Andrea Pirlo celebrates his first trophy as a coach, beating Napoli to the Supercoppa, explains why Juan Cuadrado was in such good shape and shrugging off Juventus criticism.

This is the first piece of silverware in his coaching career, even if he’s won it all as a player, beating former teammate Gennaro Gattuso’s Napoli 2-0.

Juventus lifted the first trophy of the season and the Old Lady must thank Wojciech Szczęsny and Cristiano Ronaldo for their 2-0 win against Napoli. Player ratings from the Mapei Stadium:

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Cristiano Ronaldo made history and won the Supercoppa for Juventus, along with a last-gasp Alvaro Morata goal, but Lorenzo Insigne fired a Napoli penalty wide.

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Join us for the build-up and action as it happens from the Supercoppa Italiana, as Scudetto winners Juventus and Coppa Italia holders Napoli go head-to-head for the first trophy of 2020-21.

It kicks off at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia at 20.00 GMT.

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The silverware will be assigned after 90 minutes, extra time or even penalties if required.

Italy coach Roberto Mancini explains why Lorenzo Insigne isn’t quite as effective this evening for Napoli against Juventus. ‘He has too much ground to cover.’

The CT spoke to RAI Sport at half-time, when it was 0-0 in the Supercoppa at the Mapei Stadium.

Juan Cuadrado is rushed back into the starting XI after recovering from COVID-19, helping a decimated Juventus defence with Dejan Kulusevski upfront, while Napoli look to Chucky Lozano, Lorenzo Insigne and Andrea Petagna.

The Supercoppa Italiana kicks off at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia at 20.00 GMT.

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Reports are growing rapidly that Juan Cuadrado will be whisked straight into the Juventus XI against Napoli for the Supercoppa just hours after recovering from COVID.

It kicks off at 20.00 GMT at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia.

Cuadrado had originally been ruled out by COVID-19, but he was given the all-clear this morning and fast-tracked his medical with the Lega Serie A.

The Colombian then travelled to Reggio Emilia to join the squad and there are growing reports he will be thrown straight into the starting XI this evening.

Juventus are expected to use Federico Bernardeschi as a left-back and Dejan Kulusevski upfront in the Supercoppa against Lorenzo Insigne and Hirving Lozano’s Napoli.

It kicks off on Wednesday at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia at 20.00 GMT.

The trophy, played between the Scudetto and Coppa Italia holders, will be decided after 90 minutes, extra time or even penalties.

Juve have very few options available to them in defence, as Merih Demiral has pulled out with injury, adding to COVID-19 cases Matthijs de Ligt and Alex Sandro.

Juventus and Napoli face each other for the first time this season after the Allianz Stadium clash on October 4 was rescheduled amid controversy.

The Old Lady and the Azzurri play at the Mapei Stadium in the Italian Supercup Final this evening. It kicks off at 20.00 GMT.

The Partenopei didn’t attend their away Serie A game at Juventus at the beginning of the season after Piotr Zielinski and Eljif Elmas had tested positive for COVID.

The match was scheduled just days after Napoli had played Genoa, who then developed over a dozen COVID cases.

Andrea Pirlo warns Napoli ‘pace and technique’ can make the difference in the Supercoppa, but Juventus want to ‘prove we’re not the team we saw’ against Inter.

It kicks off on Wednesday at the Mapei Stadium in Reggio Emilia at 20.00 GMT.

“Napoli are a very strong team with a lot of pace and technique in the side, so we must be wary of them,” said the coach in his press conference.

“They have a defence that works very tightly, so we must make the most of the scoring opportunities that we create.”