Hello and welcome to Eurosport's live digital coverage of Juventus vs Napoli in the Coppa Italia final! The closing stages of the Coppa Italia are acting as a prelude to the remainder of the Serie A season, which restarts after a three-month hiatus on Saturday. Can Juve head coach Maurizio Sarri overcome Gennaro Gattuso's side and win his first ever trophy in Italian football? Kick-off is at 8pm (BST) with team news to follow shortly...

Coppa Italia Frecciarossa / Final

Stadio Olimpico / 17.06.2020

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ByBen Snowball

Updated 17/06/2020 at 21:07 GMT

39'

Good goalkeeping from Meret who sprints off his line to intercept a Dybala pass looking for Ronaldo and prevents the Portugal international from scoring a simple tap-in.

37'

Koulibaly clatters into Ronaldo and Juventus now have a free-kick in a dangerous position in the inside-right channel.

Dybala crosses in, Sandro nods on but it evades Ronaldo at the far post and bounces out for a goal-kick.

35'

Ronaldo appeared to have been brought down by Koulibaly on the right flank before the ball rolls out of play.

There did seem to be contact but the referee awards Napoli the goal-kick.

34'

Juventus are struggling to break through the heart of Napoli's midfield, they are being forced to the flanks with plenty of crosses aimed for Ronaldo being comfortably dealt with.

Sarri may have to make some tactical adjustments at half-time with Dybala, in particular, not doing a great deal so far.

32'

Bentancur floats a dangerous cross into the box, but it evades everyone and Sandro picks it up on the other flank before the referee blows for a foul on Callejon.

29'

That unlucky Insigne effort is the closest we have come to a goal in this scrappy opening half hour.

There's also a fantastic virtual crowd on our TV screens this evening...

24'

OFF THE POST! Insigne bends his 25-yard free-kick towards goal and it clatters off the woodwork! The diving Buffon did look to have it covered, though, had it been on target... but a great effort from the forward nonetheless!

22'

Fabian goes down in some discomfort after colliding with Matuidi. The Juventus midfielder is lucky not to be in the referee's book.

Napoli now have a free-kick on the edge of the Juventus box after Zielinski is tripped up by Bentancur...

20'

Bentancur fires a shot on goal from the edge of the box but Meret can get his body behind it.

18'

Another niggly foul and this time it is Matuidi on Callejon. It's been a scrappy opening to this final.

13'

Napoli are starting to assert themselves in this game and relieve some of the pressure on their backline, but they are yet to have had a clear shot on goal.

A Napoli corner swung in is headed clear by Costa.

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Pjanic's ball into the box is headed clear by Maksimovic, who was so impressive against Inter on Saturday night. He will have to put in another strong performance tonight to contain the threat of Ronaldo. Juventus are dominating possession as things stand.

GREAT SAVE! Ronaldo drives a low right-footed strike from the edge of the box on goal but Meret, in his first cup appearance this campaign, and his first since February 3, gets down to make a good stop!

Juventus win a free-kick in Napoli's half with Costa dragged down by Zielinski. It's played short though and the move breaks down.

Very little action to report on so far from a lacklustre opening to this cup final.

After a few nice stepovers, Ronaldo's cross hits Di Lorenzo for Juventus' first corner of the evening.

Pjanic whips it in but Callejon is there at the near post to head clear.

An early foul on Cuadrado by Mertens. Juventus with all of the ball at the moment.

1st Half

KICK-OFF!

And we are underway in the 73rd Coppa Italia!

This evening's referee is Daniele Doveri.

19:59

The teams have come onto the pitch... will Ronaldo win his 30th career major honour or will Dries Mertens be celebrating a trophy win on the same day he extended his Napoli contract until 2022?

Kick-off is just moments away!

19:51

19:46

Juventus are warming up inside the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, tonight's venue for the final.

Interestingly this evening's winners will have to help themselves to the trophy and medals because of coronavirus hygiene regulations.

"Let's call it self-service," Serie A chief executive Luigi De Siervo said in a video news conference on Tuesday.

"The athletes will help themselves to the cup and medals, so as to avoid outside contact with the squad which is subject to strict controls."

19:43

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