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Soccer News of Saturday, 11 August 2012

Source: goal.com

Asamoah dedicates Supercoppa win to Coach

Kwadwo Asamoah has dedicated Juventus's 4-2 Supercoppa Italiana victory over Napoli to banned coach Antonio Conte.

The Bianconeri sealed the triumph at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, despite going behind to Edinson Cavani's opener. Asamoah levelled the scores, with Goran Pandev and an Arturo Vidal penalty taking the game to extra time.

Christian Maggio's own goal and Mirko Vucinic's 101st-minute strike secured the trophy for the Serie A champions, who gained revenge for their Coppa Italia defeat in May.

After the game, Asamoah spoke about the opposition, before praising his team's spirit against the nine-man Partenopei.

"We respect Napoli, they are not your standard squad. We did not give up after the first goal, and we recovered in the second half." the Ghanaian told Rai Sport.

"To score goals in extra time shows the spirit of the team. It always helps. The game is dedicated to him [Conte], it was not easy.

Juventus commence the defence of their Scudetto on August 25, against Parma.