According to Tasnim news agency, the Super Cup of Spain started last night (Wednesday) in Saudi Arabia and King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, and in the first game of this four-team tournament, Real Madrid, as the champion of La Liga last season, faced Valencia. A 1-1 draw in regular time and overtime ended in penalty kicks with a score of 4-3 in favor of Real Madrid.
Carlo Ancelotti said after his students advanced to the final of the Spanish Super Cup: The two teams fought hard. There is no easy game at this level of competition. At the beginning of the second half, we made a big mistake and made it difficult for ourselves. We gave a good performance in the first half and the final part of the game. Valencia also defended well and created problems for us in counterattacks. However, we are satisfied with the team’s performance.
The Italian head coach of Real Madrid continued: We have to improve step by step and we did our job well. We weren’t great at several points in the game, but we stayed in the game. We tried to score in overtime so that it would not go to penalty kicks. We need to work more on the physical fitness of our players. The injuries of Camavinga and Lucas Vasquez also affected our performance. The most important thing was our promotion to the finals.
Carletto stated about the injury status of his players: Camavinga’s knee was hit, Lucas Vasquez Paige’s ankle and Militão felt dizzy. Militao is fine because I talked to him. We have to evaluate Kamavinga’s condition and Lucas Vazquez seems to have the most serious injury among these players.
Ancelotti said about his team’s chance to win the Spanish Super Cup: We wanted to reach the final. Usually we play well in the final and we will see what happens in the final game. This is a difficult situation compared to last year, but we will try to win the championship this season as well.