Cristiano Ronaldo has surpassed Josef Bican, an Austrian-Czech professional footballer who played as a striker, to become the highest scoring goalscorer in football history.
The Juventus striker achieved this milestone as he netted his 760th goal in a 2-0 Italian Super Cup final win at Mapei Stadium. He surpassed the record of 759 goals set by Josef Bican.
Victory for the Bianconeri came on Wednesday evening despite a shaky performance in Serie A, with the defending champions currently ranking only fifth in the 2020-21 table.
The Supercoppa is a traditional clash between the previous season's Serie A and Coppa Italia winners. Juventus was missing Paulo Dybala, Matthijs de Ligt and Alex Sandro, but Juan Cuadrado returned to the starting line-up after recovering from Covid-19. Meanwhile, Napoli had to do without Victor Osimhen and Fabian Ruiz.
Juventus dominated possession in the first half, but Napoli had the best chance in the 29th minute when Diego Demme rolled across from the left and Hirving Lozano's diving header forced a stunning save from Wojciech Szczesny.
Federico Chiesa picked up an injury, making way for Federico Bernardeschi who almost found the net right after the interval.
Juventus started to lay siege to Napoli's goal as time wore on, and it paid off in the 64th minute when a corner bounced off Tiemoue Bakayoko and bobbled kindly for Ronaldo to sweep in from point-blank range.
"Very happy with my 4th title in Italy...We are back! This is the Juve we love, this is the team we trust and this is the spirit that will lead to the wins we want! Well done, guys," Ronaldo tweeted after the win.
Lorenzo Insigne should have scored an equalizer and his 100th goal for Napoli, but the captain missed a penalty earned by Dries Mertens in the 80th minute.
Juve punished Napoli deep into stoppage time, as after a textbook counter, Cuadrado surged forward and squared for Alvaro Morata to seal the win.
The Supercoppa is Juventus' first title in the current 2020-21 season, and also Andrea Pirlo's maiden trophy as a head coach.
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