The Italian football calendar came to a close on Saturday with the final of the Coppa Italia at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Defending Coppa champions and five-time defending Serie A champions Juventus were looking to make history. No team had ever scored a league-cup double two years in a row, but that's what they were looking to do as they lined up against AC Milan.
The Rossoneri had endured yet another difficult season, with the unexpected dismissal of coach Sinisa Mihajlovic derailing the season in the final six weeks. His replacement, Cristian Brocchi, had overseen a disastrous six-game run-in that saw Milan drop points to the three teams in the relegation zone and lose sixth place in the season's last weeks to tiny upstarts Sassuolo.