By Anna Italia



I will be updating this post with the needed information on the Italian Super Cup - Supercoppa Italiana to be played on Saturday August 6, 2011 in Beijing, China at the Beijing National Stadium.

What:        2011 Italian Super Cup - Supercoppa Italiana - 24th Edition
Teams:    AC Milan vs Inter 
                 Winner of the Scudetto AC Milan vs Winner of Coppa Italia Inter
Where:    Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China
When:     Saturday August 6, 2011
Time:      20:00 local time (China)
                14:00 Italian time
                 The match will be aired on RAI INTERNATIONAL ...  Sky...

Match Officials:   Referee Nicola Rizzoli from Bologna  section.  Rizzoli will be assisted by Copelli and Grilli, the fourth official is Mazzoleni.  

THINGS THAT MIGHT OCCUR:

-  AC Milan can become the only highest awarded club if winning the Italian Super Cup reaching to 19.  Before the game, AC Milan and Boca Juniors have 18 officially  international titles recognized by UEFA and FIFA. 
Milan:  4 World Titles, 3 Intercontinental Cup, 1 FIFA Club World Cup. 7 European Cup - Champions League, 5 UEFA Super Cup, 2 UEFA Cup Winner.
 
-  Inter forward Samuel  Eto'o  is currently the competition's joint top scorer, alongside Juventus forward  Alessandro Del Piero and ex AC Milan forward  Andriy Shevchenko. 

BACKGROUND

The Supercoppa Itaiana established in 1988.  The Supercoppa Italiana is played in the Summer  before the official start of the Serie A.  Game is played between the Winner of the Scudetto and the Coppa Italia.  Here is the thing, an exception.  In case of one team winning both the Scudetto and the Coppa Italia as in the case of Inter last in 201, then, the Supercoppa Italiana is played between Winner of the Scudetto and the runner up of the Coppa Italia.

AC Milan and Inter are the teams with most Supercoppa Italiana trophies.  AC Milan and Inter have won it 5 times each.  This is why this 2011 Supercoppa Italiana has a special meaning not only to break the draw, but also it's a Milan Derby between the two Milan teams.  Curiously, the Milan Derby this time is played in Beijing, China which is a feast for Chinese fans.

First Supercoppa Italiana won by AC Milan in 1988 against  Sampdoria in 1988 at San Siro Stadium.  Result AC Milan 3 - 1 Sampdoria.  Scoring for AC Milan  Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten, and Grazziano Mannari.  Scoring for Sampdoria Gianluca Vialli 

Last season winner in 2010 were Inter Milan defeating AS Roma. with a score 3-1.  Scoring for Inter Goran Pandev and a brace by Samuel Eto'o while scoring for AS Roma was John Arne Riise. 


                   
 
COACHES:

AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri playing his first Italian Super cup, as well as Inter coach Gian Piero Gasperini.

AC Milan coach in his second season with AC Milan ratified by the management.
Inter coach Gian Piero Gasperini is replacing former coach Leonardo.  Gasperini 
 

CALLED UP PLAYERS

.Captain:  Midfielder Massimo Ambrosini

AC MILAN  - Here is the complete 24 AC Milan players called up for the Italian Super Cup:

Goalkeepers:  Christian Abbiati, Marco Amelia, Flavio Roma

Defenders:  Ignazio Abate, Luca Antonini, Daniele Bonera, Alessandro Nesta, Taiwo, Thiago Silva, Gianluca  Zambrotta, Mario Yepes

Midfielders: De Sciglio (52), Massimo Ambrosini, Kevin Prince  Boateng,  Urby Emanuelson, Gennaro Gattuso, Clarence Seedorf,  Mark Van Bommel, Valoti (57)

Forwards:  Antonio Cassano, Zlatan  Ibrahimovic, Alberto Paloschi (43), Alexandre Pato, Robinho.


