Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini was proud of their Coppa Italia triumph against Atalanta.

It was 1-1 at the break with goals from Dejan Kulusevski and Ruslan Malinovskyi. Federico Chiesa struck the winner after halftime.

Chiellini later said, “It reminded me of the Champions League Final with Cardiff, but in reverse. Atalanta started with such ferocity and aggression that they were going twice our speed. In the opening minutes, Jose Luis Palomino almost scored from six yards and he's a centre-back, which shows you how they were all pouring forward.

“We expected them to start strong, but not that strong. The sensation we had at half-time was that Atalanta had used up a lot of energy and we could cause them problems with a higher press. We were more organised, they fell away over time and we grew stronger.

“The idea was to press them a bit higher, that way they can't have that build-up of pressure when they play out from the back. It's inevitable they'd lose some intensity after that first half played at a frantic tempo."