PREVIEW | A fortune telling Clasico
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona face off for the third consecutive year in the Spanish Super Cup final, a match that will shape the rest of the season.
It hardly seems coincidental that the team lifting the Spanish Super Cup in the past two Januaries went on to consolidate their success as league champions later in the spring.
Besides being the epicentre of world football and the first major trophy of the year, the Super Cup acts as an almost infallible fortuneteller for what the decisive part of the football season holds in store for the teams.
This underscores the immense importance of the competition—a fact the coaches of the finalist teams have been keen to highlight in the hours leading up to the showdown between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in Jeddah.
The match, to be watched across all five continents, will be broadcast live on Movistar Plus+ from 20:00 CET (Spanish peninsular time).
The tenth Clasico in the history of a Spanish Super Cup final arrives with great uncertainty surrounding potential results , given both teams’ winning momentum, the anticipated team selections changes, and the peculiar nature of recent encounters.
On a human level, the standout news is the return of players Pau Víctor and Spain’s continental champion Dani Olmo, who are fully available to Flick following administrative resolutions enabling their inclusion in the playing squad.
Click here to listen to the pre-match comments from the stars of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.
Both the Madridistas and the Catalans progressed through their semi-finals with ease, keeping clean sheets. As a result, the coaches may opt to stick with their starting lineups, including the presence of veteran Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny in the Catalan goal.
Hansi Flick’s optimism stems from the league encounter against Ancelotti’s side last October at the Santiago Bernabéu. In that match, Barcelona’s midfield ball recovery, counterattacking efficiency, and particularly their use of the offside trap to neutralise Madrid’s powerful attack, proved decisive.
Jesús Gil Manzano will referee the match, with Javier Iglesias Villanueva in charge of VAR.
How the reigning Spanish and European champions respond to Barcelona’s tactical approach in a final that will not have extra time in case of a draw after 90 minutes is one of the key questions in a match brimming with intrigue, with over 50 million viewers tuning in from all corners of the globe.
This is truly an event of global prestige and impact, one that Spanish football can be immensely proud of, and which this Sunday will once again ignite the passion of the world’s greatest sport on the Al Jawhara Stadium pitch.
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La Supercopa está a punto de arrancar y ya se conocen los equipos arbitrales que dirigirán cada uno de los tres partidos que consagrarán al nuevo supercampeón de España