The previous Actual Madrid ahead rose highest within the penalty field to move residence the winner
Cristiano Ronaldo headed residence to win the Italian Tremendous Cup for Juventus after a 1-Zero win over 10-man AC Milan.
The Portugal captain struck with a second-half header as Juventus (runners-up within the earlier two seasons) acquired their palms on the trophy for the primary time since 2015.
It was additionally a primary piece of silverware for Ronaldo since he swapped Actual Madrid for Turin final summer time, but it surely was a unique story for Chelsea target Gonzalo Higuain.
The striker needed to be restrained by teammates after being left infuriated by a refereeing choice.
Juve bossed the primary half and Douglas Costa fired a shot throughout objective and narrowly vast earlier than Joao Cancelo drove simply the unsuitable aspect of the far put up.
Blaise Matuidi had the ball within the internet simply after the half-hour mark however he had strayed offside as he obtained a cross 10 yards out.
Ronaldo’s first alternative arrived three minutes earlier than the interval, his tried scissor kick crashing into the turf earlier than bouncing over the crossbar.
However Juve had been virtually caught out on the stroke of half-time when Hakan Calhanoglu’s snap-shot pressured a wise save from Wojciech Szczesny.
Shortly after the break Milan’s Patrick Cutrone’s fierce shot beat Szczesny however crashed again off the crossbar.
However on the hour Ronaldo struck, ghosting past the Milan backline and glancing Miralem Pjanic’s ball excessive previous Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Paulo Dybala thought he had scored a spectacular second after a sequence of one-twos with Matuidi sliced open the Milan defence however as soon as once more an offside flag reduce the celebrations quick.
Gonzalo Higuain, closely linked with a transfer to Chelsea this month, got here on as an alternative choice to Milan however their process acquired more durable within the 73rd minute when Franck Kessie was despatched off for a nasty foul on Emre Can.
Milan felt they need to have had a late penalty when Can caught Andrea Conti within the space however their appeals fell on deaf ears as Juve held on.
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