| 61st Coppa Italia Final | |||||||
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| Event | 2008–09 Coppa Italia | ||||||
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| Afterextra time Lazio won 6–5 onpenalties | |||||||
| Date | 13 May 2009 | ||||||
| Venue | Stadio Olimpico,Rome | ||||||
| Referee | Roberto Rosetti | ||||||
| Attendance | 68,000 | ||||||
| Weather | Clear 19 °C (66 °F)[1] | ||||||
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The2009 Coppa Italia Final was the final match of the2008–09 Coppa Italia, the top cup competition inItalian football. The match was played at theStadio Olimpico inRome on 13 May 2009 betweenLazio andSampdoria; Lazio won 6–5 on penalties after the match ended 1–1 after extra time.Hugo Campagnaro missed his spot kick for Sampdoria and allowedOusmane Dabo to slot home the winner for Lazio.[2][3][4]
| Lazio | Sampdoria | ||||
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| 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' | Quarter-finals | Udinese H 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Pazzini 10' | |
| Juventus H 2–1 | Pandev 66' Rocchi 78' | Semi-finals 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 | ||
Goran Pandev andPasquale 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 midfielderMatuzalém, who missed out through suspension. Sampdoria welcomed back defensive duoPietro Accardi andStefano Lucchini, as well asPaolo Sammarco, who passed a late fitness test, to assure him of a spot in the final.[5]
Sampdoria coachWalter Mazzarri said that the final should be played in a neutral venue, and that it would give more balance to the match.[6]
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.
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.[7]
| Lazio | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Sampdoria |
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Zárate 4' | Report [8] | Pazzini 31' |
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Ledesma Rocchi  Rozehnal Kolarov Zárate Lichtsteiner Dabo | 6–5 | CassanoPalomboPazziniGastaldelloAccardiDelvecchioCampagnaro |
          Lazio |   Sampdoria |
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After the match, some Lazio players wore a T-shirt to jokeA.S. Roma rivals with written on itIo campione, tu zero titoli (I'm a champion, you have no honours), quoting a sentence said byJosé Mourinho who had, earlier in the season, correctly predicted that Milan, Juventus and Roma would have completed the season with no honours.[9][10]
Lazio captain,Tommaso Rocchi, has been rewarded by thePresident of the Italian RepublicGiorgio 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 andLorenzo De Silvestri dedicated the victory to Gabriele Sandri, a fan who was killed last season,[11] and coachDelio 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.[12]
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.[13][14]
