“Inter” – The Winner of the 2008 Supercoppa Italiana

The Supercoppa Italiana is a single-match tournament. It involves the champions of Serie A and the winners of the National Cup. Football scores live from such a meeting are always available to fans on the sports statistics website.

In 2008, “Inter” and “Roma” met in the decisive match. The Milan club was considered the clear favorite, but the meeting turned out to be tense. That game was the first at manager’s helm for José Mourinho and the Portuguese managed to surprise his opponent Luciano Spalletti.

“Inter” opened the scoring in that meeting through the efforts of Sulley Muntari. However, “Roma” managed to get back into the game in the second half. It was Daniele De Rossi who scored. In the 83rd minute, Mario Balotelli gave “Inter” the lead, and it seemed that they would never lose the trophy, but in the 90th minute, Mirko Vučinić equalized the score. As a result, the score was 2-2. That was the end of the main and extra time.  

The meeting moved to a penalty shootout. “Inter” won it in a tough way thanks to a 6-5 scoreline. It was Mourinho’s first trophy in his new team.

You can follow the team’s football scores even at this time in live mode. The sports statistics site covers its confrontations from the world of various tournaments.

Why did “Inter” manage to win the desired trophy?

The “Milan” club was stronger and twice took the lead in the course of the game. Both times “Roma” won back, but the game advantage was on the side of “Inter”. In the penalty shootout, the team players also proved to be more cold-blooded. By the way, the current livescore football  matches involving the team are presented on the sports statistics website. Here, the current data is updated in real time.

If we talk about the main factors in the victory of the “Milan” club, it is impossible to pass over:

1. A more awesome team. Zlatan Ibrahimović, Luís Figo, Dejan Stanković, Maicon are just a small list of the stars of that team. “Roma” did not have such a great staff.
2. The team’s cohesiveness. All the actions of “Inter” were thoughtful and well organized. Of course, there were mistakes, but the team managed to correct them at the crucial moment.
3. Motivation. Mourinho wanted to win his first trophy in his debut match at the new club. That is why the team acted quite aggressively. Every player gave 100%. This contributed to a positive result.

As a result, “Inter” legitimately won the trophy. Later in the season, the “Nerazzurri” proved that they have no equal in the home arena. Moreover, it is easy to follow the livescore of all the team’s current football  matches on the sports statistics website. Here, we cover the club’s games from the world of various competitions. This is a great opportunity to keep your hand on the pulse and not miss anything significant.