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Cristiano Ronaldo denied taking penalty in Coppa Italia final as Juventus lose to Napoli
Cristiano Ronaldo failed to have the last laugh for Juventus in the Copa Italia final loss to Napoli - after being denied taking a spot-kick in the shootout.The Old Lady suffered a penalties loss to Gennaro Gattuso’s men after both teams settled for a 0-0 scoreline in normal time at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.Juventus were always playing catch-up in the shootout after Paulo Dybala saw his effort saved before team-mate Danilo blazed over.And after Lorenzo Insigne, Matteo Politano and Nikola Maksimovic netted for Napoli, Arkadiusz Milik was left to score the winning penalty.Ronaldo was likely to take Juve’s fifth but was denied doing so after his team had already missed twice, meaning he did not get to take one.An unexpected triumph for the