The 1998 Supercoppa Italiana

Supercoppa Italiana

The Supercoppa Italiana is a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Italy every year. It is contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season, as a curtain raiser to the new season. It is usually played at the home of the Serie A...

was a match contested by Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

, the Serie A 1997-98

Serie A 1997-98

Juventus won the title in controversial circumstances. In their match on Sunday, 26 April 1998, against eventual runners-up, Inter, Ronaldo was denied what appeared a clear penalty for Inter after being blocked by Mark Iuliano of Juventus. Had the penalty been awarded and then dispatched, the...

 winner, and Lazio

S.S. Lazio

Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

, the Coppa Italia 1997-98

Coppa Italia 1997-98

-First Leg:---------Second Leg:--------Lazio win Coppa Italia 3–2 on aggregate.-References:*...

 winner.
It was the fourth appearance for Juventus (victories in 1995

1995 Supercoppa Italiana

The 1995 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by Juventus, the Serie A 1994-95 winner, Parma, the Coppa Italia 1994-95 runner-up, since Juventus had won both trophies in the 1994-95 season....

 and 1997

1997 Supercoppa Italiana

The 1997 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by Juventus, the Serie A 1996-97 winner, and Vicenza, the Coppa Italia 1996-97 winner.It was the third appearance for Juventus, after the victory in 1995 and the defeat in 1990, whereas it was Vicenza's first appearance.-Match details:-References:...

), whereas it was Lazio's first appearance.

Match details

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GK	1	Angelo Peruzzi Angelo Peruzzi Angelo Peruzzi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian former World Cup-winning football goalkeeper, and a three-time winner of the Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year award....
DF	4	Alessandro Birindelli Alessandro Birindelli Alessandro Birindelli is a retired Italian footballer. Equally at ease as right or left defender, he is best known for his 11-year spell with Juventus, winning several accolades and appearing in nearly 300 official games.-Early years:...
DF	5	Igor Tudor Igor Tudor Igor Tudor is a Croatian former football defender. He was considered one of Croatia's best defenders in the period between the late 1990s and mid-2000s....
DF	2	Mark Iuliano Mark Iuliano Mark Iuliano is a former Italian football defender, who spent the bulk of his career with Italian powerhouse, Juventus FC, in the Italian Serie A.-Salernitana Calcio 1919:...
DF	3	Gianluca Pessotto Gianluca Pessotto Gianluca Pessotto is a former football player who spent the majority of his career with Juventus F.C., where he currently serves as team manager...
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} MF 7   Didier Deschamps

Didier Deschamps

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  MF 8   Edgar Davids

Edgar Davids

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  MF 11   Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...

FW 9   Filippo Inzaghi

Filippo Inzaghi

Filippo Inzaghi, Ufficiale OMRI commonly known as Pippo, is a World Cup and UEFA Champions League-winning Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan....

  FW 10   Alessandro Del Piero

Alessandro Del Piero

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Substitutes: GK 12   Michelangelo Rampulla

Michelangelo Rampulla

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|MF ||17||  Angelo Di Livio

Angelo Di Livio

Angelo di Livio is a former Italian football midfielder. He was given the nickname il soldatino during his playing career due to his characteristic way of running up and down the flank....

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|MF ||18||  Fabio Pecchia

Fabio Pecchia

Fabio Pecchia is an Italian football former midfielder and coach, last in charge of Serie B club Gubbio.-Playing career:...

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|MF ||16 ||  Jocelyn Blanchard

Jocelyn Blanchard

Jocelyn Blanchard is a French footballer currently a Free Agent after having being Released by Austria Kärnten After the Club went into Liquidation in 2010.- Career :...

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|MF ||15 ||  Antonio Conte

Antonio Conte

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|FW ||14 ||  Daniel Fonseca

Daniel Fonseca

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|colspan="4"|  Marcello Lippi

Marcello Lippi

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LAZIO:
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|DF ||5 ||  Fernando Couto

Fernando Couto

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|DF ||2 ||  Giovanni López

Giovanni Lopez

Giovanni Lopez is an Italian professional football coach and a former player. He is currently contracted with Lazio as Edy Reja's assistant manager.-External links:*...

 
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|DF ||6 || Siniša Mihajlović

Siniša Mihajlovic

Siniša Mihajlović is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was in charge of Serie A club Fiorentina since June 2010 to November 2011....

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|DF ||3 ||  Stefano Lombardi

Stefano Lombardi

Stephano Lombardi is an Italian football defender for Modena F.C..He made his Serie A debut against Piacenza Calcio, on 13 September 1998. Since then, he played Serie A 20 games more....

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|MF ||7||  Sérgio Conceição

Sérgio Conceição

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|MF ||8||  Giorgio Venturin

Giorgio Venturin

Giorgio Venturin is an Italian former football midfielder.- Career :Venturin started his playing career in the Torino youth system, being then loaned for a season at Serie B side Cosenza in 1988, He returned to Torino in 1989 playing 28 matches with a single goal...

 
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|MF ||9||  Iván de la Peña

Iván de la Peña

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|MF ||4||  Pavel Nedvěd

Pavel Nedved

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|FW ||11 ||  Marcelo Salas

Marcelo Salas

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|FW ||10||  Roberto Mancini

Roberto Mancini

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|GK ||12||  Marco Ballotta

Marco Ballotta

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|DF ||17 ||  Guerino Gottardi

Guerino Gottardi

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|MF ||16 ||  Roberto Baronio
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|MF ||15||  Dario Marcolin

Dario Marcolin

Dario Marcolin is an Italian football coach and former player.-Club career:During his career, Marcolin played for Cremonese, Lazio, Cagliari, Genoa, Blackburn Rovers , Sampdoria, Napoli, Piacenza, and A.C...

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|MF ||14|| Dejan Stanković

Dejan Stankovic

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|FW ||18||  Roberto Rambaudi

Roberto Rambaudi

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|FW ||13||  Igor Protti

Igor Protti

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|colspan=4|Manager:
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|colspan="4"|  Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson

Sven-Göran Eriksson , in Sweden commonly referred to just by his nickname Svennis, is a Swedish ex-football manager. From October 2010 to October 2011 he managed Football League Championship side Leicester City....

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MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Fourth official:

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.