UEFA Super Cup Preview: Can You Find Value With Eintracht Frankfurt Vs. Real Madrid?
Real Madrid kick off their season of competitive football tonight as they face German side Eintracht Frankfurt in the Uefa Super Cup final. The Champions League and Europa League winners from last season meet for the right to be crowned Europe’s finest at the start of the new campaign, following their respective victories over Liverpool and Rangers back in May.
Los Blancos are aiming to become the joint-record holders of this trophy along with La Liga rivals Barcelona and Italian giants AC Milan who both have triumphed five times in this cup compared to Real’s four victories. Madrid’s most recent win in this competition came in 2017 but a year later they suffered defeat to Atletico Madrid.
Eintracht Frankfurt, meanwhile, are seeking to become the second German club to lift the Super Cup. Bayern Munich are the only German team to win the competition though Borussia Dortmund, Hamburg and Werder Bremen have all had their shots at glory. Eintracht will seemingly have the better support in Helsinki, where the game is being held. They have already sold out their ticket allocation from Uefa and their fans have bought up additional tickets which went on sale for the 36,000-seater Olympic Stadium.
Follow all the updates from the Super Cup right here:
90+3 mins: There it is. Real Madrid win the 2022/23 Super Cup. They are Europe’s finest time and kick off their pursuit of six trophies this term with a win.
Carlo Ancelotti has done it again. Karim Benzema has done it again. Real Madrid have done it again.
86 mins: This is going to be the first Super Cup not to go to extra-time since 2017 when Real Madrid last won it after defeating Manchester United 2-1 in Skopje.
Unless Eintracht Frankfurt can score two goals in five minutes of course.
83 mins: Mario Gotze lifts a free kick over the byline as N’Dicka sprints into the box. He jumps towards the ball and just tries to nudge it back into the middle but it’s too far away from him to control and instead he sends it behind for a goalkick.
80 mins: Real Madrid burst forward after Casemiro shoves Knauff off the ball and they’re away on the counter-attack. Rodrygo flies up the right side before passing it across to Benzema. The ball arrives behind him and he has to check his run to collect it.
Benzema then rolls it back inside for Toni Kroos who strikes a first time effort from range and fizzes it wide of the left-hand post.
77 mins: Carlo Ancelotti is closing in on his 24th trophy as a manager and to be fair Real Madrid haven’t looked like losing this one. At times it’s felt like a pre-season fixture but sparked into life by some moments of brilliance such as Benzema’s goal.
74 mins: Eduardo Camavinga is the latest Real Madrid substitute. He is growing into his role with Los Blancos and has a promising future ahead of him if he continues to develop.
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