Leva hit arduous from exterior the field and Courtois spilled it, the ball clipping the correct publish and letting Balde arrive, hitting it already contained in the field however over the bar!

De Jong launched the ball into the penalty space, and Leva tried to go the deflection, however despatched it over the aim.

Benzema touches the ball first and it goes into the primary leg of the Spanish Super Cup on this El Clasico!

The gamers take to the grass to begin the match!

The gamers take the sphere to begin the warm-up.

We at the moment are beginning to broadcast the ultimate of the Spanish Super Cup. Today is resolution day and it is El Clasico day!

In addition to dwell streaming right here at VAVEL Brasil, the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona might be broadcast dwell on the ESPN cable TV channel and on the Star+ streaming app.

The match will happen on King Fahd International Stadium, situated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The stadium has a capability of 68,000 followers and hosted the Spanish Super Cup this season.

Xavi could have no absences for this match, whereas Acelotti might be unavailable Alaba, Chuameni and Lucas Vasquez.

xavithen again, says he sees Real Madrid over Barcelona when it comes to psychology: “I really see a robust Real Madrid and so they have a psychological benefit as a result of they’ve extra expertise in finals. We have to indicate our ambition and want to lastly win a trophy. We should win this ultimate. When I used to be a participant I felt the identical strain as now as a result of we’re Barça and that by no means adjustments. Let’s attempt to be the very best. Now that we’re within the ultimate, our aim is to win the trophy and produce it again to Barcelona.“.

earlier than the grand finale Carlo Ancelotti talks about Benzema’s return to the Real Madrid staff: “Benzema is again and offers us quite a lot of confidence for video games of such significance. He additionally returns for the second a part of the season. I do not know if depth is one of the simplest ways to beat an opponent. But I do know that to win we should play a really full sport. The key to penalties? The expertise, the gamers with extra expertise. The three most skilled Karim, Kroos and Modric attacked first. Then Asensio, who has an incredible strike. And the final one, Vinícius… higher not crash“.

THE Spanish Super Cup it has been performed for the reason that 1982 season when Real Sociedad received. Barcelona are the largest winners with 13 titles within the competitors, whereas Real Madrid are shut behind with 12 titles. Below them are Deportivo La Coruña and Athletic Bilbao with three titles every.

THE Barcelona then again is coming off two wins and a attract the previous couple of video games. The first win got here 4-3 over Intercity, within the Copa del Rey, with targets from Araujo, Dembele, Rafina and Ansu Fati, whereas Soldevila scored three for Intercity on Wednesday (4). Then in La Liga there was a 1-0 win over Atlético de Madrid on Sunday (8) with a aim from Dembele, and within the Super Cup Barcelona drew 2-2 with Betis on Thursday (12), with targets from Lewandowski and Ansu Fati. whereas Fekir and Moron regarded for an equalizer and received 4-2 on penalties.

THE Real Madrid arrives for this sport with three completely different ends in current video games, all in numerous contests. In the Copa del Rey on Tuesday (3), Real beat Casereño 1-0 with a aim from Rodrigo. Then got here the 2-1 La Liga defeat at Villarreal on Saturday (7), as Jeremi Pino opened the scoring, Benzema equalized and Gerard Moreno scored the winner quickly after. Finally, within the Super Cup semi-final, Real drew 1-1 final Wednesday (11), with Benzema opening the scoring and Samuel Lino equalizing, to win 4-3 on penalties.