7 Simone ZazaFW 9 Álvaro MorataDF 12 Alex SandroFW 16 Juan CuadradoMF 20 Simone PadoinMF 22 Kwadwo AsamoahMF 27 Stefano SturaroGK 34 RubinhoMF 37 Roberto PereyraManager: Massimiliano Allegri
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
See also 2015–16 AC Milan season 2015–16 Juventus FC season 2018 Coppa Italia final - played between same teams
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