The 2021 Coppa Italia final decided the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Italy's main football cup. It was played on 19 May 2021 for the first time at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, between Atalanta and Juventus. Juventus won the match 2–1 for a record fourteenth title.
As winners, Juventus would have automatically qualified to the group stage of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, although they had already qualified for European competition through their league position. They also earned the right to contest the 2021 Supercoppa Italiana against the champions of the 2020–21 Serie A, Internazionale.
Background Atalanta made its fifth appearance in the final, and second in three years. They recorded one win and three defeats in their previous four appearances, having lost three in a row after winning their only title in 1963. It was a record twentieth appearance for Juventus in a Coppa Italia final, and sixth appearance in the last seven years. Going into the final, Juventus had thirteen wins and six losses. The two teams had never met in a Coppa Italia final.
Road to the final Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away). AtalantaRoundJuventusOpponentResult2020–21 Coppa ItaliaOpponentResultCagliari (H)3–1Round of 16Genoa (H)3–2 Lazio (H)3–2Quarter-finalsSPAL (H)4–0Napoli0–0 (A), 3–1 (H) (3–1 agg.)Semi-finalsInternazionale2–1 (A), 0–0 (H) (2–1 agg.)
Match Details
GK 95 Pierluigi GolliniCB 2 Rafael Tolói (c) CB 17 Cristian Romero CB 6 José Luis PalominoRM 33 Hans Hateboer CM 11 Remo Freuler CM 15 Marten de Roon LM 8 Robin Gosens RW 18 Ruslan Malinovskyi LW 32 Matteo Pessina CF 91 Duván ZapataSubstitutes:GK 31 Francesco RossiGK 57 Marco SportielloDF 3 Joakim MæhleDF 4 Boško ŠutaloDF 13 Mattia CaldaraDF 19 Berat Djimsiti DF 40 Matteo RuggeriMF 59 Aleksei Miranchuk MF 88 Mario Pašalić FW 7 Sam LammersFW 9 Luis Muriel FW 72 Josip Iličić Manager: Gian Piero Gasperini GK 77 Gianluigi Buffon (c) RB 16 Juan CuadradoCB 4 Matthijs de Ligt CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini LB 13 DaniloRM 14 Weston McKennieCM 30 Rodrigo BentancurCM 25 Adrien RabiotLM 22 Federico Chiesa CF 44 Dejan Kulusevski CF 7 Cristiano RonaldoSubstitutes:GK 1 Wojciech SzczęsnyGK 31 Carlo PinsoglioDF 19 Leonardo Bonucci DF 28 Merih DemiralDF 38 Gianluca FrabottaMF 5 ArthurMF 8 Aaron RamseyMF 33 Federico BernardeschiFW 9 Álvaro MorataFW 10 Paulo Dybala Manager: Andrea Pirlo
Man of the Match: Federico Chiesa (Juventus)
Assistant referees: Matteo PasseriAlessandro Costanzo Fourth official: Marco Di Bello Video assistant referee: Paolo Valeri Assistant video assistant referee: Mauro Vivenzi |}Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.
Notes
See also 2020–21 Atalanta BC season 2020–21 Juventus FC season 2024 Coppa Italia final - played between same teams
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