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Date | 12 August 2014 | ||||||
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Venue | Cardiff City Stadium, Cairdiff | ||||||
Man o the Match | Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) | ||||||
Referee | Mark Clattenburg (Ingland) | ||||||
Attendance | 30,854 | ||||||
Wather | Cloudy nicht 20 °C (68 °F) 75% humidity[1] | ||||||
The 2014 UEFA Super Cup wis the 39t edeetion o the UEFA Super Cup, a annual fitbaa match organisit bi UEFA an contestit bi the reignin champions o the twa main European club competeetions, the UEFA Champions League an the UEFA Europa League. The match featured twa Spainyie teams Real Madrid an Sevilla, the winners o the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League an the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League respectively.[2] It wis played at the Cardiff City Stadium in Cairdiff, Wales,[3] on 12 August 2014.[4] The date wis muivit frae Friday in late August in previous years, tae mid-August stairtin this year, follaein the remuival o the August internaitional friendly date in the new FIFA International Match Calendar.[3]
Real Madrid wan 2–0 tae win their seicont UEFA Super Cup, wi baith goals bi Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Cardiff City Stadium wis annooncit as the venue o the Super Cup at the UEFA Executive Committee meetin on 30 Juin 2012.[3] It opened in Julie 2009 on the steid o the Cardiff Athletics Stadium. It is the hame stadium o Cardiff City. The stadium haed a capacity o 33,000 efter expansion wirk.[5]
Team | Qualification | Previous pairticipation (bauld indicates winners) |
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Real Madrid | Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League | 1998, 2000, 2002 |
Sevilla | Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League | 2006, 2007 |
The international ticket sales phase for the general public ran frae 5 tae 27 Juin 2014. Tickets wur available in three price categories: £110, £75, an £40.[6]
Ingland's Mark Clattenburg wis appointit bi UEFA as the referee o the match, accompaniet bi a aw-Inglis team o offeecials: assistant referees Simon Beck an Stuart Burt, fowert offeecial Darren England, an addeetional assistant referees Michael Oliver an Anthony Taylor.[7]
The match wis the first in a UEFA club competeetion tae uise the vanishin spray.[8]
Real Madrid midfielder Xabi Alonso wis suspendit for the match, due tae breaches o conduct in the Champions League Feenal, for which he wis suspendit an aw.[9]
New signins Toni Kroos an James Rodríguez made their competitive debuts for Real Madrid; anither new signin, Keylor Navas, wis a unuised substitute. Sevilla gave competitive debuts tae Denis Suárez, Aleix Vidal an Grzegorz Krychowiak, as well as substitute Iago Aspas. Nicolás Pareja an Daniel Carriço representit Sevilla for the first time syne their loans wur made permanent.
Real Madrid | 2–0 | Sevilla |
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Ronaldo 30', 49' | Report |
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