Real Madrid Face Titanic Battle Against Manchester United

Two Europe football giants will slug it out
in today’s (Tuesday) UEFA Super Cup as
Real Madrid face Manchester United at the
magnificent Philip II Arena in the ancient
city of Skopje, Macedonia.



Real Madrid are the current Champions
League holder, a feat they achieve after
thrashing Juventus 4-1 in the final in May
to win it back-to-back while Manchester
United edged Ajax 2-0 to clinched the
Europa League title for the first time.



While the two teams have never met in the
Super Cup, they have 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.



Both teams will be looking to start the
new season by winning the Super Cup, as
such the two managers will be bent on
fielding their possible strongest squad.



It will be recall that at the International
Champions Cup, the Red Devils defeated
the White Angels 3-1 via a penalty
shootouts after the game had ended 1-1
in regulation time.



Although the match may be considered as
a preseason encounter to access the
fitness of the players, however, tonight’s
match is competitive in nature and is
expected to be explosive in Macedonia.




While Man United manager, Jose Mourinho, who has never lost a cup final
game will be hoping to add to his
numerous laurels, Real Madrid manager,
Zinedine Zidane will be targeting another
trophy glory having won the Champions
League back-to-back for Real.



More importantly, all eyes will be on four-
time Ballon d’Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo
as he faces his former club and former
coach at Real Madrid even though that
affection will be lost when the starts
tonight.



Mourinho will be banking on his new
recruits such as Namanja Matic, Romelu
Lukaku plus the usual regulars Marcus
Rashford and Paul Pogba to help the team
get a better of a Real Madrid side that will
parade players such as Ronaldo, Karim
Benzema, Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and
Toni Kroos.