The last Women's Italian Cup Final against Roma... | OneFootball

Juventus Women and Roma meet, and not for the first time in recent years, with silverware on the line this Saturday. Como is the venue for the Women’s Italian Cup final, where two sides who are all-too familiar with one another will, again, do battle hoping to take home another trophy.

It will be the third time they have met in the Italian Cup final, and there have been other dates in the Super Cup final as well, and their meetings tend to produce drama.

We only have to look back to the last Italian Cup final between the two for proof. And so we go back to 4 June, 2023, heading south to Salerno, where Barbara Bonansea was the difference-maker.

It was, expectedly, a tough and tense game. It was always in the balance, and it was hard-fought from the first to the very last minute. The two sides, two giants, went blow for blow, and all in scorching June heat.

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As the 90th minute approached, though, both sides tried their luck and things opened up for the last 10 minutes. Lisa Boattin’s cross-turned-shot was one of those, and then Manuela Giugliano, at the other end, hit the post. Emilie Haavi came close after being picked out by Andressa, before Giugliano missed a chance she would have expected to put away.

AND THEN…

Then came the moment. In the 93rd minute, Boattin delivered a teasing ball into the box and Barbara Bonansea met it, diverting it beyond Camelia Ceasar and sparking scenes of sheer jubilation.

Bonansea is by no means a specialist with her head, but that day…

And so, this Saturday, in a way, we’ll pick up again from there.