Kiko Casilla is likely to start the match.
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Sergio Ramos equalized for Real Madrid at the last minute of the second time.
In two periods, Sevilla unhelpfully went down to 10 men when Timothee Kolodziejczak was sent off with a second yellow card.
The squad, which will have to be cut to 18 players, features new signing Alvaro Morata who will replace Benzema in attack.
Sergio Ramos has been singled out for praise by Zinedine Zidane.
Click on the video above to see the Real Madrid players singing “campione” before spraying Zidane with water!
“Until August 31, anything can happen, but we are very satisfied with the squad we have”, Perez said post-match.
Real were playing without Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, but Zidane said he wasn’t anxious about the team’s depth without them.
The full-back struck with a penalty shoot-out looming, running from near halfway before drilling the ball past Sevilla goalkeeper Sergio Rico with the outside of his right foot to earn Madrid a dramatic 3-2 win in Trondheim.
Spanish giants Real Madrid have come back from a goal down to defeat Sevilla 3-2 at the Lerkendal Stadium and win the UEFA Super Cup.
We have a good squad.
Because Cristiano Ronaldo is injured, Karim Benzema wasn’t fully fit – although he came on as a substitute – and Gareth Bale began his pre-season late after a deep run at Euro 2016.
Madrid, however, were not to be denied as Ramos popped up to equalise in the 93rd minute before Carvajal danced his way through Sevilla’s defence to settle the contest. Just look at his game winning goal (below) where he disposes the Sevilla player then single handedly dribbles around two or three defenders on his way to goal.
That doesn’t worry me, they played in the final stages of Euro 2016 and need a break after a demanding season. “We will give our all with the players we have”. Here was a team that was missing arguably it’s seven most important players, and still managed to put out a team with Asensio, Morata, Kovacic, Vasquez, and Isco – with James on the bench.
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“Without much time to work together this team showed courage against the champions of Europe”.
