2011 Supercoppa Italiana

The 2011 TIM Supercoppa Italiana was the 24th edition of the Supercoppa, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Serie A and Coppa Italia competitions.

2011 Supercoppa Italiana

AC Milan Inter Milan Serie A Coppa Italia 2 1
Date	6 August 2011
Venue	Beijing National Stadium, Beijing
Referee	Nicola Rizzoli
Attendance	66,161
Weather	Cloudy 23 °C (73 °F)[1]
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The match, the curtain raiser to the new football season in Italy, was the 208th Derby della Madonnina between AC Milan and defending champions Inter Milan, marking the first time these two sides have met in this competition. The match was played at the National Stadium in Beijing on Saturday 6 August 2011. AC Milan won the title 2–1.^[2][3]

AC Milan qualified to take part by winning the 2010–11 Serie A title while their city rivals Inter Milan qualified by winning the 2011 Coppa Italia final. Inter Milan are the competition's defending champions, having beaten Roma 3–1 in last season's contest. Both teams have appeared in the Supercoppa final eight times during its history, AC Milan winning six times and Inter five.

Match details

AC Milan	2–1	Inter Milan
Ibrahimović 60' Boateng 69'	Report	Sneijder 22'

6 August 2011

20:00 CST

Beijing National Stadium, Beijing, China

Attendance: 66,161

Referee: Nicola Rizzoli

AC Milan

Inter Milan

GK 32 Christian Abbiati RB 20 Ignazio Abate CB 13 Alessandro Nesta CB 33 Thiago Silva LB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta  64' CM 8 Gennaro Gattuso (c)  20'  75' CM 4 Mark van Bommel CM 10 Clarence Seedorf AM 27 Kevin-Prince Boateng  78'  82' ST 70 Robinho  62' CF 11 Zlatan Ibrahimović Substitutes: GK 1 Marco Amelia DF 25 Daniele Bonera DF 76 Mario Yepes MF 23 Massimo Ambrosini  86'  75' MF 28 Urby Emanuelson  82' FW 7 Alexandre Pato  62' FW 99 Antonio Cassano Manager: Massimiliano Allegri

GK 1 Júlio César CB 23 Andrea Ranocchia CB 25 Walter Samuel CB 26 Cristian Chivu RWB 4 Javier Zanetti (c) LWB 20 Joel Obi  82' DM 8 Thiago Motta CM 5 Dejan Stanković  74' CM 11 Ricky Álvarez  63' AM 10 Wesley Sneijder  61' CF 9 Samuel Eto'o Substitutes: GK 12 Luca Castellazzi DF 44 Matteo Bianchetti DF 37 Davide Faraoni  63' MF 77 Sulley Muntari FW 7 Giampaolo Pazzini  74' FW 27 Goran Pandev FW 30 Luc Castaignos  82' Manager: Gian Piero Gasperini

MAN OF THE MATCH Zlatan Ibrahimović (Milan)[4] MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Massimiliano Grilli, Cristiano Copelli Fourth official: Paolo Silvio Mazzoleni

MATCH RULES 90 minutes (two halves of 45 minutes each). 30 minutes of extra-time (two halves of 15 minutes each) if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Supercoppa Italiana 2011 Winners
Milan Sixth title

See also

• 2010–11 Serie A
• 2010–11 Coppa Italia

References

1. History | Weather Underground
2. "AC Milan clinch Supercoppa". ESPN. 6 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
3. "Milan edge out Inter in Italian Super Cup". CNN. 6 August 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
4. Voakes, Kris (6 August 2011). "Player Ratings: AC Milan 2-1 Inter". Goal.com. Retrieved 6 August 2011.