The 2020 Supercoppa Italiana (branded as the PS5 Supercup for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd edition of the

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. It was played on 20 January 2021 for the first time at the

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, between

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, the winners of the 2019–20 Serie A championship, and

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, the winners of the 2019–20 Coppa Italia. The match was initially supposed to be held in December in

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like the previous year, but restrictions related to the global

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forced it to remain in Italy. Juventus won the match 2–0 and claimed their record-extending ninth Supercoppa Italiana title.

Background

Juventus made its ninth consecutive Supercoppa Italiana appearance, and 16th overall. They had a 4–4 record during this run, and were 8–7 overall. Napoli took part in the competition for the fourth time, having already participated as

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champions once (

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winners twice (

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). Napoli won two of the previous three editions in which they played.Supercoppa Italiana 2020, chi affronterà il Napoli? Possibile avversaria, data e luogo.
''OA Sport''. Published 18 June 2020. On all three occasions Juventus had been the opponent. The match was a rematch if the 2020 Coppa Italia final, in which Napoli defeated Juventus 4-2 on penalties.

Match

Summary

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opened the scoring in the 64th minute when a corner from the left broke to him off the back of Napoli's Tiémoué Bakayoko, he finished to the net from six yards out. Napoli was awarded a penalty kick in the 80th minute, but with a chance to tie the game at 1–1,

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missed the net, wide to the left.

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made it 2–0 in the 5th minute of added time with a low shot to the net from the right, after Juan Cuadrado ran into the penalty area and drew goalkeeper David Ospina before passing to him.

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