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The young Italian star alongside his compatriot led the Italian squad to team tennis success as the hosts beat the Spanish team to claim a historic three-peat championship in front of an jubilant home crowd

48 hours after he narrowly won a marathon lengthy decider, the Italian talent once again excelled as he fought back from behind in sets to beat his Spanish opponent in three sets

The young player's tenacious comeback victory success secured a straight sets triumph for his nation in Bologna after his teammate had triumphed in straight sets against Pablo Carreno Busta

It is a fourth overall team championship title in total for the Italian team, who are the first nation to achieve three straight championships since defending champions no longer received direct entry to the championship match 53 years ago

Home Crowd Inspires Italian Victory

Supported passionately by the overwhelming number of a packed 10,000-strong audience, Cobolli conquered a poor beginning to spark scenes of jubilation among the Italian players, coaches and fans

Cobolli was mobbed by his team-mates on the playing surface but took a brief time to praise Munar on his efforts before rejoining the celebrations

Star Performers Deliver in Absence

Both Italy and Spain made the final despite being without star athletes, with the non-participation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner preventing fans a seventh meeting of the season between the world's dominant men's players

But, with national second-ranked Lorenzo Musetti also missing, Cobolli and Berrettini seized their opportunities in the limelight with perfect records from three singles matches apiece during the tournament

Thrilling Comeback Secures Win

The crowd shouted the player's name as he maintained his composure to close out his recovery triumph to love, having forced the breakthrough in the penultimate game of a nail-biting final set

That was no mean feat, given he had stated he had realized a "dream" in guiding his nation to Sunday's final on home soil

In opposition to the scenes of the previous match, when Cobolli removed his shirt in celebration on "among the greatest" days of his life, the world number 22 faced the price for a poor beginning as he conceded a one-sided opening set

But Cobolli launched a essential, swift response after falling a behind at the start of the second

The Italian's fortunes appeared to change after a brief pause in the match when a member of the crowd became ill

When the match resumed, and with Munar down break point, the Italian lobbed over a volley that caught a fortunate net cord and brought the set back on level terms

Although frustratingly prevented multiple opportunities on his opponent's serve, Cobolli seized command of a must-win tie-break to push the final set - where he yet again delivered

The Veteran Extends Remarkable Run

Berrettini had previously extended his Davis Cup singles victory run to 11 matches with an excellent display against the Spanish opponent

The former Wimbledon runner-up converted his decisive opportunity for a advantage before assuredly serving out the opener to zero

Having won 11 of the last 13 points to secure the first set, the player appeared ready to tighten his hold on the contest upon creating opportunities in the opening game of the following set

His opponent succeeded to save each before producing a sequence of solid serving performances - but Berrettini seized his following chance and closed to zero to finish his victory