Álvaro Morata has scored a goal for Juventus! Assist by J. Cuadrado.
Cuadrado could have easily taken the glory and finished that one-on-one himself, but instead, he opted to slide it to Morata to make sure it was a certain goal.
MORATA SEALS IT! 2-0! Juventus secure the Super Cup as Cuadrado races through on goal on the counter, before knocking it selflessly around Ospina and into Morata who taps into an empty net!
90' +4
Politano chips a cross into a packed penalty area, but Chiellini climbs highest to fend off the attack.
90' +3
Another Napoli attack falters as Arthur intercepts a pass before driving all the way towards the Napoli box to waste more time.
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Five minutes of stoppage time are added as Napoli continue to search for an equaliser.
90'
Ronaldo forces a brilliant save from Ospina but the flag is raised for offside.
89'
P. Zieliński gets yellow.
Zielinski is booked for a late hack on Ronaldo as Napoli's hope begins to fade.
88'
Bernardeschi takes the ball to the corner as Juventus attempt to see this one out.
86'
Napoli are throwing everything at Juventus right now, but the Turin club still carry plenty of threat on the break as we approach a thrilling finale.
84'
M. Politano enters the game and replaces Mário Rui.
Álvaro Morata enters the game and replaces D. Kulusevski.
Fernando Llorente enters the game and replaces D. Demme.
A. Rabiot enters the game and replaces R. Bentancur.
The second switch is a midfielder coming off for an attacker - Demme is swapped for Llorente.
Juventus make a double substitution to try and secure their lead. First, Bentancur makes way for Rabiot.
Kulusevski also departs with Morata taking his place.
Napoli also make two changes; the first of which sees Mario Rui replaced by Politano.
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That's a tough moment for Insigne. It was a definite penalty - McKennie had kicked through the back of Mertens and Napoli suddenly had an unlikely route back into the game. But Insigne's miss will really knock their confidence now as they chase a late equaliser in the Super Cup.
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Insigne misses! The Napoli attacker steps up and stutters, sending Szczesny the wrong way, before placing his effort wide of the left-hand post!
77'
Juventus hit Napoli with a counter-attack, but the move breaks down as Kulusevski hesitates and misplaces his throughball for Bernardeschi.
74'
Cristiano Ronaldo gets yellow.
Ronaldo is booked after tangling with Elmas.
72'
D. Mertens enters the game and replaces A. Petagna.
Petagna is replaced by Mertens as Napoli hunt down an equaliser.
71'
Kulusevski gathers a neat pass from McKennie inside the box, before firing a deflected effort narrowly over the bar. However, Cuadrado's resulting set-piece amounts to nothing.
69'
Lozano surges past Danilo on his way to the byline, but his eventual cross is too strong and it evades all the attackers in the box.
67'
E. Elmas enters the game and replaces T. Bakayoko.
Bakayoko is replaced by Elmas in midfield.
66'
Well, Napoli have it all to do now. They've been steadily pushed back by Juventus in this half and after finally conceding, they now face a difficult task in finding an equaliser.
64'
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored a goal for Juventus!
RONALDO! 1-0! Juventus have a deserved lead! Bernardeschi swings in a dangerous corner that ricochets off Bakayoko and into the path of an unmarked Ronaldo, who smashes a close-range finish gleefully into the roof of the net!
63'
Juventus continue to probe the Napoli defence with a series of crisp passes in midfield; they look much more likely to find an opener currently.
62'
Ronaldo hits a speculative volley from 30 yards that deflects off Bakayoko and limply into the arms of Ospina.
54'
Zielinski lets fly from distance but Chiellini bravely heads it away from goal.
52'
Bentancur has a powerful shot from 20 yards blocked away by Manolas, but the move ends there as the linesman calls an offside against Bernardeschi.
50'
That was almost an instant impact from Bernardeschi! Chiesa had endured a quiet opening 45 minutes, but his replacement has quickly managed to get involved with that chance.
