In the early hours of May 16, the Coppa Italia final was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, a neutral venue, with 14-time champions Juventus facing Atalanta, who had missed the Coppa Italia for 61 years. In the first half, Vlahovic helped Juve score in a blitzkrieg to give Juve a one-goal lead. In the second half, both teams hit the woodwork with one shot each, and the score remained 1-0 until the end. In the end, Juventus successfully won the trophy and extended their championship record to 15 times, the most in the entire Italian football world!
The last time Atalanta won the Coppa Serie was in the distant 1962-1963 season. Juventus, on the other hand, are the most successful team in the history of the Coppa Serie with 14 titles, far more than Inter's nine, Lazio's seven and Napoli's six, and the team last won the title in the 2020-2021 season, when their final opponent happened to be Atalanta, who won 2-1 thanks to goals from Kulusevski and Chiesa.
Prior to this game, Juve's form was very worrying, the team has not won in the last six matches, five draws and one defeat, and the league table has slipped to fourth. Atalanta are on the run as they move up to fifth place in the league with four straight wins, three points above sixth-placed Roma and with a game in hand, and a Champions League next season in sight. In the Europa League, the "True Blue and Black" were also able to eliminate Marseille and enter the final.
Allegri fielded two substitutes from Cameglia and Ealing, who have both started only three times for Juventus this season, in midfield alongside Rabiot, McKennie and Cambiaso, while Chiesa Junior and Vlahovic up front. Captains Danilo, Bremer and Gatti played in the back three, with Coppa Italia goalkeeper Perrin continuing to start in the final.
In Atalanta, Gasperini had to push Lookman into the centre-forward position due to the yellow card suspension of main centre-forward Scamacca and Copmelnas, behind De Ketelaere and Koopmeiners. Italian national team coach Spalletti also came to watch the game.
Just 4 minutes into the game, Bremer made a direct pass from the backfield, McKennie returned, Cambiaso sent a diagonal stopper, and Vlahovic inserted at high speed and leaned on the opponent's defender's right foot to push the goal, 1-0! Juve got off to a dream start. The goal was Vlahovic's 18th goal in 35 games in all competitions this season, and he also broke his own four-game goal drought.
In the ninth minute, Juve took a corner from the left and McKennie's header was touched over the crossbar by Gatti in front of goal. In the 34th minute, De Ketelaere raised his foot in front of the penalty area to shoot, but his shot flew straight into the stands. In the 39th minute, Cambiaso also shot with his left foot at the edge of the penalty area, and the ball was also ridiculously high.
In the 44th minute, Atalanta's attack developed into the front, Pasalic won the ball in the penalty area and volleyed with his right foot, and the ball was bravely blocked by Gatti in front of the goal. At half-time, Juve took a 1-0 lead. There were 11 shots on goal from both sides, but only one of Vlahovic had a shot on target.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again. In the 51st minute, Lookman broke through with the ball in front of the penalty area, and then he shot directly with his right foot, but the ball was slightly wide of the left post. In the 54th minute, Vlahovic was pushed to the ground by Atalanta defender Sheehan when he dribbled the ball on the right side of the penalty area, but the referee did not say anything.
In the 64th minute, substitute Atalanta striker Toure fired a powerful right-footed shot from inside the penalty area, and Bremer desperately blocked his shot. In the 65th minute, Juve played a quick counterattack, Chiesa Jr. ran wildly in front of the penalty area with the ball in the middle, and Vlahovic's left-footed shot that burst into the box after receiving the ball was blocked.
In the 72nd minute, Cambiaso hoisted a left-footed ball near the right sideline into the penalty area, and Vlahovic grabbed the goal to score, but the goal was ruled invalid for offside. In the 80th minute, Lookman cut inside and hit the post and bounced off the post, and Atalanta missed a good chance to equalise. In the 84th minute, Miretti's right-footed shot from the right side of the penalty area hit the crossbar and popped up! Both sides hit the woodwork once in the space of five minutes, but neither was converted into a goal.
In the end, at the end of the game, Juventus kept the score 1-0 until the end, and won the Coppa Italia for the 15th time in the team's history!