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Date | 6 August 2011 | ||||||
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Venue | Beijing National Stadium, Beijing | ||||||
Referee | Nicola Rizzoli | ||||||
Attendance | 66,161 | ||||||
Weather | Cloudy 23 °C (73 °F)[1] | ||||||
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The 2011 TIM Supercoppa Italiana was the 24th edition of the Supercoppa, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Serie A and Coppa Italia competitions.
The match, the curtain raiser to the new football season in Italy, was the 208th Derby della Madonnina between AC Milan and defending champions Inter Milan, marking the first time these two sides have met in this competition. The match was played at the National Stadium in Beijing on Saturday 6 August 2011. AC Milan won the title 2–1.[2][3]
AC Milan qualified to take part by winning the 2010–11 Serie A title while their city rivals Inter Milan qualified by winning the 2011 Coppa Italia final. Inter Milan are the competition's defending champions, having beaten Roma 3–1 in last season's contest. Both teams have appeared in the Supercoppa final eight times during its history, AC Milan winning six times and Inter five.