Last year Lazio broke Juventus' run in the Coppa Italia, but the Old Lady are back for more this time around, looking to add to their record of 13 crowns in the 73rd edition of the competition.
The match was originally scheduled to take place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome last month, but had to be postponed due to the ongoing pandemic.
Last year Lazio broke Juventus' run in the Coppa Italia, but the Old Lady are back for more this time around, looking to add to their record of 13 crowns in the 73rd edition of the competition.
The match was originally scheduled to take place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome last month, but had to be postponed due to the ongoing pandemic.
It was feared that it could not be assigned this year, something that has only happened once in 1926-27, but it has been confirmed to take place on June 17 in the Italian capital and four of the most successful Italian teams are in the semi-finals of the Cup this year – together they have won the tournament 30 times combined.
The last time a Coppa Italia game was held in June was in 2005, when tonight’s guests at the San Paolo, Inter, lifted the trophy with a 3-0 win against Roma.
Inter trail Juventus by six crowns, facing a Napoli side with five titles in their Coppa Italia history.
The Partenopei’s last triumph came under Rafa Benitez in 2013-14, before current Juventus coach Maurizio Sarri replaced him in Naples.
Benitez picked up the trophy as the last foreigner in a long list of successful settlers, with Sven-Göran Eriksson topping the list with four Coppa Italia titles during his popular stints at Roma, Sampdoria and Lazio.
Since then, the Azzurri have yet to win another trophy and are currently tied with Milan and Torino at five Coppa Italia crowns.
None of the tacticians in among the last four this term has ever lifted the Coppa Italia as a coach, but both Antonio Conte and Gennaro Gattuso are previous winners as players.
They have both won it once, the former at Juventus in 1994-95, with the latter picking up the winner’s medal in 2002-03 at Milan under Carlo Ancelotti.
Milan haven’t won the tournament since the time Gattuso played for the Diavolo, but had the opportunity in 2016 and 2018, both times losing the Final to Juventus.
Milan have lost nine Finals so far, participating in 14, with Juventus at the top of yet another list with 18 Finals (now to be 19) and only losing five of them.
Inter have lost eight and will be hoping to add to their 13 appearances in the showpiece, but must overcome a Napoli side looking for their 10th participation.
Lorenzo Insigne has scored three times and is the leading goalscorer among the last four, but Ascoli’s Gianluca Scamacca and Carpi’s Michele Vano are currently top with four.