# 2021 Coppa Italia final

The 2021 Coppa Italia Final decided the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Italy's main football cup. It was played on 19 May 2021 for the first time at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore, Reggio Emilia, between Atalanta and Juventus. Juventus won the match 2–1 for a record fourteenth title.
As winners, Juventus would have automatically qualified to the group stage of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa League, although they had already qualified for European competition through their league position. They also earned the right to contest the 2021 Supercoppa Italiana against the champions of the 2020–21 Serie A, Internazionale.

## Background

Atalanta made its fifth appearance in the final, and second in three years. They recorded one win and three defeats in their previous four appearances, having lost three in a row after winning their only title in 1963. It was a record twentieth appearance for Juventus in a Coppa Italia final, and sixth appearance in the last seven years. Going into the final, Juventus had thirteen wins and six losses. The two teams had never met in a Coppa Italia final.

## Road to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Atalanta | Atalanta | Round | Juventus | Juventus |
| Opponent | Result | 2020–21 Coppa Italia | Opponent | Result |
| Cagliari (H) | 3–1 | Round of 16 | Genoa (H) | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
| Lazio (H) | 3–2 | Quarter-finals | SPAL (H) | 4–0 |
| Napoli | 0–0 (A), 3–1 (H) (3–1 agg.) | Semi-finals | Internazionale | 2–1 (A), 0–0 (H) (2–1 agg.) |

## Match
### Details

| Atalanta | Juventus |
| GK | 95 | Pierluigi Gollini |
| CB | 2 | Rafael Tolói (c) | 88' | 77' |
| CB | 17 | Cristian Romero | 78' |
| CB | 6 | José Luis Palomino |
| RM | 33 | Hans Hateboer | | 76' |
| CM | 11 | Remo Freuler | 85' |
| CM | 15 | Marten de Roon | 88' |
| LM | 8 | Robin Gosens | | 83' |
| RW | 18 | Ruslan Malinovskyi | 36' | 68' |
| LW | 32 | Matteo Pessina | | 68' |
| CF | 91 | Duván Zapata |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 31 | Francesco Rossi |
| GK | 57 | Marco Sportiello |
| DF | 3 | Joakim Mæhle |
| DF | 4 | Boško Šutalo |
| DF | 13 | Mattia Caldara |
| DF | 19 | Berat Djimsiti | | 77' |
| DF | 40 | Matteo Ruggeri |
| MF | 59 | Aleksei Miranchuk | | 83' |
| MF | 88 | Mario Pašalić | | 68' |
| FW | 7 | Sam Lammers |
| FW | 9 | Luis Muriel | | 68' |
| FW | 72 | Josip Iličić | 89' | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Gian Piero Gasperini ||
| GK | 77 | Gianluigi Buffon (c) | 27' |
| RB | 16 | Juan Cuadrado |
| CB | 4 | Matthijs de Ligt | 40' |
| CB | 3 | Giorgio Chiellini |
| LB | 13 | Danilo |
| RM | 14 | Weston McKennie |
| CM | 30 | Rodrigo Bentancur |
| CM | 25 | Adrien Rabiot |
| LM | 22 | Federico Chiesa | | 74' |
| CF | 44 | Dejan Kulusevski | | 83' |
| CF | 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Wojciech Szczęsny |
| GK | 31 | Carlo Pinsoglio |
| DF | 19 | Leonardo Bonucci | | 83' |
| DF | 28 | Merih Demiral |
| DF | 38 | Gianluca Frabotta |
| MF | 5 | Arthur |
| MF | 8 | Aaron Ramsey |
| MF | 33 | Federico Bernardeschi |
| FW | 9 | Álvaro Morata |
| FW | 10 | Paulo Dybala | | 74' |
| Manager: ||
| Andrea Pirlo ||
| Man of the Match: Federico Chiesa (Juventus) Assistant referees: Matteo Passeri Alessandro Costanzo Fourth official: Marco Di Bello Video assistant referee: Paolo Valeri Assistant video assistant referee: Mauro Vivenzi | Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time. |