2008 Coppa Italia Final

2008 Coppa Italia Final

Victorious Roma players with President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano
Event 2007–08 Coppa Italia
Date 24 May 2008
Venue Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee Emidio Morganti
Attendance 60,000
Weather Clar
19 °C (66 °F)[1]

The 2008 Coppa Italia Final was a single match played on May 24, 2008, between defending champions A.S. Roma and Internazionale at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Roma successfully defended their title as cup winners, defeating Inter by a score of 2–1.

For the first time since 1980, the final was played as a single match on neutral territory.[2]

Previous finals

This was the fourth consecutive and total final between these two clubs. This incredible list of repeated finals had no similar record in all history of world football.

For the first final between Roma and Inter, see 2005 Coppa Italia Final.
For the second final between Roma and Inter, see 2006 Coppa Italia Final.
For the third final between Roma and Inter, see 2007 Coppa Italia Final.

Generally speaking, Roma played here its fifteenth final, while Inter its eleventh one.

Match details

May 24, 2008
20:45 CEST
Roma 2–1 Internazionale
Mexès  36'
Perrotta  54'
Report Pelé  60'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Emidio Morganti
Roma
Internazionale
GK 32Brazil Doni
RB 77Italy Marco Cassetti
CB 5 France Philippe Mexès
CB 4 Brazil Juan
LB 22Italy Max Tonetto
CM 16Italy Daniele De Rossi (c)
CM 7 Chile David Pizarro
LW 8 Italy Alberto Aquilani  90'
AM 20Italy Simone Perrotta  56'  72'
RW 14France Ludovic Giuly  66'
CF 9 Montenegro Mirko Vučinić  74'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Italy Gianluca Curci
DF 2 Italy Christian Panucci  90'
LB 15Portugal Vitorino Antunes
RB 3 Brazil Cicinho  66'
DM 33Italy Matteo Brighi  72'
FW 30Brazil Mancini
FW 18Italy Mauro Esposito
Manager:
Italy Luciano Spalletti
GK 1 Italy Francesco Toldo  54'
RB 13Brazil Maicon
CB 26Romania Cristian Chivu
CB 16Argentina Nicolás Burdisso  87'
LB 6 Brazil Maxwell
RM 4 Argentina Javier Zanetti (c)  90'
CM 14France Patrick Vieira  61'
CM 5 Serbia Dejan Stanković  46'
LM 31 Brazil César  62'
CF 29Honduras David Suazo
CF 45Italy Mario Balotelli
Substitutes:
GK 12Brazil Júlio César
DF 40Montenegro Ivan Fatić
MF 30Portugal Pélé  87'  46'
MF 21Argentina Santiago Solari
MF 11Chile Luis Jiménez  62'
MF 28Portugal Maniche
FW 18Argentina Hernán Crespo  90'
Manager:
Italy Roberto Mancini

References

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