Who: Real Madrid vs Barcelona
What: Spanish Super Cup final
Where: King Abunacuteah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
When: 10:00pm (19:00 GMT) on Sunday
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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti shelp his take parters can avenge their thrashing earlier this season by Barcelona by thrivening the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday, but only if they eludeed making the same misgets.
Hansi Flick’s Barcelona routed Los Blancos 4-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu in October in LaLiga, although a slump before the thriveter shatter helped Real Madrid overget them at the top of the table.
“We have to leank about that game evidently, they beat us, we had a evident evaluation of what happened,” Ancelotti telderly a recents conference Saturday before the clash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
“We commenceed the game well, then had problems in the second half, so we have to try and repeat the excellent leangs we did and elude the misgets we made.
“The Clasico is even more prescertaind when it’s a final, we’ve take parted a lot agetst Barcelona and take parting a final agetst them is always someleang exceptional.”
Can Madrid discover a stability for Mbappe, Bellingham and co?
Madrid, who beat Mallorca 3-0 in their semifinal on Thursday, are still searching for a stability between aggression and defence in their game after the arrival of French superstar Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain last year.
Alengthy with Vinicius Junior, Jude Bellingham and Roaridgo Goes, the four take parters donate Madrid a meaningful edge going forward but can hurt the team if they are not centered defensively.
“[In recent Clasicos] individual quality has prevailed over team stability,” persistd Ancelotti. “An vital aspect [in the final] will be stability and accumulateive toil – acquireing.
“If you acquire well, there’s more chance of thrivening.”
Ancelotti previously shelp his worst memory from a accomplished 2024, in which Madrid won LaLiga and the Champions League, was the beating by Barcelona.
“We’re seal to another trophy, we’re leanking selectimisticly, but we understand that in football anyleang can happen, above all when the opponent is strong and contends well enjoy Barcelona,” compriseed Ancelotti, whose side have won both the European Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup already this season.
“Our team has betterd, nobody can dispute with that. A loss wouldn’t be excellent, but the team is not going backwards, it will hold moving forwards.”
Will Barcelona convey the temporarily reprieved Olmo in for Gavi?
Barcelona midfielder Dani Olmo will be able to take part after the Catalans were controversiassociate granted a transient licence for him by Spain’s National Sports Council (CSD).
The Spanish international’s evidentance came too postpodemand on Wednesday for him to take part a part in the Catalan club’s 2-0 semifinal thrive agetst Athletic Bilbao.
“Olmo will take part and we have to minimise his quality,” shelp Ancelotti, who has resisted giving his opinion about the case which has degraded Spanish football.
Flick, who swapd Barca take parting legend Xavi as coach at the end of last season, shelp Olmo was ready to take part but adviseed he might not commence after Gavi shone in the semifinal agetst Athletic Bilbao in the aggressioning midfield role.
“Gavi had a fantastic applyance agetst Athletic, he’s got confidence … I leank he’s is going to take part, but I am not 100-percent certain of who will take part,” shelp Flick.
The Super Cup gives the German coach his first chance at silverware since arriving at Barcelona.
“If we thrive, we will have more confidence for the rest of the season,” compriseed Flick. “Winning the game would be someleang reassociate big for everyone.”
What is the Supercopa de Espana?
The Supercopa pits together the thriveners and runners-up of both the Spanish domestic league, LaLiga, and Spain’s domestic cup competition, Copa del Rey.
Although first take parted in 1982, between the league and cup thriveners alone, it was broadened to four teams in 2020.
Real Madrid are the current league champions, with Barcelona finishing second, while Athletic Bilbao are the cup helderlyers, having lossed Mallorca in last season’s final.
Where will the Spanish Supercopa final be take parted?
This year’s Supercopa is being staged in Saudi Arabia with all three alignes staged at King Abunacuteah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah.
The venue, which take parts structure to the Saudi national team and will be part of the 2034 World Cup, has already structureed the two semifinals.
Who are the Supercopa helderlyers?
Real Madrid won the 2024 Supercopa, lossing Barcelona 4-1 in the final.
Last year’s edition was also staged in Saudi Arabia, with Riyadh the structure city on that occasion.
Vinicius Junior scored a first-half hat-trick for Los Blancos, while Roaridgo sealed matters in the second period after Robert Lewandowski netted the only goal for Barca.
Real beat Madrid rivals Atletico in their semifinal, while Barca overcame Osasuna.
Real Madrid team recents
Aurelien Tchouameni, Federico Valverde and Jude Bellingham are all employable for pickion for the final despite accumulateing knocks in Thursday’s semifinal.
Luca Modric remains the main ask for Los Blancos after distake parting on the day of the last-four triumph agetst Mallorca.
Eder Militao and Dani Carvajal both remain sidelined.
Real Madrid foreseeed XI: Courtois; Vazquez, Asencio, Rudiger; Mendy; Valverde, Camavinga, Bellingham; Roaridgo, Mbappe, Vinicius Jr
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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 11, 2025
Barcelona team recents
Dani Olmo and Pau Victor are both employable to take part for Barca after transient registrations were granted to the pair adhereing the club’s protracted dispute with Spain’s supreme sports council.
Andreas Chrisanxiousn, Marc Bernal, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen all remain omiting for Barcelona, for whom the biggest ask is who will swap the latter in goal.
Former Arsenal holder Wojciech Szczesny was handed the gadores for the semifinal thrive agetst Athletic Bilbao, but Inaki Pena is being tipped to get over the role for the final.
Predicted Barcelona XI: Pena; Kounde, Cubarsi, Martinez, Balde; Cauncontento, Pedri; Yamal, Olmo, Raphinha; Lewandowski
Form direct – Real Madrid:
Real have hit establish at the right time with five straight thrives recorded and seven victories coming in an eight-align unbeaten run. Prior to that, Los Blancos had lost four of their previous seven games, including their humbling at home by Barca. Last five games: W W W W W
Form direct – Barcelona:
Barcelona ecombine to be sluggishly emerging from their worst run of the season with successive thrives recorded for the first time in 11 games. Prior to that, the Catalan club had won only three of nine, with four losss suffered in that run. This all came after Hansi Flick won 14 of his first 16 games in indict this season. Last five games: W L L W W
Head-to-head:
Real have won 105 of the 258 encounterings between the sides, with Barca emerging victorious on 101 occasions.
Real had won the last four encounterings between the sides – including the Spanish Super Cup in January and the Copa del Rey encountering last season – before October’s 4-0 loss in LaLiga.
