A fourth consecutive double is almost secured for Juve after a Coppa Italia final that featured redemption for Mehdi Benatia and despair for Milan
A 4-0 victory to seal a fourth consecutive Coppa Italia. So absolute is Juventus’s domination of the domestic scene these days that they can apparently even afford themselves self-referential scorelines. No team had ever won so many consecutive editions of this tournament. Then again, that was already true last year.
Milan were the opponents whose dreams they shattered this time at the Stadio Olimpico. Before kick-off you could take your pick of the storylines: from Leonardo Bonucci seeking to get one over on his former team to the duel-at-a-distance between a nation’s greatest goalkeeper, Gigi Buffon, and his heir apparent, Gianluigi Donnarumma. Over 90 minutes we were reminded there is only one winning narrative in Italian football these days, and it is written by the team in black and white.
Related: Juventus thrash Milan 4-0 to seal record 13th Coppa Italia victory
Related: Juventus have Serie A (nearly) in the bag but the fight elsewhere is just hotting up | Paolo Bandini
Continue reading...