Real Madrid vs Atlético Madrid - Competition: Spanish Super Cup
Real Madrid team still want to arm as good as possible for the upcoming start of the Spanish Primera Division.
During the preseason period los Blancos played plenty of games. Among
others a great match against Manchester United at Michigan Stadium in
front of more than 100.000 supporters. However Real lost that game with
the score 3:1. Last week the Spaniards travelled to Poland to play
against the Italian Fiorentina at the National Stadium in Warsaw. Here
once again Real lost the friendly; this time 1:2. The single goal for
Madrid was scored by Cristiano Ronaldo with just four minutes on the
clock. On the other hand Real could win the UEFA Supercup with a solid
2:0 over Sevilla.
The owners of Real Madrid were very active in the transfer market. They have already strenghtened their club by James Rodriguez, Keylor Navas and Toni Kroos. It is still not sure whether or not Sami Khedira and Angel di Maria will both stay at Santiago Bernabeu.
The owners of Real Madrid were very active in the transfer market. They have already strenghtened their club by James Rodriguez, Keylor Navas and Toni Kroos. It is still not sure whether or not Sami Khedira and Angel di Maria will both stay at Santiago Bernabeu.
After losing Champions League Final and alsmost at the same time winning the Primera Division Atletico Madrid
had very successful preseason period. They were very active in that
time. Los Rojiblacos have played 7 preseason games, won 5, drew 1 and
lost one. After selling Diego Costa to Chelsea London it seemed that
Atletico will be having troubles with scoring goals. Quite the opposite
is the case – at least so far. Without him, they scored 8 goals in the
last 3 matches - 5 against Wolfburg, 1 against Cadiz and 2 against
Sampdoria last Saturday. As a replacement for Diego Costa Atletico
bought ex-Bayern forward, Mario Mandzukić, who is supposed to fill the
gap in their offense. The club from Madrid suffered another loss with
the departure, of the goalkeeper Thibaout Courtois (FC Chelsea). But it
looks like Jan Oblak is handling the defence pretty well. The biggest
transfer success of Diego Simeone is the fact that the core of the team,
the most important players – Turan, Gabi, Koke, Tiago, Miranda, Godin –
stay in Madrid. However the transfer market isn’t closed yet and
Rojiblancos can still lose players as well. In this Supercup final they
will definitely seek revenge for the unlucky loss against Real in the CL
final last season.
Probable lineups Real Madrid: Casillas – Carvajal, Pepe, S. Ramos, Marcelo – Modric, T. Kroos – Bale, J. Rodriguez, C. Ronaldo – Benzema.
Probable lineups Atletico Madrid: Oblak – Juanfran, Miranda, Godin, Insua – Gabi, M. Suarez – Koke, Raul Garcia, Griezmann – Mandzukic.
Match date: 19 August 2014 - Kick Off Time: 22:00 BST
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid
