2009 Coppa Italia final explained

2009 Coppa Italia Final
Other Titles:61th Coppa Italia Final
Event:2008–09 Coppa Italia
Team1:Lazio
Team1score:1
Team2:Sampdoria
Team2score:1
Details:After extra time
Lazio won 6–5 on penalties
Date:13 May 2009
Stadium:Stadio Olimpico
City:Rome
Referee:Roberto Rosetti
Attendance:68,000
Weather:Clear
19°C[1]
Previous:2008
Next:2010

The 2009 Coppa Italia Final was the final match of the 2008–09 Coppa Italia, the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 13 May 2009 between Lazio and Sampdoria; Lazio won 6–5 on penalties after the match ended 1–1 after extra time. Hugo Campagnaro missed his spot kick for Sampdoria and allowed Ousmane Dabo to slot home the winner for Lazio.[2] [3] [4]

Route to the final

LazioSampdoria
Benevento
H
5–1
Mauri 9'
Meghni 22'
Manfredini 54'
Pandev 57', 90'
Third Roundnot played
Atalanta
H
2–0
Ledesma 17'
Pandev 83'
Fourth Roundnot played
Milan
A
2–1
(a.e.t.)
Zárate 87' (pen.)
Pandev 92'
Round of 16Empoli
H
2–1
Bonazzoli 31'
Fornaroli 46'
Torino
H
3–1
Pandev 47'
Mauri 55'
Rocchi 91'
QuarterfinalsUdinese
H
1–1
(a.e.t.)
Pazzini 10'
Juventus
H
2–1
Pandev 66'
Rocchi 78'
Semifinals
First leg
Internazionale
H
3–0
Cassano 9'
Pazzini 30', 41'
Juventus
A
2–1
Zárate 37'
Kolarov 46'
Second legInternazionale
A
0–1

Pre-match

Team selection

Goran Pandev and Pasquale Foggia both returned to fitness for Lazio in the lead up to this match; however, they had to do without the services of their Brazilian midfielder Matuzalém, who missed out through suspension. Sampdoria welcomed back defensive duo Pietro Accardi and Stefano Lucchini, as well as Paolo Sammarco, who passed a late fitness test, to assure him of a spot in the final.[5]

Sampdoria coach Walter Mazzarri said that the final should be played in a neutral venue, and that it would give more balance to the match.[6]

Ticketing

Although the usual capacity of the Stadio Olimpico is over 72,000, not every single ticket has been sold. In fact, Lega Calcio decided to sell about 20,000 tickets for each club, and the remain tickets at the neutral public (even if they had been bought for the most part from Lazio fans because the final was in Rome). Lazio fans took place in "Curva Nord", while the Sampdoria ones at the opposite side. Between Lazio fans and Sampdoria fans a sector, the "Distinti Sud Est", has been left empty to leave a large space between the "Curva Sud" and the "Tribuna Tevere", due to avoid fights between fans. That space was occupied in part by children of the youth Lazio teams. At the end of the match, it has been counted about 50,000 Lazio fans and 18,000 Sampdoria fans.

Kits

Having been designated as the official "home" team, Lazio could wear their usual kit, that is the light-blue one. Nevertheless, Sampdoria could wear their home kit too, but with blue shorts instead of white ones.[7]

Match

Match details

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GK 86 Fernando Muslera
RB 2 Stephan Lichtsteiner
CB 13
CB 22 David Rozehnal
LB 3 Aleksandar Kolarov
RM 5
CM 24 Cristian Ledesma (c)
CM 6 Ousmane Dabo
LM 17
CF 19
CF 10 Mauro Zárate
Substitutes:
GK 1 Juan Pablo Carrizo
DF 32 Ştefan Radu
DF 29
DF 87 Modibo Diakité
MF 11 Stefano Mauri
FW 81
FW 18
Manager:
Delio Rossi
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GK 1 Luca Castellazzi
CB 16 Hugo Campagnaro
CB 6
CB 5
DM 21
DM 19
RM 23 Marius Stankevičius
LM 46 Mirko Pieri
AM 17 Angelo Palombo (c)
CF 10 Giampaolo Pazzini
CF 99 Antonio Cassano
Substitutes:
GK 83 Antonio Mirante
DF 28
DF 84 Andrea Raggi
MF 88
MF 20 Marco Padalino
MF 40
FW 89 Guido Marilungo
Manager:
Walter Mazzarri

Post-match

After the match, some Lazio players wore a T-shirt to joke A.S. Roma rivals with written on it Io campione, tu zero titoli (I'm a champion, you have no honours), quoting a sentence said by José Mourinho who had, earlier in the season, correctly predicted that Milan, Juventus and Roma would have completed the season with no honours.[8] [9]

Lazio captain, Tommaso Rocchi, has been rewarded by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano in front of the "Tribuna Montemario", and gave him the trophy that Rocchi lifted with the captain of that match, Cristian Ledesma.

