Alvaro Morata seals Italian Cup for Juve

 French midfielder Paul Pogba soaks up the atmosphere after edging a fiercely contested final

 Leonardo Bonucci and Paulo Dybala are mobbed by the cameras as they hold the famous Coppa Italia

 Legendary Italian goalkeeper runs over to the Old Lady fans after winning the tournament for a third time.

The goal came two minutes after Morata came on for Hernanes, and on the forward’s third touch.

‘My friends asked me yesterday if was playing and I told them no. So they said, `Well, you’ll come on and score a goal,” Morata said. ‘I wish every final would be like this.’

It might have been Morata’s last match for Juventus, amid reports that he could return to Real Madrid.

‘Now I’ve got to prepare for the European Championship,’ Morata said when asked about his future. ‘Today I can’t think about that (transfer).’

While Morata was largely relegated to a bench role this season behind Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic, it’s not the first time he’s scored a big goal for Juventus.

In last season’s Champions League semifinals, Morata scored in both the first and second legs against Madrid, plus a temporary equalizer in a 3-1 loss to Barcelona in the final.

It’s Juve’s 11th Italian Cup title. Milan, which has five titles, hasn’t won the cup since 2003 – and no trophies at all in nearly five years, since the 2011 Italian Super Cup.

Milan controlled for almost the entire first half, attempting 10 shots to Juve’s one in the opening 45 minutes. After that, it was an even match until Morata’s late strike.

‘We probably deserved it more considering how we played but we lacked the knockout punch,’ Milan midfielder Riccardo Montolivo said. ‘If we had played all season the way we did tonight it probably would have been a different type of season.’

In the final segment of added time, Milan substitute Jose Mauri sent a potential equalizer just wide.

Minutes later, Italy President Sergio Mattarella presented the trophy to Juve’s Giorgio Chiellini, who was captain for the night since Gianluigi Buffon did not play.

 Giacomo Bonaventura (right) caused the Turin giants plenty of problems in the first half at the Stadio Olimpico

 Paul Pogba looks on in frustration after his smart effort was parried to safety by Gianluigi Donnarumma

 Milan’s Keisuke Honda (right) is brought down during a game that was bereft of space and clear chances

 Current Italy boss and incoming Chelsea manager Antonio Conte (centre) was in attendance for the showpiece

 Carlos Bacca tries his luck with a bicycle kick, but the striker’s effort arcs narrowly over the crossbar

 Juan Cuadrado crossed to the back post where Morata (2nd left) was waiting to apply a first-time finish

 Some brilliant work down the right from Cuadrado (left) allowed the striker to finally break the deadlock

 A desolate Giacomo Bonaventura (left) falls to his knees at the final whistle as Georgio Chillini celebrates.

MATCH FACTS

Milan (4-2-3-1)

Donnarumma; Calabria, Zapata, Romagnoli, De Sciglio; Montolivo (Mauri), Poli (Niang); Honda, Kucka (Balotelli), Bonaventura; Bacca.

Substitutes: Diego Lopez, Mauri, Mexes, Menez, Luiz Adriano, Niang, Abbiati, Alex, Balotelli, Boateng, Locatelli, Bertolacci.

Booked: Zapata, Mauri, Niang, Honda

Juventus (3-5-2)

Neto; Barzagli, Rugani, Chiellini; Lichtsteiner (Cuadrado), Lemina, Hernanes (Morata), Pogba, Evra (Alex Sandro); Mandzukic, Dybala.

Substitutes: Buffon, Zaza, Morata, Alex Sandro, Cuadrado, Padoin, Asamoah, Sturaro, Rubinho, Pereyra.

Goals: Morata

Booked: Rugani, Barzagli,Chiellini, Morata, Pogba