Nations League tipsters Triumph of Juventus, record for Cristiano and tears for Napoli
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The champion Juventus beat the winner of the Napoli Cup 2-0 and grabbed the trophy for the Italian Super Cup. The hero for the Old Lady was 35-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese superstar scored the decisive first goal of the match in the 64th minute. In this way, CR7 also set a historical record. He became the highest-scoring player in the history of the King of Sports with 760 goals for his clubs and the national team of his homeland, surpassing Josef Bitzan. The match was played at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia and will also be remembered for the penalty missed in the 79th minute by Lorenzo Insigne, which did not allow Napoli to score in extra time. In the fifth minute of added time, the reserve Alvaro Morata formed the final result after a quick counterattack, in which he `scored` on an empty net. The Turin Grand Prix last won the trophy in 2018, and Napoli - in 2014. In 2019, the Super Cup went to Lazio. For Turin, this is the ninth Italian Super Cup in the history of the club, and Napoli remains with two.
The match was practically a repeat of the final prediction by buy nations league football predictions of the Italian Cup from June 17, when the Neapolitans triumphed after penalties (0:0 in regular time, without overtime in the 2019/20 season).
Today`s match was also the first match between the two teams for the season, as the match between them from the championship, which was to be played on October 4, was eventually postponed due to the coronavirus cases in Napoli. Initially, the `Parthenopeans` were punished by taking away one point of their assets and an official victory for Juventus with 3-0, but after an appeal it was decided to play the match at a later date.
Dejan Kulushevski and Cristiano Ronaldo were the two strikers of the `Bianconeri` in a 4-4-2 scheme, and Andrea Petanya was at the top of Napoli`s attack in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
FIRST HALF
The first minutes of the match were relatively `quiet`, as one of the more memorable moments was an inaccurate shot by Cristiano Ronaldo outside the penalty area. In the 12th minute, the Old Lady seriously threatened the door of David Ospina, as Danilo was dropped by the defense in blue, but the Colombian guard deflected the Brazilian`s shot from close range. Subsequently, it turned out that in this situation there was a `thin` ambush of Danilo.
Andrea Pirlo`s players were the more active team in the first half of the first half, but in the 20th minute the `Parthenopeans` were given the opportunity to take a direct free kick from a dangerous position for Wojciech Szczesny after a foul on Mario Rui. However, Lorenzo Insigne`s shot was too weak and fell right into the hands of the Polish guard of Juventus.
Gradually Napoli became more active and in the 28th minute Irving Lozano had an ideal chance to put Gennaro Gattuso`s players ahead in the result, but his header was not accurate enough and was saved by Szczesny.
In the 40th minute Cristiano tried a shot from the corner of the penalty area, but did not find the target. By the end of the first half, nothing interesting happened and both teams retired to the locker rooms with a draw. SECOND HALF The second half began with a dangerous attack by Juventus, in which Federico Key, who had just appeared on the field, replaced Nations League tipsters - more details and information: Nations League tipsters
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