2009 Coppa Italia final

2009 Coppa Italia Final

Coppa Italia 2009 premiazione.jpg President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano handing the trophy to Tommaso Rocchi and Cristian Ledesma
Event	2008–09 Coppa Italia
Lazio Sampdoria 1 1
After extra time Lazio won 6–5 on penalties
Date	13 May 2009
Venue	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee	Roberto Rosetti
Attendance	68,000
Weather	Clear 19 °C (66 °F)

The 2009 Coppa Italia Final was the final match of the 2008–09 Coppa Italia, the 62nd season of the top cup competition in Italian football. The match was played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on 13 May 2009 between Lazio and Sampdoria; Lazio won 6–5 on penalties after the match ended 1–1 after extra time. Hugo Campagnaro missed his spot kick for Sampdoria and allowed Ousmane Dabo to slot home the winner for Lazio.

Route to the final

Lazio			Sampdoria
Benevento H 5–1	Mauri 9' Meghni 22' Manfredini 54' Pandev 57', 90'	Third Round		not played	–
Atalanta H 2–0	Ledesma 17' Pandev 83'	Fourth Round		not played	–
Milan A 2–1 (a.e.t.)	Zárate 87' (pen.) Pandev 92'	Round of 16		Empoli H 2–1	Bonazzoli 31' Fornaroli 46'
Torino H 3–1	Pandev 47' Mauri 55' Rocchi 91'	Quarterfinals		Udinese H 1–1 (a.e.t.)	Pazzini 10'
Juventus H 2–1	Pandev 66' Rocchi 78'	Semifinals First leg		Internazionale H 3–0	Cassano 9' Pazzini 30', 41'
Juventus A 2–1	Zárate 37' Kolarov 46'	Second leg		Internazionale A 0–1

Pre-match

Team selection

Goran Pandev and Pasquale Foggia both returned to fitness for Lazio in the lead up to this match; however, they had to do without the services of their Brazilian midfielder Matuzalém, who missed out through suspension. Sampdoria welcomed back defensive duo Pietro Accardi and Stefano Lucchini, as well as Paolo Sammarco, who passed a late fitness test, to assure him of a spot in the final.

Sampdoria coach Walter Mazzarri said that the final should be played in a neutral venue, and that it would give more balance to the match.

Ticketing

Although the usual capacity of the Stadio Olimpico is over 72,000, not every single ticket has been sold. In fact, Lega Calcio decided to sell about 20,000 tickets for each club, and the remain tickets at the neutral public (even if they had been bought for the most part from Lazio fans because the final was in Rome). Lazio fans took place in "Curva Nord", while the Sampdoria ones at the opposite side. Between Lazio fans and Sampdoria fans a sector, the "Distinti Sud Est", has been left empty to leave a large space between the "Curva Sud" and the "Tribuna Tevere", due to avoid fights between fans. That space was occupied in part by children of the youth Lazio teams. At the end of the match, it has been counted about 50,000 Lazio fans and 18,000 Sampdoria fans.

Kits

Having been designated as the official "home" team, Lazio could wear their usual kit, that is the light-blue one. Nevertheless, Sampdoria could wear their home kit too, but with blue shorts instead of white ones.

Match

Match details

Lazio v Sampdoria

13 May 2009 20:45 CEST

Lazio	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Sampdoria
Zárate  4'	Report	Pazzini  31'
	Penalties
Ledesma Rocchi Rozehnal Kolarov Zárate Lichtsteiner Dabo	6–5	Cassano Palombo Pazzini Gastaldello Accardi Delvecchio Campagnaro

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 68,000 Referee: Roberto Rosetti

Lazio

Sampdoria

GK 86 Fernando Muslera RB 2 Stephan Lichtsteiner CB 13 Sebastiano Siviglia  54' CB 22 David Rozehnal LB 3 Aleksandar Kolarov RM 5 Cristian Brocchi  105' CM 24 Cristian Ledesma (c) CM 6 Ousmane Dabo LM 17 Pasquale Foggia  8'  80' CF 19 Goran Pandev  73' CF 10 Mauro Zárate Substitutes: GK 1 Juan Pablo Carrizo DF 32 Ştefan Radu DF 29 Lorenzo De Silvestri  105' DF 87 Modibo Diakité MF 11 Stefano Mauri FW 81 Simone Del Nero  80' FW 18 Tommaso Rocchi  73' Manager: Delio Rossi

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GK 1 Luca Castellazzi CB 16 Hugo Campagnaro CB 6 Stefano Lucchini  26'  98' CB 5 Pietro Accardi  61' DM 21 Paolo Sammarco  91' DM 19 Daniele Franceschini  87' RM 23 Marius Stankevičius LM 46 Mirko Pieri AM 17 Angelo Palombo (c)  110' CF 10 Giampaolo Pazzini CF 99 Antonio Cassano Substitutes: GK 83 Antonio Mirante DF 28 Daniele Gastaldello  112'  98' DF 84 Andrea Raggi MF 88 Daniele Dessena  91' MF 20 Marco Padalino MF 40 Gennaro Delvecchio  100'  87' FW 89 Guido Marilungo Manager: Walter Mazzarri

Post-match

Rocchi receives the trophy form Giorgio Napolitano.

After the match, some Lazio players wore a T-shirt to joke A.S. Roma 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 who had, earlier in the season, correctly predicted that Milan, Juventus and Roma would have completed the season with no honours.

Lazio captain, Tommaso Rocchi, has been rewarded by the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano in front of the "Tribuna Montemario", and gave him the trophy that Rocchi lifted with the captain of that match, Cristian Ledesma.

Cristian Brocchi and Lorenzo De Silvestri dedicated the victory to Gabriele Sandri, a fan who was killed last season, and coach Delio Rossi 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.