2009 Coppa Italia Final - AbsoluteAstronomy.com


style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	LAZIO:
GK	86	Fernando Muslera Fernando Muslera Néstor Fernando Muslera Micol is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Galatasaray and is first-choice keeper for the Uruguayan national team.-Uruguay:...
RB	2	Stephan Lichtsteiner Stephan Lichtsteiner Stephan Lichtsteiner is a Swiss footballer, currently playing for Juventus and the Swiss national team. He is known for his runs down the right flank when on the counterattack, hence his nickname "Forrest Gump"...
CB	13	Sebastiano Siviglia Sebastiano Siviglia Sebastiano Siviglia is a former Italian footballer. Siviglia has played over 250 matches at Serie A.-Early career:Born in Palizzi, the Province of Reggio Calabria, Siviglia started his senior career at Audax Ravagnese, a Serie D club located in Ravagnese, Reggio Calabria, southern Italy...
CB	22	David Rozehnal David Rozehnal David Sebastian Klement Rozehnal is a Czech international football player who plays for French club Lille.-Career:...
LB	3	Aleksandar Kolarov Aleksandar Kolarov Aleksandar Kolarov is a professional association footballer playing for Premier League side Manchester City and the Serbian national team....
RM	5	Cristian Brocchi Cristian Brocchi Cristian Brocchi is an Italian footballer, who currently plays for Lazio.-Career:Early careerStarting his career at his native club A.C. Milan youth system, he was loaned to Pro Sesto and Lumezzane in early years.Hellas Verona...
CM	24	Cristian Ledesma Cristian Daniel Ledesma Cristian Daniel Ledesma is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio. A dual citizen of Argentina and Italy, he represents the latter at international level since November 2010.... (c)
CM	6	Ousmane Dabo Ousmane Dabo Ousmane Dabo is a retired French footballer.He has previously played for Rennes, Internazionale, Vicenza, Parma, Monaco, Atalanta, Lazio, Manchester City and New England Revolution. He has represented France three times at full international level...
LM	17	Pasquale Foggia Pasquale Foggia Pasquale Foggia is an Italian footballer, who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Serie B club Sampdoria, on loan from Lazio. He is known for his pace, dribbling, tricks, flicks and accurate crossing....
CF	19	Goran Pandev Goran Pandev Goran Pandev , is a Macedonian footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Napoli on loan from Internazionale. He is also considered a key player for the Macedonian national team.-Early career:...
CF	10	Mauro Zárate Mauro Zárate Mauro Matías Zárate is an Argentine footballer who plays for Serie A club Internazionale on loan from Lazio.Zárate started his career with Vélez Sársfield in his native country, playing three years for the team and winning the Primera División title in the 2005 Clausura tournament...
Substitutes:
GK	1	Juan Pablo Carrizo Juan Pablo Carrizo Juan Pablo Carrizo is an Argentine football goalkeeper who plays for Lazio in the Italian Serie A.-River Plate:Carrizo made his debut with River Plate on January 29, 2006, against Tiro Federal, keeping a clean sheet in River's 5–0 win...
DF	32	Ştefan Radu Stefan Radu Ştefan Daniel Radu is a Romanian football player who plays for Lazio, as a full back.-Dinamo Bucharest:Radu began his career with major Romanian club side Dinamo Bucureşti. Radu played four seasons of first team football with Dinamo, gaining a reputation as one of his country's brightest talents...
DF	29	Lorenzo De Silvestri Lorenzo De Silvestri Lorenzo De Silvestri is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina. He is an offensive fullback with an imposing physique.-Lazio:...
DF	87	Modibo Diakité Modibo Diakité Modibo Diakité is a French footballer of Senegalese descent who plays for Serie A club S.S...
MF	11	Stefano Mauri Stefano Mauri Stefano Mauri is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio. An attacking midfielder/winger, his key attributes are dribbling and passing. He is predominantly left-footed but is also skilled with his right.-Club career:Mauri started his career at 16 years of age with...
FW	81	Simone Del Nero Simone Del Nero Simone Del Nero, is an Italian footballer who plays as a left midfielder. He currently plays in Serie A with Lazio, after joining on a free five-year deal from Serie B club Brescia.-Club career:...
FW	18	Tommaso Rocchi Tommaso Rocchi Tommaso Rocchi is an Italian footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Lazio. Rocchi has also been capped for the Italian national team.-Early years:...
Manager:
Delio Rossi Delio Rossi Delio Rossi is an Italian association football manager, currently managing Fiorentina.-Playing career:Rossi's playing career was not a bright one, as he reached his personal top from 1981 to 1983, playing Serie B with U.S. Foggia, where he spent most of his footballing time...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> SAMPDORIA: | GK 1

Luca Castellazzi

Luca Castellazzi is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Internazionale.-Early career:He started his career at Monza. He then spent time in Serie B, Serie C1 and Serie C2 with Padova and Pescara, before joining Brescia along with Vincenzo Mazzeo.-Brescia:Castellazzi...

CB 16

Hugo Campagnaro

Hugo Armando Campagnaro is an Argentine football defender with Italian origins who currently plays for Serie A club Napoli.-Career:He started his career at Club Deportivo Morón, played in Argentine second and third division...

