Today, Spanish football fans will be delighted with a special match - the fight for the country's Supercopa trophy begins in Spain, where the champions of "La Liga" and the King's Cup tournament will clash.
For the Spanish Supercopa trophy, "Barcelona" will face Madrid's "Real". The first match will take place today at 23:00 local time at "Camp Nou", and the second leg will move to the "Santiago Bernabeu" stadium.
The last time these teams fought for the Spanish Supercopa trophy was in 2012, and that time Jose Mourinho's "whites" triumphed. After five years, the two fiercest football rivals will once again test their strength for this tournament trophy.
These teams already faced each other this summer - they played a friendly match in the United States and "Barcelona" celebrated victory with a score of 3-2.
Today, football fans hope to see the strongest lineups of both teams, but opportunities will be limited. Of course, the biggest disappointment of this match is Neymar - "Barca" recently sold one of their brightest stars to PSG.
It is expected that Gerard Deulofeu, who has returned to the team, will replace him in the starting lineup today. There should not be many changes in the starting lineup of the Catalan team - all the usual players will play.
In Madrid's "Real" club, Luka Modric will also be missing due to disqualification. It is expected that he will be replaced in the starting lineup by Mateo Kovacic.
Cristiano Ronaldo has already played several official minutes in the UEFA Supercup, but the press does not believe that the Portuguese will be in the starting lineup this time. Z. Zidane and C. Ronaldo have decided that the most prominent star of the team will appear at the beginning of the second half.
In that case, the attacking tandem will consist of Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale, with Isco behind them providing support. In addition, it is expected that for rotation purposes, Marcelo will be replaced by the young Theo Hernandez in the "whites" lineup.
Predicted starting lineups:
"Barcelona": Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Nelson Semedo, Gerard Pique, Samuel Umtiti, Jordi Alba; Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets, Ivan Rakitic; Gerard Deulofeu, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez.
"Real Madrid": Keylor Navas; Dani Carvajal, Raphael Varane, Sergio Ramos, Theo Hernandez; Mateo Kovacic, Casemiro, Toni Kroos; Isco; Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema.
