Napoli booked their place in the Super Cup final with a deserved 2-0 defeat of AC Milan.

David Neres broke the deadlock towards the end of the first half when he turned in from close range following some clever work and a low cross by Rasmus Hojlund.

Soon after the hour mark, Hojlund got on the score sheet himself with a superb angled strike into the bottom corner. 

The result means Napoli will face off against the winner of the other semi-final (Inter or Bologna) in Monday's showpiece final.

This is what Antonio Conte had to say after the match:

"I really must hand it to these players who are playing back-to-back games and always try to give their all. Tonight I saw a team determined to produce a real performance and honour the Scudetto badge on their shirts.

“We beat a Milan side in excellent form and we won deservedly. Now we want to give the final a shot and try to honour this trophy in full.”

Matteo Politano was delighted with the team's display:

“We played really well today. We handled the one on one situations superbly and got a thoroughly deserved win.

“We got our tactics spot on and showed we're in good shape mentally and physically. Now we want to keep on this path.”

Napoli 2-0 AC Milan (HT 1-0)
Scorers: Neres 39, Hojlund 63.

NAPOLI: Milinkovic-Savic; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Juan Jesus; Politano (Mazzocchi 78), Lobotka, McTominay, Spinazzola (Gutierrez 81); Neres (Vergara 88), Elmas (Lang 78), Hojlund (Lucca 81).
Coach: Conte

AC MILAN: Maignan; Tomori, De Winter (Fofana 68), Pavlovic; Saelemaekers (Athekame 68), Loftus-Cheek, Jashari (Modric 75), Rabiot, Estupinian; Nkunku, Pulisic.
Coach: Allegri.

Referee: Zufferli.
Booked: Rabiot, Spinazzola, McTominay, Tomori.

David Neres opened the scoring

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