After strolling to 3-0 wins in the semi-finals, Serie A champions Napoli and Coppa Italia holders Inter Milan will battle it out for the Supercoppa Italiana on Monday evening.
The teams convene at Riyadh's Al-Awwal Stadium, with Inter aiming to make it three Super Cup wins on the spin and their rivals seeking just a third success overall.
Mazzarri's men went ahead midway through the first half through Giovanni Simeone, making the most of a rare start in Victor Osimhen's absence, and condemned their Tuscan counterparts to defeat with a late double from substitute Alessio Zerbin, who applied the gloss with two late goals.
As a result, the Partenopei are now 90 minutes from lifting the trophy traditionally decided between Italy's league champions and cup winners for just a third time in their whole history - the last victory coming 10 years ago.
Napoli earned their place in this term's expanded format by finally ending a 33-year Scudetto drought last spring, but their title defence has recently gone off the rails, and they arrived in Saudi Arabia trailing far behind Serie A's leading duo, Inter and Juventus.
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