Clone of Clone of Clone of PRE-MATCH | The last two Cup champions want to become super again

The team sporting green and white and the other in blue and maroon face the start of 2023 with an overflowing appetite for titles, with the Spanish Supercopa being the most coveted prize.

Both teams meet this Thursday in Riyadh (10:00 p.m. Spanish peninsular time with live television broadcast through Movistar+ and minute-by-minute monitoring by this official medium) with a match that brings together the last two cup champions.

Click here to listen to the statements of the protagonists of Real Betis and FC Barcelona during the day before the game

This fact means that Manuel Pellegrini is only two games away from becoming the coach who has achieved the most wounds for those from Heliópolis, while his counterpart Xavi Hernández, with a dozen Supercopas as a player in his showcases, aspires to debut this week his list of starters in his facet as a culé coach.

For the upcoming meeting at the Rey Fahd stadium, the Egarense player recovers Robert Lewandowski, whose sanction does not apply in this tournament, while Pellegrini will do without winger Álex Moreno, who was recently transferred to Aston Villa.

The meeting will be televised live on Movistar+ and will have minute-by-minute monitoring through this official medium

This exciting semifinal will be the first match between the two teams in a Supercopa semifinal, after Rijkaard's Barça won the two-legged final in August of 2005.

This time Riyadh will see, with refereeing by Carlos del Cerro Grande, a match full of incentives in which the winner will go on to be an opponent for Real Madrid in the grand final on Sunday.