2008 Supercoppa Italiana

The 2008 Supercoppa Italiana was a football match that was played by Serie A 2007-08 winners Internazionale and Coppa Italia 2007-08 winners Roma. The match proved to be a tightly contested affair. After exchanging goals, it appeared that Inter was on its way to victory on Mario Balotelli's goal on the 83rd minute, however, Mirko Vučinić tied the game for Roma at the 90th minute. Extra time settled nothing. In the penalty shoot-out, it appeared that a miss by Inter's Dejan Stanković would be decisive, however, Roma captain Francesco Totti missed the team's 5th shot, which would have given his team the cup. In the 7th round, Roma's Juan Silveira dos Santos missed while Inter captain Javier Zanetti scored, ending the match in favour of the Serie A champions.

The match took place on 24 August 2008 in San Siro, Milan.^[1]

To date, this remains the only occasion on which manager Jose Mourinho won a trophy on a penalty shoot-out.

Match details

2008-08-24	Internazionale	2 – 2	Roma	San Siro, Milan Referee: Massimiliano Saccani
	Muntari  18' Balotelli  83'	Report	De Rossi  59' Vučinić  90'
		Penalties
	Ibrahimović Balotelli Stanković Maxwell Cambiasso Jiménez Zanetti	6 – 5	Vučinić Baptista Cassetti De Rossi Totti Pizarro Juan

Internazionale

Roma

INTER (4-3-3): GK 12 Julio Cesar RB 13 Douglas Maicon CB 16 Nicolás Burdisso 91' CB 19 Esteban Cambiasso LB 6 Maxwell CM 5 Dejan Stanković 120' CM 20 Sulley Muntari CM 4 Javier Zanetti (c) RW 7 Luís Figo 67' LW 33 Mancini 72' CF 8 Zlatan Ibrahimović 40' Substitutes: GK 1 Francesco Toldo DF 24 Nelson Rivas 91' MF 30 Pelé MF 11 Luis Antonio Jiménez 72' FW 45 Mario Balotelli 113' 67' FW 9 Julio Ricardo Cruz FW 18 Hernán Crespo Manager: José Mourinho

ROMA (4-2-3-1): GK 32 Doni RB 77 Marco Cassetti 85' CB 4 Juan CB 5 Philippe Mexès LB 17 John Arne Riise 79' DM 16 Daniele De Rossi (c) DM 7 David Pizarro 31' LMF 20 Simone Perrotta 86' RMF 8 Alberto Aquilani 89' AM 19 Júlio Baptista FW 9 Mirko Vučinić 12' Substitutes: GK 25 Arthur Moraes DF 2 Christian Panucci DF 15 Simone Loria DF 22 Max Tonetto 79' MF 33 Matteo Brighi FW 89 Stefano Okaka Chuka 89' FW 10 Francesco Totti 86' Manager: Luciano Spalletti

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