Sevilla appeared to have the elusive trophy in hand until Ramos came through in heroic fashion, similar to his headed goal that sent the 2014 Champions League final into extra time before Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 4-1.
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Anyway, this fairly pointless prize went to Real for its 3-2 extra time win, courtesy of a 93rd-minute equalizer and a 119th-minute victor.
“Playing a superpower like Real Madrid on this stage is a great challenge”, said the former Chile coach. Due to Pepe’s absence, French defender Raphael Varane will partner Sergio Ramos at the heart of defence, with Dani Carvajal and Marcelo on either side of the duo.
And the captain was praised by Zidane: “Sergio Ramos is our captain, an important player and he’s always there to earn us the trophy”.
The UEFA Super Cup is played out between the winners of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. “We will give our all with the players we have”.
Meanwhile, Sevilla is confident to match the Bernabéu giants player-for-player in this game as “Madrid are down to the bare bones in terms of personnel”, ESPN indicated.
The new season officially gets under way on Tuesday night when Real face Sevilla for the UEFA Super Cup at the Lerkendal Stadion in Norway.
He told AS: “We were up against it for the whole of the second half – but the essence of Real Madrid is that you never give up, and a goal on 93 minutes and another right at the end of extra time makes us champions”. To replace these three Sevilla have brought in eight players this summer and it is a totally new look team we will see today.
The second half was boring until minute 72, when Sevilla got a penalty that Konoplyanka scored beating Kiko Casilla. “This year he wants more and he’s going to demand more from us”.
Sevilla have won the Europa League for the last three times in-a-row, however, couldn’t win any of the UEFA Super Cups that they qualified for in the last three years. With a player like Sergio, he’s always been the difference. It’s a good squad.
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“I have no thoughts about it. Pogba is a United player, and that’s it”. “We did not let them have the ball but in a small detail we lost a game that we had under control”. After spending all of last season on loan with Sevilla, the 20-year-old midfielder/hybrid winger was listed in the starting XI by manager Zinedine Zidane after an impressive showing in preseason play.
