Real Madrid, champion of the Champions League, and the German Eintracht, who won the last Europa League, will play in Helsinki for the first title of the year, the Super Cup. A match in which Benzema debuted as captain and in which the Whites are seeking their fifth title in this competition. If lifted, the madridistas would equal Milan and Barcelona, the two clubs that have won this competition the most times. Follow Real Madrid – Eintracht live.
Minute 13. Courtois stop! The Belgian saves Real Madrid in heads-up play against Kamada. Eintracht warns on the first occasion of the match.
Minute 12. Stratospheric tube of Mendy to Kamada in the corner of the left corner of Real Madrid. Eccentricity of a Gallic winger who always, for better or for worse, surprises Real Madrid fans.
Minute 8. Corner in favor of Real Madrid that, against forecast, executes poorly Kroos and ends without auction.
Minute 7. The two teams, timid, measure their strength in the middle of the field. At the moment, few arrivals to both areas.
Minute 3. Attentive Federico Valverde to cut off a dangerous attack by Santos Borré. Ancelotti’s men circulate the ball with the Kroos-Modric pairing. Although, for now, without danger on Trapp’s goal.
Starts the match! The Real Madrid He already has possession of the ball, while Eintracht holds back.
The 22 men jump to the green of Helsinki. The start of the European Super Cup is imminent.
Although it has nothing to do with this final, we have one last minute, bad news for tennis lovers. The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz has lost in his debut in Canada, as our colleague Iván Martín tells us.
The moment of truth is approaching. After the warm-up, the players of both teams have already retired to the changing rooms to receive the final instructions. Madridistas, how are those nerves? The fans who have accompanied the team to Finland are making themselves felt in the stands, although the Germans are the majority.
We remind you that the two reinforcements of Real Madrid in this summer market, the German Antonio Rüdiger and the Frenchman Aurelien Tchouameni, start the game on the bench. At Eintracht, Mario Götze, the man who gave Germany the world title in the final against Argentina in Brazil 2014 and who this season has joined the German team, also starts as a substitute. Ancelotti’s eleven in Helsinki.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS RAISING The Real Madrid and Eintracht players are already warming up on the Helsinki Olympic pitch. For the first time, the Whites are playing an official match in Finland.
Although the season has officially started in several European countries, the market remains open until August 31st. Here you can find out about the latest signings that have taken place throughout this day
The white team, with four titles, is one away from equaling the five that Milan and Barcelona wear in their showcases, the two teams that have won the European Super Cup throughout history.
The referee of the European Super Cup match will be English Michael Oliver, who returns to whistle Real Madrid four years and four months later. Learn here the story of the reason for this departure from the white team.
Eintracht line-up
We also have the starting eleven that Eintracht presents against Real Madrid. The Germans play with Trapp, Touré, Tuta, Ndicka, Knauff, Lenz, Rode, Sow, Lindstrom, Kamada and Santos Borré.
In the match against Eintracht, Frenchman Karim Benzema debuts as captain at Real Madrid. The French striker, as our colleague Rubén Cañizares tells us, has several records within reach in this Super Cup match.
Real Madrid line-up
We already have the official line-ups for the European Super Cup. Carlo Ancelotti repeats against Eintracht the eleven with which he formed in the Champions League final against Liverpool. Here you can meet the starting eleven of Real Madrid.
Good afternoon and welcome to ABC.es. This afternoon we are going to tell you live and direct everything that happens before, during and after the European Super Cup match, an attractive duel that Real Madrid, current champion of the Champions, faces in Helsinki against Eintracht, German, winner of the last edition of the Europa League.
