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Napoli 0-0 Juve (4-2 on pen): Ronaldo fails to win Coppa despite Buffon shining

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Napoli lifted the Coppa Italia with a 4-2 penalty shootout triumph over Ronaldo and former coach Maurizio Sarri on Wednesday following a dire goalless draw.

Match Reports

The Partenopei deserved their sixth cup triumph after passing up some big chances in the 90 minutes as Juve's star attackers failed to show at the Stadio Olimpico.

Gianluigi Buffon made a succession of vital stops and the stage appeared set for the veteran to lead the Bianconeri to glory in the shootout, yet two team-mates failed from the spot as Napoli kept their nerve.

Match Events

6' Meret denies Ronaldo's shot

Meret denies Ronaldo with a fine stop. Callejon gives the ball away on the edge of his own box to Dybala and the Argentine tees up Ronaldo for the strike. The Portuguese connects well with his effort, but the Napoli keeper gets down to make the save.

24' Buffon denies Insigne's free-kick

Insigne bends his effort over the wall towards the top-left corner. Buffon scrambles to get across, only for the ball to strike the post and bounce to safety.

40' CLOSE! Buffon parries Demme's shot

Demme charges through the Juve defence after a spell of Napoli pressure. The midfielder goes for a low drive from the right inside channel, but Buffon makes a fine stop with his legs to divert it behind for a corner.

41' AGAIN! Buffon makes decent save to stop Insigne

Juve clear the resulting corner as far as Insigne 25 yards from goal. He strikes a curling effort towards the top-left corner that Buffon has to turn behind for another set-piece.

54' Bentancur's shot flies into the sky

Ronaldo picks up steam down the left wing and he runs at the Napoli defence with menace. He cuts back on to his right foot on the edge of the box to tee up Bentancur. However, the Uruguayan scoops a harmless strike over the bar on his left foot.

83' Yellow Card! Dybala booked

Dybala lunges in on Demme and goes into the book.

Penalty shootouts round 1 (Napoli 1-0 Juventus)

SAVE! Meret denies Dybala with a fine stop, diving to his left to palm his strike away. 0-0.

Calm as you like from Insigne as he places his effort into the bottom-right corner. 0-1.

Round 2 (Napoli 2-0 Juventus)

OVER! Danilo blasts his effort well over the bar. He takes an age to line up his attempt and it's not worth it, putting his team in huge trouble. 0-1.

Politano goes for power and he hammers his effort through the hands of the diving Buffon. 0-2.

Round 3 (Napoli 3-1 Juventus)

Bonucci stems the tide for Juve as he clips the underside of the bar with his strike. 1-2.

Maksimovic goes for power and he rifles his effort into the back of the net. 1-3.

Round 4 (Napoli 4-2 Juventus)

Ramsey keeps the shootout alive as he outfoxes Meret to place his effort down the middle. 2-3.

It's all on Milik to win the Coppa Italia for Napoli. The Pole does it as he holds his composure, stroking his effort into the bottom-right corner. 2-4.

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