CB 6

Stefano Lucchini

Stefano Lucchini is an Italian football player. He currently plays for Atalanta Bergamo.- Early career :Lucchini started his professional career at Cremonese...

CB 5

Pietro Accardi

Pietro Accardi is an Italian footballer who plays for U.C. Sampdoria. His usual position is at left back but he also plays at centre back.-Palermo:...

DM 21

Paolo Sammarco

Paolo Sammarco is an Italian football midfielder, currently playing for A.C. ChievoVerona on loan from U.C. Sampdoria.-Chievo:...

DM 19

Daniele Franceschini

Daniele Franceschini is an Italian football midfielder.-External links:*http://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Franceschini_Daniele...

RM 23

Marius Stankevičius

Marius Stankevicius

Marius "StankyLeg" Stankevičius is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays for the Serie A club S.S. Lazio, as a defender . He was the Lithuanian player of the year in 2008 and 2009.-International career:...

LM 46

Mirko Pieri

Mirko Pieri is an Italian football midfielder, who plays for Livorno. He joined Sampdoria in July 2006 along with Fabio Quagliarella...

AM 17

Angelo Palombo

Angelo Palombo is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Sampdoria. Tenacious in the tackle and hard-working on the pitch, he is known for his play-making skills and never-say-die attitude...

CF 10

Giampaolo Pazzini CF 99

Antonio Cassano

Antonio Cassano is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan as a striker. Nicknamed Il Gioiello di Bari Vecchia , he is known for his short temper as much as his ability on the pitch, which led to the coining of the neologism Cassanata by his former coach, Fabio Capello, in November...

Substitutes: GK 83

Antonio Mirante

Antonio Mirante is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Parma F.C.- Career :...

DF 28

Daniele Gastaldello

Daniele Gastaldello is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie B club Sampdoria.-Club career:...

DF 84

Andrea Raggi

Andrea Raggi is an Italian football defender, currently playing for Bologna.-Empoli:He started his footballing career with Empoli, where he spent a total of four seasons with the first team.-Palermo:...

MF 88

Daniele Dessena

Daniele Dessena is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Sampdoria.-Club career:A central midfielder, who can also play on the right wing, and a product of Parma youth system, Dessena has a growing reputation within Serie A. Known for his deft touch and range of passing from the centre...

MF 20

Marco Padalino

Marco Padalino is a Swiss football player. He plays for U.C. Sampdoria.-References:...

MF 40

Gennaro Delvecchio FW 89

Guido Marilungo

Guido Marilungo is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for Atalanta. He is known for his lightning pace and powerful left foot and eye for goal.-Club career:...

Manager:

Walter Mazzarri

Walter Mazzarri is a retired Italian footballer and the current manager of S.S.C. Napoli.-Playing career:Mazzarri, a midfielder and a product of Fiorentina's youth system, made his professional debut in 1981 for Pescara of Serie B, and played a short Serie A stint in Cagliari the following season,...

Coppa Italia 2008–09 Winners
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... Fifth title

Post-match

After the match, some Lazio players wore a T-shirt to joke A.S. Roma

A.S. Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

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

José Mourinho

José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One".Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches and critics as the best ever coach in football....

who had, earlier in the season, correctly predicted that Milan, Juve and Roma would have completed the season with no honours.

Lazio captain, Tommaso Rocchi

Tommaso Rocchi

Tommaso Rocchi is an Italian footballer who is the current captain of Serie A club Lazio. Rocchi has also been capped for the Italian national team.-Early years:...

, has been rewarded by the President of the Italian Republic

President of the Italian Republic

The President of the Italian Republic is the head of state of Italy and, as such, is intended to represent national unity and guarantee that Italian politics comply with the Constitution. The president's term of office lasts for seven years....

Giorgio Napolitano

Giorgio Napolitano is an Italian politician who has been the 11th President of Italy since 2006. A long-time member of the Italian Communist Party and later the Democrats of the Left, he served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 1994 and as Minister of the Interior from 1996 to...

in front of the "Tribuna Montemario", and gave him the trophy that Rocchi lifted with the captain of that match, Cristian Ledesma

Cristian Daniel Ledesma

Cristian Daniel Ledesma is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Lazio. A dual citizen of Argentina and Italy, he represents the latter at international level since November 2010....

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Cristian Brocchi

Cristian Brocchi

Cristian Brocchi is an Italian footballer, who currently plays for Lazio.-Career:Early careerStarting his career at his native club A.C. Milan youth system, he was loaned to Pro Sesto and Lumezzane in early years.Hellas Verona...

and Lorenzo De Silvestri

Lorenzo De Silvestri

Lorenzo De Silvestri is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Fiorentina. He is an offensive fullback with an imposing physique.-Lazio:...

dedicated the victory to Gabriele Sandri, a fan who was killed last season, and coach Delio Rossi

Delio Rossi

Delio Rossi is an Italian association football manager, currently managing Fiorentina.-Playing career:Rossi's playing career was not a bright one, as he reached his personal top from 1981 to 1983, playing Serie B with U.S. Foggia, where he spent most of his footballing time...

said that the triumph was also dedicated to the fans and everyone who had made many sacrifices to get the team to the final.

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.

Post-match

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