Juventus won the match, with the only goal coming from Cristiano Ronaldo in the 61st minute, and became the first club to win eight Supercoppa Italiana titles.
Subsequently, on December 5, 2018, the Lega Serie A announced that the match would be played on 16 January 2019 at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah,[5] being the first international football tournament to be held at the stadium since its inauguration in 2014.
[12] The Serie A's MENA rightsholder beIN Sports condemned the hosting of the Supercoppa in Saudi Arabia in response to the pirate broadcaster BeoutQ.
beIN Sports had been forced to cease offering its services in Saudi Arabia due to the Qatar diplomatic crisis, which has led to BeoutQ illegally retransmitting its programming in the country as an alternative outlet.
In November 2019, beIN Sports threatened to cut its ties with the Serie A over the Saudi deal, accusing it of "making a quick buck from the very entity that has been stealing its rights for two years.