Canada’s Julia Grosso helps Juventus women to Super Cup triumph

CREMONA, Italy — Julia Grosso helped Juventus carry the Italian ladies’s Super Cup on Sunday with a 2-1 victory over Roma and fellow Canadian worldwide Evelyne Viens.

The sport, which marked Juventus’ fourth Super Cup win, pits the Serie A champion in opposition to the Italian Cup-holder.

Juventus went forward within the twelfth minute on a Viens personal purpose on a humid day on the Stadio Giovanni Zini. It got here on a goalmouth melee after Arianna Caruso’s nook discovered Sara Bjork Gunnarsdottir on the far put up. The Icelandic midfielder fired the ball again on the purpose and Viens’ tried clearance went into the purpose.

Roma tied the sport within the twenty eighth minute by way of a highlight-reel shot from simply exterior the penalty field distance by Japanese worldwide Saki Kumagai that discovered the highest nook. French midfielder Maelle Garbino put Juve forward within the 54th minute with a high quality purpose of her personal, curling a shot into the highest nook from simply contained in the penalty field.

Roma had an opportunity to tie it in stoppage time however Italian midfielder Manuela Giugliano’s shot hit the crossbar.

The last, which marked Grosso’s first sport since struggling an harm in opposition to Napoli in November, featured the 2 high groups within the ladies’s Serie A. Juventus (19-1-2) tops the desk, 5 factors forward of Roma (17-2-3).

Roma captured the 2022 Super Cup, edging Juventus 4-3 in a penalty shootout. Juve gained 1-0 after they met in June to determine the Italian Cup.

Grosso, a 23-year-old midfielder from Vancouver, has gained 47 caps for Canada. Viens, a 26-year-old from L’Ancienne-Lorette, Que., has 22 caps.