Saturday, August 13, 2011
Live Stream Spain Super Cup: Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Spanish Supercopa 2011: Real Madrid vs Barcelona. August 14, 2011 9:00 PM BST Estadio Santiago Bernabéu — Madrid. The first El Clasico of the season.
Casillas; Arbeloa, Pepe, Carvalho, Marcelo; Alonso, Khedira; Ozil, Di Maria, Ronaldo; Benzema
Jose Mourinho is expected to field his strongest available XI on Sunday in the first leg of the Supercopa Final with Madrid missing a trio players due to injury. Sergio Ramos, Esteban Granero and summer signing Nuri Sahin are those set to miss out for los Blancos.
Valdes; Dani Alves, Pique, Puyol, Abidal; Mascherano; Xavi, Iniesta; Pedro, Messi, Villa
Barcelona may have to face to Real Madrid without several key players following knocks to Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets and Xavi whilst on international duty for Spain. Xavi trained with the first team on Friday and is expected to recover in time for Sunday whilst Pique and Sergio will both face fitness test on Saturday to determine if they can play.
FACT
Real Madrid have won the Supercopa on eight occasions, one less than their closest rivals Barcelona.
Mourinho's men earned their place in the final following their Copa del Rey victory over Barcelona.
Los Blancos last lost at the Bernabeu in the Supercopa against Sevilla in 2007.
It was back in 1997 when these two giants of Spanish football last contested this trophy; los Blancos the winners on that occasion after overturning a first-leg 2-1 deficit.
In fact, Real Madrid have won all four meetings between these two teams in the Supercopa.
Spanish Supercopa 2011: Real Madrid vs Barcelona