Captain:  Javier Zanetti

INTER - Here are the complete called up players by Inter Coach Gian Piero Gasperini:

Goalkeepers:  Julio Cesar, Luca Castellazzi, Paolo Orlandoni;

Defenders:  Ivan Ramiro Cordoba, Luca Caldirola, Andrea Ranocchia, Walter Samuel, Cristian Chivu, Davide Faraoni, Davide Santon, Matteo Bianchetti, Javier Zanetti, Felice Natalino.

Midfielders:  Dejan Stankovic, Thiago Motta, Wesley Sneijder, Ricardo Alvarez, McDonald Mariga, Joel Obi, Lorenzo Crisetig, Sulley Muntari;

Forwards: Giampaolo Pazzini, Samuel Etòo, Goran Pandev, Luc Castaignos.


Italian Super Cup PREVIEW in Beijing with both teams having 3 representative players ... . over dinner... read about it....

Wednesday August 3, 2011 - The first official contact between Inter and AC Milan in Beijing was made on Wednesday, when UVS - organisers of the 2011 Italian Super Cup in China - brought representatives of the two sides together for the evening.

Three players from each team faced off: Inter's three-man formation of Ivan Cordoba, Andrea Ranocchia, And Javier Zanetti versus AC Milan players Clarence Seedorf, Thiago Silva, and Gennaro Gattuso.  In the respective "dugouts" were chief executives Paolillo and Adirano Galliani.

Beddy Moratti commented, "The location was stunning," explained Bedy the day after, "very Chinese with little lakes, running water, small bridges and lanterns. Red ones, of course – that's the tradition here," she smiled. "But they would have been just as beautiful in blue."

What she described as "the first half of the derby, played over dinner behind closed doors" featured the usual rituals of such occasions. "These meetings before a match are always pleasant, because the rivalry is only on the pitch, but they normally happen abroad before European games. This time it was also abroad but for the derby," Bedy Moratti continued. "It's exciting to be representing Milan and its football here. When the players arrived they greeted each other with sincere affection – it was a wonderful picture of true sportsmanship. This pre-season derby in China is very important for us, and seeing the fans so happy is marvellous and touching. I hope the Nerazzurri fans will be just as happy and excited after Saturday."

Gifts were exchanged between the Lega Calcio and Chinese organisers UVS, with handshakes all round up on stage. The Rossoneri turned up in their playing kit – they were clearly taking this "first half" very seriously – while the Nerazzurri were dressed in elegant Versace attire: "spectacularly beautiful" in Bedy Moratti's words.

Current Serie A Clubs in winning the Supercoppa Italiana AC MILAN: 5 Winners (1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004) and 3 Runners-up (1996, 1999, 2003) FC INTERNAZIONALE:  5 Winners (1989, 2005, 2008, 2010) and 3 Runners-up (2000, 2007, 2009)
Teams	Winners	Runners-Up	Years Winning	Runners-Up
Inter	5	3	1989, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010	2000, 2007, 2009
AC Milan	5	3	1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2004	1996, 1999, 2003
Juventus FC	4	3	1995, 1997, 2002, 2003	1990, 1998, 2005
Lazio	3	1	1998, 2000, 2009	2004
AS Roma	2	4	2001, 2007	1991, 2006, 2008, 2010
Parma	1	3	1999	1992, 1995, 2002
Sampdoria	1	3	1991	1988, 1989, 1994
Fiorentina	1	1	1996	2001
Napoli	1	0	1990

