Today, Wednesday, August 10, at 10:00 pm Damascus time, the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital will witness the expected confrontation between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany, for the final of the 2022 European Super Cup.
The final is held annually between the Champions League and European League champions.
Real Madrid won the Champions League by defeating Liverpool in the 1 x 0 final.
While Eintracht Frankfurt won the European League Cup by defeating Glasgow Rangers, 5×4 on penalties, after they tied 1×1 in extra time and overtime.
After 62 years, Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt return to the match for the second time officially, after the first confrontation in 1960, in the Champions League final.
At that time, the royal managed to crush the Eagles with a great score of 3 x 7, of which the late Hungarian legend Puskas scored four goals for Real Madrid.
While the two teams met in a friendly on August 12, 2008, and tied one goal each.
Real Madrid won the championship four times, the last of which was in 2017, while Eintracht Frankfurt won the title twice, in 1976 and 1978.
Royal seeks the fifth title
Real Madrid, led by Italian Carlo Ancelotti, seeks to achieve the fifth victory, which leads to the top of the golden record, equal to Barcelona and Milan.
The Italian coach also wants the victory to be a good introduction to his ambitions for the royal team to win a number of titles this season, which will start on August 12.
The Madrid team has previously participated in the cup final eight times and won the title four times.
Ancelotti is expected to play with a plan and names that will be fixed in his plans for the next season, which is not much different from last season’s squad, with which he finished the season winning the League and the Champions League.
This was led by French Karim Benzema, with veterans such as Luka Modric, Casemiro and Toni Kroos, and behind them was the giant goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
A number of young faces were also present, such as Vinicius, Camavinga, Rodrigo and Chuamini.
Eagles are trying to pay back the debt
In turn, the Eintracht Frankfurt team seeks in this battle to repay the debt to Real Madrid, after losing 3 x 7 62 years ago in the Champions League final.
The team has previously qualified for the European Super Final twice, and won and won the cup through them. Therefore, the German team is looking forward to achieving the third cup despite the difficulty of the meeting.
Eintracht Frankfurt had suffered a severe loss at home and among its fans in the opening matches of the German League for the current season, with a result of 1 × 6 against Bayern Munich, the defending champion.
He also finished last season in 11th place in the German League, and participated in the European League, as he finished fifth in the Bundesliga the season before last.
Austrian coach Oliver Glasner, coach of the Al-Nisour team, is trying to improve his image, especially after his severe defeat against Bayern a few days ago.
This confrontation is an important test for the Austrian coach to prove his presence, and for this he will play with a tight defensive plan, and be satisfied with the counterattack.
The Eagles have good talents and embarrassed the royal team, especially as they excluded Barcelona from the quarter-finals of the European League, last season, after they tied in the first leg 1 x 1, and the Eagles won 2 x 3 in the second leg.
The most prominent stars of Eintracht Frankfurt are Colombian Raphael Buri, Dane Jesper Lindstrom, and Serbian Filip Kostic.
Semi-automated intrusion technology launched
just Location Official UEFA, UEFA is proud to announce that SAOT will be shown for the first time in the UEFA Super Cup match in Helsinki.
Furthermore, ‘SAOT’ will also be used from the group stage of the upcoming UEFA Champions League season.
UEFA is constantly looking for new technological solutions to improve the game and support the work of referees.
This innovative system will allow VAR teams to quickly and more accurately identify offside situations, enhancing game flow and decision consistency.
UEFA’s head of refereeing, Roberto Rossetti, said the new system will work thanks to specialized cameras capable of tracking 29 different body points for each player. A total of 188 tests have been conducted since 2020, including all matches in last season’s Champions League, the knockout stage of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, the UEFA Women’s European Championship, as well as the finals of other club competitions.
Rossetti confirmed that “the system is ready for use in official matches, and is implemented in all Champions League stadiums.”
The European Football Association indicated that Real Madrid requested 1,800 tickets for the Super Final and were completely sold out, while opponents Eintracht Frankfurt had requested 8,000 tickets and were completely sold out.
While the union indicated that there are another 17,000 tickets sold by the European Union to the public.
organizational test
The European Union will face an important test to control the fans of Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt in the European Super Cup final.
The Spanish newspapers warned of the repetition of the chaos in the Stade de France in the Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool, and the match was delayed from its original schedule due to the rioting of the public.
The newspaper warnedmarkThe Spanish, on its official website, on August 9, said that the fans of Eintracht Frankfurt are testing the organization of the European Football Association, after the chaos in the Champions League final in Paris.
This is the first match between men’s clubs organized by the European Football Association after the disaster of the Champions League final last season.
The Spanish newspaper added that the European Union realizes that it will have to monitor all fans closely, but is thinking more about the fans of Eintracht Frankfurt.
Especially in light of the precedents witnessed by the German club’s supporters in recent months, such as the European League final against Scottish Rangers in Seville, where fans clashed in the Andalusian city before the match.
Helsinki police have made plans for the arrival of Eintracht fans, who are expected to be scattered throughout the city and throughout the day of the match.
The Finnish police also took precautions inside the stadium, which has a capacity of 31,500 thousand fans.