2017 UEFA Super Cup

2017 UEFA Super Cup
Philip II Arena hosted the final
Real Madrid Manchester United
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Date8 August 2017 (2017-08-08)
VenuePhilip II Arena, Skopje
Man of the MatchIsco (Real Madrid)[1]
RefereeGianluca Rocchi (Italy)[2]
Attendance30,421[3]
WeatherPartly cloudy
32 °C (90 °F)
48% humidity[4]

The 2017 UEFA Super Cup was the 42nd UEFA Super Cup final, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured Spanish side Real Madrid, the title holders and winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, and English side Manchester United, the winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League.[5] The match was played at the Philip II Arena in Skopje, Macedonia, on 8 August 2017, and was the first UEFA final staged in the country.[6]

Real Madrid won the match 2–1 for their fourth UEFA Super Cup title.

Teams

Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Real Madrid Winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League 5 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016)[7]
Manchester United Winners of the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League 3 (1991, 1999, 2008)[8]

While the two teams had never met in the Super Cup, they had met 10 times in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League; Real Madrid have the advantage in the teams' previous meetings, with four wins, four draws and two losses.[9][10]

Match

Details

The Champions League winners were called as the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Real Madrid 2–1 Manchester United
 Report Lukaku  62'
Philip II Arena, Skopje
Attendance: 30,421[3]
Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
Real Madrid[4]
Manchester United[4]
GK 1 Keylor Navas
RB 2 Dani Carvajal  84'
CB 5 Raphaël Varane
CB 4 Sergio Ramos (c)  86'
LB 12 Marcelo
CM 10 Luka Modrić
CM 14 Casemiro
CM 8 Toni Kroos
RF 11 Gareth Bale  74'
CF 9 Karim Benzema  83'
LF 22 Isco  74'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Kiko Casilla
DF 6 Nacho
DF 15 Theo Hernández
MF 20 Marco Asensio  74'
MF 23 Mateo Kovačić
FW 7 Cristiano Ronaldo  83'
FW 17 Lucas Vázquez  74'
Manager:
Zinedine Zidane
GK 1 David de Gea
RB 25 Antonio Valencia (c)
CB 2 Victor Lindelöf
CB 12 Chris Smalling
LB 36 Matteo Darmian
CM 21 Ander Herrera  56'
CM 31 Nemanja Matić
CM 6 Paul Pogba
RW 22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
CF 9 Romelu Lukaku
LW 14 Jesse Lingard  42'  46'
Substitutes:
GK 20 Sergio Romero
DF 17 Daley Blind
MF 8 Juan Mata
MF 16 Michael Carrick
MF 27 Marouane Fellaini  56'
FW 11 Anthony Martial
FW 19 Marcus Rashford  90+4'  46'
Manager:
José Mourinho

Man of the Match:
Isco (Real Madrid)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Elenito Di Liberatore (Italy)
Mauro Tonolini (Italy)
Fourth official:[2]
Clément Turpin (France)
Additional assistant referees:[2]
Davide Massa (Italy)
Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Riccardo Di Fiore (Italy)

Match rules[11]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "UEFA Super Cup – Real Madrid-Man. United". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Rocchi to referee 2017 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Match report: Real Madrid 2 Manchester United 1". manutd.com. Manchester United F.C. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Tactical line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Real Madrid to face Manchester United in Super Cup". UEFA.com. 3 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "FYR Macedonia to host 2017 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. 30 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Real Madrid's previous UEFA Super Cup matches". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Man. United's previous UEFA Super Cup matches". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Real Madrid v Manchester United: past encounters". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Match Press Kit" (PDF). UEFA.com. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Regulations of the UEFA Super Cup 2017" (PDF). UEFA.com. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Team statistics" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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