Italian Super Cup - Supercoppa Italiana 24 Editions from its foundation in 1988 up to August 6, 2011
Year	Serie A Winner	Result	Coppa Italia Winner	Scorers	Stadium
1988	AC Milan	3 – 1	Sampdoria	Frank Rijkaard, Marco van Basten, Mannari Vialli	San Siro Milan, italy
1989	Internazionale	2 – 0	Sampdoria	Cucchi, Serena	San Siro Milan, Italy
1990	Napoli	5 – 1	Juventus	Careca (2), Silenzi (2), Crippa Baggio	San Paolo Naples, Italy
1991	Sampdoria	1 – 0	AS Roma	Mancini	Luigi Ferraris Genoa, Italy
1992	AC Milan	2 – 1	Parma	Marco van Basten, Daniele Massaro, Alessandro Melli	San Siro Milan, Italy
1993	AC Milan	1 – 0	Torino	Marco Simone	RFK, Washington, D.C., USA
1994	AC Milan	1 – 1 (4–3) (penalty soot outs)*	Sampdoria	Ruud Gullit Sinisa Mihajlović	San Siro  Milan. Italy
1995	Juventus	1 – 0	Parma*	Vialli	Delle Alpi, Turin, Italy
1996	AC Milan	1 – 2	Fiorentina	Gabriel Batistuta (2) Savićević	San Siro  Milan, Italy
1997	Juventus	3 – 0	Vicenza	Inzaghi (2), Conte	Delle Alpi Turin, Italy
1998	Juventus	1 – 2	Lazio	Nedvěd, S. Conceição Alessandro Del Piero	Delle Alpi Turin, Italy
1999	AC Milan	1 – 4	Parma	Crespo, Boghossian Guglielminpietro	San Siro  Milan, Italy
2000	Lazio	4 – 3	FC Internazionale*	López (2), Sinisa Mihajlović, Dejan Stanković Keane , Farinós, Vampeta	Olimpico Rome, Italy
2001	AS Roma	3 – 0	Fiorentina	Candela, Montella, Totti	Olimpico Rome, Italy
2002	Juventus	2 – 1	Parma	Alessandro Del Piero (2) Marco Di Vaio	June 11 Tripoli, Libya
2003	Juventus	1 – 1 (5–3) (penalty shoot outs)*	AC Milan	Andrea Pirlo David Trezeguet	Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, USA
2004	AC Milan	3 – 0	Lazio	Andriy Shevchenko (3)	San Siro Milan, Italy
2005	Juventus	0 – 1 (extra time)	FC Internazionale	Verón	Delle Alpi  Turin, Italy
2006	Internazionale	4 – 3 (extra time)	AS Roma	Patrick Vieira (2), Hernan Crespo, Luis Figo Mancini , Alberto Aquilani (2)	San Siro  Milan, Italy
2007	Internazionale	0 – 1	AS Roma	Daniele De Rossi (P)	San Siro  Milan, Italy
2008	Internazionale	2 – 2 (6–5) (penalty soot outs)*	AS Roma	Sulley Muntari, Mario Balotelli, Daniele De Rossi , Mirko Vučinić	San Siro  Milan, Italy
2009	Internazionale	1 – 2	Lazio	Matuzalém, Rocchi Samuel Eto'o	Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China
2010	Internazionale	3 – 1	AS Roma	John Arne Riise, Goran Pandev Samuel Eto'o (2)	San Siro  Milan, Italy
2011	AC Milan	'	FC Internazionale		Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China

NOTE: FC Internazionale referred by many as Inter Milan or Inter.

1994 Penalty Shoot outs:   After a 1- 1, AC Milan 4-3  Sampdoria Converting for AC Milan Albertini, Boban, Simone, and Costacurta.  Converting for Sampdoria Platt, Vierchowod, Jugovic, and failing to covert for Sampdoria Evani and Sinisa Mihajlović
 
2003 Penalty Shoot outs:  After a 1- 1, Juventus 5 - 3 AC Milan.  Converting penalties for Juventus Marco Di Vaio, David Trezeguet, Birindelli, Mauro Camoranesi, Ferrara.  Converting penalties for AC Milan Andrea Pirlo, Serginho, and Alessandro Nesta, failing the penalty for Milan was Brocchi.
 
2008 Penalty Shoot outs:  After a 2-2, Inter 6 - 5 AS Roma.  Converting penalties for Inter Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Mario Balotelli, Dejan Stankovic(failed), Maxwell, Esteban Cambiasso, Luis Jimenez, and Javier Zanetti.  Converting penalties for AS Roma Mirko Vucinic, Julio Baptista, Cassetti, Daniele De Rossi, Francesco Totti (failed), David Pizarro, and Juan (failed).
 

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