The president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, said that he is very happy with the wonderful organization of the Spanish Super Cup that will be hosted by Saudi Arabia until the 12th of this month, and exclusively for three years, starting this year.
Rubiales described the Super Cup as "the most important mini-championship in the world", given the value of the four teams participating in it, namely Valencia, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Rubiales responded to Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde’s talk about his wish for the tournament to return to its old form with “two games back and forth,” saying to the Spanish newspaper “AS” that when they agreed on the form of the championship, the last season had not ended.
The Spanish media have said that the tournament is worth 40 million euros every year, and will take place in January of every year until 2022 in the Kingdom, and is supposed to bring together the league champion and runners-up, the cup champion and runner-up, but some adjustments may occur if the league champion is Cup holders.
The tournament opened yesterday, where it will be held in the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, "The Radiant Jewel" in Jeddah, by meeting Real Madrid and Valencia, where the Royal outperformed the result and the performance 3-1.
Real Madrid booked the first card in the final. Real Madrid, crowned the title 10 times, most recently in 2017, decided the match in its first run against Valencia, crowned once an orphan in 1999, with two goals bearing the signature of German Toni Kroos from a direct corner and a fatal error from the goalkeeper (15), and Isco after a trouble in the region (39). In the second among the best former player in the world, Croatian Luka Modric won a beautiful goal outside the foot (65), before Danny Parejo scored an honorary goal from a penalty kick in the time lost for lost. This is the 15th game without a loss for Real Madrid in all competitions.
Real Madrid midfielder Casimiro said in a press statement, "We dominated the whole match. We came with the intention to control the ball and we succeeded in that. "It all went as we planned."
I miss Real French coach Zinedine Zidane, his Belgian attackers, Aden Hazard, French Karim Benzema and Welsh Gareth Bale, because of the injury. Zidane made three changes to the winning squad against Getafe 3-0 in the league, and defending Sergio Ramos, the defending heart, was back, and Benzema and Bell were absent. On the other hand, the star of Valencia's attack, Rodrigo Moreno, was absent due to the injury, and coach Albert Celadis pushed the youngster, Ferran Torres.
It is noteworthy that the match witnessed digital control of the real, as the Real played for the first time with five players in the middle, namely, "Modric, Isco, Casemiro, Valverde and Cross", for this the number of passes reached a record number (798 pass), which is twice the number that the Real match in its stadium against Galatasaray Champions League. As for the acquisition rate, it reached 61%, and Crocs and Isco were more than 102 to pass the ball to the first, and 96 to the second.
Bill miss the final
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has hinted that the Welsh Gareth Bale will not be able to catch up with the final next Sunday. He said in a press statement: “He has not trained with us throughout this week. We have to talk to the doctors, but the important thing is that the players did a great performance in the Valencia match. ”
- A record number of riyals with 798 passes, with a 61% acquisition rate.