Juventus first Italian club to win consecutive domestic double

Rome Alvaro Morata scored a extratime winner in Juventus 10 victory over AC Milan in the Coppa Italia final as the Turin giants became the first football club to claim backtoback domestic double titles hereWithin three minutes after being brought in by Juventus head coach Massimiliano Allegri on Saturday Morata received a cross from Juan Cuadrado and lashed a halfvolley into the bottom lefthand corner of Gianluigi Donnarummarsquos goal in the 110th minuteJuventus players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Italian Tim Cup final football match vs AC Milan Pic AFPIt was enough to secure a second successive double for Juventus who claimed their fifth straight Serie A title this season It was Juventus 11th Coppa Italia titleDefeat for Milan resigned them to an unthinkable third season in a row without European football after they ended up finishing a disappointing seventh in the Serie A Their loss gave maiden Europa League berth for SassuoloIn a pulsating opening period at the Stadio Olimpico Milan had the better of the early chances as Giacomo Bonaventura fired over the crossbar from range before prodding whiskers wide of Netorsquos near postMattia De Sciglio was next to try his luck for the Rossoneri hitting over from outside the box and after 24 minutes the lively Bonaventura forced Neto into an extremely smart save after the Milan midfielderrsquos low shot took a wicked deflection towards the bottom cornerThe Bianconeri demonstrated that they too posed danger going forwards courtesy of a strong run down the right by Stephan Lichtsteiner whose menacing cross was ultimately dealt with by Alessio RomagnoliBut it was Milan who continued to threaten more in the final third Andrea Poli taking Keisuke Hondarsquos pass into his stride before shooting wide of the mark from the edge of the areaThe Bianconeri knew they had to improve after the break and began the second period with renewed purpose as Mario Leminarsquos pass from the centre almost located Mario Mandzukic who would have had a simple tapin were it not for Donnarummarsquos timely interceptionMilan reasserted the attacking intent of the first half as Honda flicked Davide Calabriarsquos cross just inches beyond the reach of an onrushing Carlos BaccaIn the 69th minute Juventus very nearly found the breakthrough when Paul Pogbarsquos attempted cross spun off Calabriarsquos leg and was heading inside the near post before Donnarumma got down low to avert the dangerJust four minutes later Milanrsquos towering keeper had to palm away Lichtsteinerrsquos powerful header from Leminarsquos cross as Allegrirsquos men began to step up a gear or two into the final stretch of regulation timeThe introductions of Alex Sandro and Juan Cuadrado injected greater life into the Juventus legs the latest sign of which culminated in a fierce longrange attempt from Pogba but it didnt trouble DonnarummaA quiet ten minutes followed before Romagnoli nodded wide from a promising position paving the way to extratimeBoth sides cancelled themselves out after the second restart of the night until Pogba warmed Donnarummarsquos gloves with a venomous rightfooted drive in the 102nd minuteMilan too would have a good chance of their own to open the scores only moments later when Sandrorsquos clearance fell to Bacca and the Colombianrsquos acrobatic kick ended up just the wrong side of the crossbarShortly after extratimersquos midway stage Allegri made the decision to bring on Morata and within just three minutes the change paid dividends with the Spaniard showing exceptional composure to turn home Cuadradorsquos cross from the rightThree minutes of added time spurred the Rossoneri on to encamp Juventusrsquo half as they eagerly pursued an equaliserBut Juventus were in no mood to let history slip from their hands as they held firm until the final whistle sparking scenes of jubilation from all in black and white half