Scott McTominay’s transformation from Manchester United utility man to slick-backed, trophy-winning, bicycle-kick-scoring Napoli maverick continues to swagger on.
And this time, he is celebrating by lighting up a cigar.
Napoli, affectionately often known as Gli Azzurri within the metropolis the place they’re worshipped like gods, clinched yet one more trophy as they triumphed 2-0 over Bologna within the Supercoppa Italiana closing on Monday night.
David Neres’ two objectives had been sufficient for Antonio Conte’s facet on the evening, however contributions from McTominay, in addition to United loanee Rasmus Hojlund helped them roar by the showpiece.
It’s Napoli’s second piece of silverware since McTominay arrived, and can be sure that the murals of the Scotsman – which might be present in each cobbled nook of the rough-and-ready port metropolis – are going nowhere, any time quickly.
Their golden boy will undoubtedly have a giant evening in retailer, and he has begun it by firing up a cigar within the altering room alongside team-mates Luca Marianucci and Antonio Vergara.
Scott McTominay is celebrating Napoli’s Supercoppa Italiana win by lighting up a giant cigar
The triumph is the Scottish midfielder’s second trophy since swapping Manchester for Naples
Napoli beat Bologna due to a David Neres brace however McTominay was on the coronary heart of issues
McTominay’s earlier title win got here in Napoli’s 2024-25 marketing campaign, the place they completed only one level forward of Inter Milan to clinch a well-known Scudetto.
Their Supercoppa victory on Monday – their first for the reason that 2014-15 marketing campaign and their second after 1990-91 – marks the primary time Napoli have one two trophies in a calendar yr since Diego Maradona graced the shirt.
‘We had enjoyable tonight,’ the membership’s president Aurelio De Laurentiis mentioned.
‘It’s not for the reason that Maradona period that we gained two trophies in a single calendar yr, so that’s already necessary.
‘I inform the followers dream away… all the time dream.’
Beforehand reserved for the Serie A and Coppa Italia champions, the Supercoppa was expanded in 2023 so as to add the league and cup runners-up, which this yr had been Inter and AC, who Napoli defeated within the semi-final.
The four-team format is contracted to be held in Saudi Arabia till 2029, with Monday’s closing performed out within the capital of Riyadh.
