new edition tonight Spanish Super Cupis a competition with a history of almost half a century. This, like four of the last five raids, will again be played away from Spanish territory. Saudi Arabia It will be the third time to host this tournament. Riyadh The city that will host three games and announce the new super champion.
Gone are the summer tournaments that alternated between League and Cup champions. Gone are the fiery nights when fans of each team gathered in their stadiums to cheer on their own for the first title of the season. in some cases, single. Capitalism and globalization continue to destroy everything and drive football further and further away from fans.
Since 2018, the Spanish Super Cup has been played away from Spain.. On this occasion, the chosen city Tangier (Morocco), in a single match format -already sold out-. Since then – and apart from the 2021 edition, which Covid-19 has not allowed – Saudi Arabia has become the new home of this competition: first in the port city of Jeddah and for the second consecutive year in the Riyadh desert. About 6,000 kilometers from Barcelona to get an idea.
An app that fans need to start normalizing, the Royal Football Association signed an agreement with the Asian country to host said tournament until at least 2029.. This deal will report to the RFEF’s coffers between 240 and 320 million euros guaranteed.
Regarding this edition, Barcelona and Real Madrid will enter with 2.8 ‘kilo’, Valencia 1.7 and Betis with 750 thousand euros. One million more for reaching the final, another million for winning. With all the variables, the clubs will receive about 12m euros out of the 40m euros RFEF will enter per season, 20 of the remaining amount going to non-professional football. Moreover, Cosmos One of the key agents in the negotiation – Gerard Piqué’s company – will also receive 4 million euros. We leave the ethical and moral evaluations to you.
Format change discussed
As we mentioned, this will be the fourth time in the Super Cup with four teams instead of two: League and Cup champions and runners-up. in the last three cases, the tournament did not showcase any current champions.
It all started in 2020: format, venue and date published. Real Madrid made room as Barça became league champions and Cup runner-up.ranked third in the league. Coincidentally, it was the whites who lifted the championship by beating Atletico de Madrid in the final. Blaugrana and Valencia, the only two teams that could participate in the tournament in its old format, made it to the semi-finals.
In 2021, the Athletic Club managed to emulate the success of 2015., won the second championship of the last thirty years. The ‘Lions’ entered the tournament as the runner-up of the Cup, and in the final they beat Barça with a goal from Iñaki Williams at the start of extra time, putting the cat in the water. Finally, Real Madrid, which entered the tournament as the runner-up in the League, was the name that carried the Super Cup to Arabian skies.
This season we’ll see if the coin goes ’rounds’ for the current League and Cup champions (Real Madrid and Betis, respectively) or for guests to complete the ‘last four’: league runners-up Barça and runner Valencia – up in the Cup.