Jeddah, Jan. 17 -- Amid a background of protests and political outrage, Juventus beat 10-man AC Milan 1-0 in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to win the Italian Super Cup for a record eighth time.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal of the match to win his first trophy with the Italian team.

"I'm very happy, it was what I wanted, I'm very happy to have won my first title with Juventus," Ronaldo said.

It was Ronaldo's fourth goal in his past four matches as he shows little sign of being affected - on the pitch at least - by a case of alleged rape involving an American woman.

Ronaldo has been asked by police to provide a DNA sample in an investigation of the allegation by Kathryn Mayorga, a former model and schoolteacher, that he raped her ...