Napoli is the new super champion! » Super David Neres beat Bologna in the final, with a “doppietta”, in Riyadh
Article by Daniel Scorpie – Published Monday, December 22, 2025 22:55 / Updated Monday, December 22, 2025 23:19
Napoli had no opponent in the two matches played in Riyadh. After beating AC Milan without problems (2-0) on Thursday, Antonio Conte's team clearly prevailed tonight with the same score against Bologna in the final of the Italian Super Cup. It decided the “double” signed by David Neres, the Brazilian who had also scored a goal against the Rossoneri.
What a month David Neres has at the end of 2025! The Brazilian winger, who went through a crisis of more than ten months without scoring a goal, extinguished barely a month ago, unleashed with a successful “doppietta” in the meeting with Atalanta (3-1).
9.5million euros (plus 1.5 million euros for a friendly with the winner of the Saudi Super Cup) is the prize Napoli will receive for winning the Italian Super Cup 2025-2026
The 28-year-old international, who had scored only three goals in 30 games in the first season in Italy (but provided eight assists), reached six in the last 30 days! Between which he enrolls the “double” with which he also made the difference in the Italian Supercup final tonight, 2-0 against Bologna.
The player bought in August 2024 for 28 million euros from Benfica opened the scoring with a golazo: a splendid left-footed shot into the far corner in the 39th minute, completing a half dominated by the Italian champions.
Napoli win their third trophy. David Neres, the player of the final
Napoli had three great chances to score: the Neres – Hojlund heel combination, blocked by Heggem, McTominay's shot parried by Ravaglia and Spinazzola's situation alone with the Bologna goalkeeper.
Immediately after the break, the phase in which Hojlund and Rrahmani were close to 2-0 announced the increase of the difference for the Azzurri.
Same David Neres, man of the match, took advantage of Ravaglia's misplaced pass to Heggem and intercepted the ball in the big box, then lobbed the rossoblu goalkeeper from an angle.
11years had passed since the last Italian Supercup won by Napoli. The trophy won in the final with Bologna is the third in the history of the azzurro club, after the successes in 1990 and 2014
Until the end, Napoli played with the opportunities. Politano missed from the small box alone with an empty net, Antonio Conte complaining on the sidelines that his team could score eight goals!
