Spanish giants Real Madrid want to start their official career in the new season, as they ended it last May when they became European champions when they faced rivals Eintracht Frankfurt in the European Super Cup match at the Olympiastadion. in Helsinki today, Wednesday.
Real Madrid weren’t a strong candidate for a continental title last season, but they made up for their play-off setback against Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City before defeating another English side, Liverpool ”, in the final with a clean goal.
And the Royals extended their record in the European Champions League to 14 titles, while Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti held the record as the manager with the most titles in the most important continental competition.
Ancelotti, who returned to the leadership of the capital club for the second time at the beginning of last season, managed to lead his team to victory in the Spanish championship for the thirty-fifth time in its history.
This match will be the first official clash between the two teams since their famous meeting in the Champions League final in 1960 at Hampden Park in Glasgow, which ended in a 7-3 exponential victory for Real Madrid to claim their fifth consecutive continental title. In that match, the stars of the Hungarian Real Madrid Ferenc Puskas and the Spaniard-Argentinean Alfredo Di Stefano scored 4 and 3 goals, respectively.
Former Celtic star Jimmy Johnston called it “a fantastic match in heaven”. I have never seen anything like it in my life and I don’t think I will see it later.”
Real Madrid are playing the Supercopa for the eighth time in their history and have won it four times before, knowing that Ancelotti has never lost in it, which is why he was crowned head of Milan’s technical staff in 2003 and 2007. and with Real Madrid in 2014.