46'
F. Bernardeschi enters the game and replaces F. Chiesa.
Chiesa is replaced by Bernardeschi at half time.
Juventus get the second half underway.
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HALF TIME: Juventus 0-0 Napoli
44'
Chiesa's quiet half continues as he slams a cross straight into Di Lorenzo.
42'
Ronaldo is peeling onto the right-back Di Lorenzo at every opportunity, as he looks to target the mismatch and give Juventus the lead.
38'
Ospina firmly punches Cuadrado's corner away from harm.
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Ronaldo darts inside and attempts to engineer space for a shot, but Manolas suffocates the attacker and blocks it away.
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Bentancur overhits an angled throughball towards Ronaldo and suddenly Juventus are lacking fluency in attack.
27'
Napoli have responded well after a nervy start. Juventus had been dominating early on, but gradually, Napoli have settled and now they're beginning to look threatening in attack.
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Kulusevski clumsily fouls Mario Rui on the edge of the box, presenting Insigne with an exciting shooting opportunity. However, his resulting effort is tame and it drifts harmlessly into Szczesny's grasp.
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Juventus win another corner following Koulibaly's clearance, but this time Demme heads it away at the near post.
17'
Napoli make a rare foray forward, but Di Lorezno's angled cross is glanced well wide by Petagna.
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Juventus have looked really bright early on. There were concerns that they would still be reeling from that defeat to Inter on Sunday, but the Turin club have quickly stamped out any worries so far.
12'
Juventus sweep forward with another flowing move that ends with Ospina saving brilliantly from Chiesa! However, the linesman quickly raised his flag and a goal wouldn't have stood.
10'
Kulusevski and McKennie work a clever interchange down the right flank, allowing the former to cut back a neat cross to Arthur who curls a decent shooting opportunity well over from the edge of the box.
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Napoli struggle repeatedly to clear their lines from the resulting set-piece, until Lozano finally hooks it back over the halfway line.
7'
Ronaldo jags past Bakayoko before slamming a deflected effort over the bar from 25 yards.
5'
Both sides have started with a pedestrian tempo in possession as they look to avoid making any early mistakes in this final.
3'
Bentancur snatches possession away from Zielinski and Juventus proceed to pass it around the back cautiously as they settle into the game.
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Napoli get the first half underway.
Juventus qualified for the final by virtue of winning Serie A, while Napoli’s Coppa Italia success has also led them to this prestigious occasion.
Hello and welcome to live commentary of the Italian Super Cup, between Juventus and Napoli.
SUBS: Carlo Pinsoglio, Federico Bernardeschi, Adrien Rabiot, Alessandro Di Pardo, Nicolo Fagioli, Gianluigi Buffon, Aaron Ramsey, Radu Dragusin, Alvaro Morata, Gianluca Frabotta, Filippo Ranocchia.
JUVENTUS (4-4-2): Wojciech Szczesny; Danilo, Giorgio Chiellini, Leonardo Bonucci, Juan Cuadrado; Weston McKennie, Arthur, Rodrigo Bentancur, Dejan Kulusevski; Federico Chiesa, Christiano Ronaldo.
SUBS: Elseid Hysaj, Matteo Politano, Fernando Llorente, Antonio Cioffi, Nikola Maksimovic, Stanislav Lobotka, Eljif Elmas, Alex Meret, Faouzi Ghoulam, Amir Rrahmani, Dries Mertens, Nikita Contini.
NAPOLI (4-2-3-1): David Ospina; Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Kostas Manolas, Kalidou Koulibaly, Mario Rui; Diego Demme, Tiemoue Bakayoko; Hirving Lozano, Piotr Zielinski, Lorenzo Insigne; Andrea Petagna.
The players are emerging from the tunnel and kick off is just seconds away!
Unsurprisingly, Ronaldo was the bright spark for Juventus; but they'll need Chiesa and Kulusevski to step up in the second period if they're to win the Super Cup today.
Today's success means that Juventus have now won five of the last nine Italian Super Cups!
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