AC Milan 0 Juventus 1 (aet): Morata steers Juve to historic Coppa win

Alvaro Morata scored a dramatic extra-time winner as Juventus made history with a 1-0 victory over AC Milan in Saturday's Coppa Italia final.

There was no splitting the sides during regulation time at Stadio Olimpico, but substitute Morata broke Milan hearts in the 110th minute with the crucial strike.

And that was ultimately punished as Morata swept home Juan Cuadrado's cross deep into extra-time within two minutes of his introduction despite suspicions of offside to secure another major honour for ex-Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri.

Milan, who had late penalty calls turned down, now miss out on Europe for a third straight season, with Sassuolo qualifying for the Europa League.

Brocchi, a victor with Milan the last time they won the Coppa in 2003, would have been happy with Milan's aggressive start, but Juve were perhaps unlucky not to be awarded a penalty when Paul Pogba was clipped by Davide Calabria in the area.

Allegri's men were handed a huge reprieve when Juraj Kucka picked up a wayward pass in the middle and launched a lightning counter-attack that ended with Poli wastefully side-footing over from Keisuke Honda's cut-back.

That failure to score was almost punished in the 69th minute when Pogba found space in the area and his shot was brilliantly saved low to the right by Gianluigi Donnarumma, who was wrong-footed by a big deflection. 

Milan's calls for offside went unheard and they were further aggrieved when Honda went down, only to see his penalty appeals against Giorgio Chiellini waved away.

 

Key Opta stats: 

- Juventus have won 11 of their 16 Coppa Italia finals, while AC Milan have won only five out of 11 (last in 2003 against Roma).
- This is the first Coppa Italia final ending goalless after 90 minutes since May 2000 (Inter v Lazio 0-0).
- Juventus have won their last nine games against AC Milan in all competitions – their longest winning streak against the Rossoneri.
- Alvaro Morata took exactly two minutes to score the winner, with his third total touch in the game.