UEFA Super Cup Preview: Eintracht Frankfurt vs. real madrid.
Real Madrid kick off their football season tonight as they face Germany's Eintracht Frankfurt in theUEFA Super Cup final To do. Last season's Champions League and Europa League winners will come together for the right to claim Europe's crown at the start of the new campaign, after triumphs over Liverpool and Rangers respectively in May.
The Whites are aiming to become joint record holders of this trophy alongside his La Liga rivals Barcelona and Italian giants AC Milan. Both have won this cup five times, while Real have won it four times. Madrid's most recent win in this competition came in 2017, but a year later Atlético he lost to Madrid.
Meanwhile,Eintracht Frankfurt are aiming to become his second club in Germany to win his Super Cup. Bayern Munich are the only German team to win the competition, while Borussia Dortmund, Hamburg and Werder Bremen are all in contention. Eintracht seems to have better support in Helsinki, where the match is taking place. They have already sold out his ticket quota from Uefa, and fans are buying additional tickets he sold at the 36,000-capacity Olympic Stadium.
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Bole win Europa League
Eintracht Frankfurt forward Rafael Santos Bollé talks about what it was like to win the Europa League last season and how the team is approaching this year's Champions League campaign.
"The celebrations in Frankfurt [after the Europa League] were absolutely crazy." Or, and it really surprised me that they stayed with us throughout the competition, and I'm very happy to be in a club that the fans really relate to.
"When I was a kid, I used to play as a keeper. My idol was Oscar Córdoba, a keeper who had a great career in Colombia.
"The [Champions League] is a tournament with the best teams in the world, and it's a tournament that you can play for the rest of your life."
Real Madrid vs Eintracht Frankfurt. Lineup
Real Madrid XI: Courtois, Carvajal, Eder Militao, Alaba, Mendy, Kroos, Modric, Casemiro, Valverde, Benzema, Vinicius Junior
Eintracht Frankfurt XI: Trap, Thule, Ivy, N'Dicka, Knauff, Sow, Rode, Lenz, Kamada, Borré, Lindstrøm
Real Madrid's Super Cup record
This is the eighth time Real Madrid have qualified for the Super Cup, and four before. They have won and lost three finals.
After losing his first two finals, he won his next four finals, but in 2018 Atlético he lost to Madrid.
Here is the full breakdown of the Super Cup results:
1998: Chelsea 1-0 Real Madrid
2000: Real Madrid 1-2 Galatasaray (aet)
2002: Real Madrid 3-1 Feyenoord
2014: Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla
2016: Real Madrid 3-2 Sevilla (aet)
2017: Real Madrid 2- 1 Manchester United
2018: Real Madrid 2-4 Atlético de Madrid (aet)
Impressions of the match
Alongside Thibaut Courtois, Karim Benzema was a driving force in Real Madrid's challenge to the Champions League final last season. Talk about what it's like for him to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world.
He said: Considering Madrid are the best club in the world, when it comes to winning the title, you have to take the trophy home.
"Tomorrow we have the final. We are full of ambition to win it. When you play for Real Madrid, you have no other choice. What's more special is that To get here you have to win the Champions League and your job now is just to keep winning.
"Last year was a great season for us. We have a great team, we just finished the super preseason so let's start by winning this final.
"Our last few weeks. The work of was very difficult, very demanding, but the aim was to be able to reach it in good shape at this point, we are physically strong, but also mentally It's strong. It's very important."
Real Madrid vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Six of the last seven Super Cups have gone to overtime. Will one of these teams win the trophy tonight in 90 minutes?
Cristiano Ronaldo's departure helped me become a better player, Karim Benzema claims the
34-year-old French striker last season saw Real win the Champions League for the 14th time, 13 points behind the La Liga title. After all, it was probably his most effective season, scoring 44 goals for the club. A date who enjoyed the key role given to him by Carlo Ancelotti.
Benzema and Ronaldo joined the club just days apart in 2009 and have played together successfully for nine seasons.
Benzema and Ronaldo played together successfully for nine seasons, but the French player are enjoying a return to excellence
Real Madrid vs Eintracht Frankfurt
This is one of the most famous matches in the history of UEFA club competition, as Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt meet again after 62 years at the 2022 UEFA Super Cup at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. It is a recurring match that is one of the
In his 1960 European Cup final, held at his Park in Hampden, Glasgow, Real beat Frankfurt 7–3, his 5th in five seasons. It was the only previous matchup between the two teams to lift the trophy for the second time.
Madrid won his eighth Champions League title in 2021/22 and his 14th European Cup overall, making it a record Aiming to win his fifth Super Cup to match.
Frankfurt, who won the Europa League last season, will be playing in the competition for the first time.
Glasner playing in the Supercup
Eintracht Frankfurt head coach Oliver Glasner said tonight's game was his side's reward for a great season last year and that his side is ready to take on Real Madrid.
"This is our fantastic match against a Real Madrid team that has incredible quality and beat some of the best teams in Europe last season. "What we proved in the Europa League last season is that there are always chances and tomorrow will be the same. I play with confidence because I know.” Champions League winner Ancelotti
was in favor of Real Madrid winning the Champions League last season, despite their illustrious history in the competition.
Leading up to the final, opponents were favored to beat Carlo his Ancelotti's team, but somehow the Los Blancos managed to pull off a spectacular campaign and win a growing number of Champions. Increased his league win count.
The Real Madrid coach said: Maybe so, yes. He never led a team to a league and Champions League double.
"The spirit, attitude, quality and enthusiasm of our players made it possible for us to win the Champions League."
Real Madrid vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Welcome to The Independent's UEFA Super Cup coverage of will go head to head to determine Europe's best player for the 2022/23 season as champions of Europe's two biggest club competitions, the Champions League and the Europa League.
Back in May, Real Madrid defeated Liverpool in the Champions League final and Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Rangers in the Europa League.
Tonight they will face off at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. It was the fifth time Madrid had won the European Cup final since the 1960 European Cup final, as they defeated Frankfurt in his 7–3 win at Hampden Park in Glasgow. continue.
Who will lift the Super Cup tonight?