Cristian Brocchi and Lorenzo De Silvestri dedicated the victory to Gabriele Sandri, a fan who was killed last season,[10] and coach Delio Rossi said that the triumph was also dedicated to the fans and everyone who had made many sacrifices to get the team to the final.[11]

After the match, a minority of Lazio fans clashed with police and tried to smash shops in Rome city centre following the win over Sampdoria, according to a statement on 14 May 2009. Police said three arrests had been made before and after the final and added that five police officers had been injured.[12] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions | Weather Underground.
  2. Web site: Lazio Edge Sampdoria On Penalties To Claim Fifth Coppa Italia . 13 May 2009 . goal.com . 14 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090516051434/http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/05/13/1263642/lazio-edge-sampdoria-on-penalties-to-claim-fifth-coppa-italia. 16 May 2009 . live.
  3. Web site: Italian Cup 2008/2009: the trophy is for the S.S. Lazio . 14 May 2009 . oleole.com . 14 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090517091350/http://www.oleole.com/blogs/the-tribune/posts/italian-cup-20082009-the-trophy-is-for-the-ss-lazio . 17 May 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Muslera the hero as Lazio win Italian Cup on penalties . https://archive.today/20120903212810/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iTxBMO7Eqdsd7bCRdJJCXmSXAqfA . dead . 3 September 2012 . 13 May 2009 . AFP . 14 May 2009 .
  5. Web site: Injury Doubts Over Lazio's Pandev Subside Ahead Of Final . 13 May 2009 . goal.com . 14 May 2009 .
  6. Web site: Sampdoria Coach Mazzarri Wishes For Neutral Venue For Coppa Italia Final . 12 May 2009 . goal.com . 14 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090514034732/http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/05/12/1261579/sampdoria-coach-mazzarri-wishes-for-neutral-venue-for-coppa-itali. 14 May 2009 . live.
  7. Web site: La Lazio giocherà la finale con la maglia celeste . 29 April 2009 . SSLazio.it . 28 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090502162309/http://www.sslazio.it/cms/view/home/news/archivio/elenco_news/la_lazio_giochera_la_finale_con_la_maglia_celeste/s152/c2524 . 2 May 2009 . live . it .
  8. Web site: Lazio, ecco la maglietta sfottò alla Roma . 13 May 2009 . Il Corriere dello Sport . 29 May 2009 . it . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929033303/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/Fotogallery/Calcio/12003/0/Lazio,+ecco+la+maglietta+sfott%C3%B2+alla+Roma+ . 29 September 2011 . dead . dmy-all .
  9. Web site: Mourinho spara a zero: guarda tutti i video . 3 March 2009 . Il Corriere dello Sport . 29 May 2009 . it .
  10. Web site: Brocchi & De Silvestri Dedicate Lazio's Coppa Italia To Gabriele Sandri . 14 May 2009 . goal.com . 14 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090517031000/http://goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/05/14/1263984/brocchi-de-silvestri-dedicate-lazios-coppa-italia-to-gabriele-san. 17 May 2009 . live.
  11. Web site: Emotional Delio Rossi Overjoyed With Lazio's Coppa Italia Success . 13 May 2009 . goal.com . 14 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090516062437/http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/05/14/1263883/emotional-delio-rossi-overjoyed-with-lazios-coppa-italia-success. 16 May 2009 . live.
  12. Web site: Trouble follows Lazio Cup win in Rome . 14 May 2009 . The Guardian . 14 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090518025758/http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/feedarticle/8506843. 18 May 2009 . live.
  13. Web site: Lazio Fan Arrested Following Trouble At Coppa Italia Final . 14 May 2009 . goal.com . 14 May 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090517034612/http://goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/05/14/1264498/lazio-fan-arrested-following-trouble-at-coppa-italia-final. 17 May 2009 . live.