Welcome to the direct of the Final of the Spain Supercup between Real Madrid and the FC Barcelona which will be held at the stadium Rey Fahdin Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
both giants of LaLiga of Spain they defeated their rivals Valencia y Betis respectively, in a penalty shootout.
The Real Madrid has the possibility of get the title of Super Champion of Spain to start the new year with a sweet taste. The rival that awaits him in the final is none other than Barcelona, so we can live the first classic of 2023.
The FC Barcelona reach the end of the Spain Supercup without significant casualties and with the figure of Lewandowski that if he has been able to play this competition despite his sanction.
Live updates, Spanish Super Cup Final, at King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Day of Classictitle evening, finale night Spain Supercup. Real Madrid and Barcelona They are measured for the first time since the tournament format changed in the grand final and the one for Madrid from Charles Ancelotti would be the second trophy of the season and the one that would mean the first achievement of Xavi Hernandez as coach of the Barcelona team. And on top of it all, he’s a Real Madrid-Barcelona.
Both needed a penalty shootout, both needed to reach the limit against Valencia and Betis to qualify for tonight’s duel and we’ll see if that fatigue shows or if the desire and electricity of fighting for a title against the great rival are enough fuel for us to see a great game.
At Real Madrid it is low Lucasinjured in the semifinal, who joins a medical report that already left in Madrid Alaba y Tchouaméni. We are going to see what eleven Ancelotti comes up with and if he makes some rotations in attack compared to the match against Valencia. Doubts in Real Madrid regarding the game… but confidence in the team’s performance in the finals.
At Barça, the logical thing is that we see Sergio Busquets in the center of the field, we will see for whom. And there could also be modifications in attack to give entry to Ansu Fati. In defense there are fewer doubts, with Koundé acting as an anti-Vinicius as a right back.
The match is what it is, a Clásico, no matter how much it is played in Arabia. And he also has a title at stake. A night of football at the highest level to decide who wins Super Champion of Spain and who returns to the routine, in the most complicated weeks of the season, with his head in a mess and wrapped in doubts. We are going to tell you all this live here on US BRAND.
- How Real Madrid arrives With the tranquility of homework done throughout the season. He won the first title at stake, he is in the final of the second, in the Champions League and Cup round of 16 and in the fight for the League. You cannot ask for more seen what has been seen with other teams. Of course, it has come down from its unstoppable triumphal path from the beginning of the campaign and now he is in a more irregular run of results (five wins in the last nine games). Ancelotti He is worried about the World Cup, but he has recovered Benzema and a new title can fix some wrongs.
- How Barcelona arrives Xavi’s team is going in need of joy to promote a project that has suffered many blows, some very hard, such as the new elimination from the Champions League. Away from the titles for a long timewin the Spain Supercup and against Madrid it would be a mental impulse that would reinforce it a lot. Barça is doing very well in the Leaguewhere he is leading, but a title would be a great reinforcement with regard to his objectives and sporting stability.
Alignment of Real Madrid
Courtois; Carvajal, Militao, Rüdiger, Mendy; Kroos, Modric, Camavinga; Valverde, Benzema y Vinicius
Probable alignment of Barcelona
Possible eleven of Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Koundé, Araujo, Christensen, Balde; Of Jong, Busquets, Pedri; Dembélé, Lewandowski and Ansu Fati.