Tuesday 8th August - UEFA Super Cup - Real Madrid 2-1 Manchester United

[Stan]

Venue - Skopje, Macedonia

Kick-off 7.45pm (BST)

 

[SirBalon]

There's two separate issues here...

1. Real Madrid for some unknown reason are in a strange state of depression with all sorts of questions being asked. Infact Zidane has been unusually for him very vocal about the state of the team and their horrible pre-season form.

2. Real Madrid are the specialists in epic football no matter what their form is and they have players that ignoring form will rise up to the moment... Enter situations like Sergio Ramos.

On another note from a Man Utd perspective... Once again another summer transfer window is coming to its finale and they've spent a whole load of money in their quest to raffle luck on a pick and mix psychosis.

This can go any way to be honest.

[Cicero]

3 hours ago, Teso dos Bichos said:

man utd 2-1 RM

unlike conte, Mourinho knows how to win Finals. 

Remind me who won the 2013 Super Cup. 

 

 

[Mel81x+]

Think Real will do one over United here personally. I can't really see them losing this one even if they seem like they are in some kind of slump now. Season is about a week away and the players will be in much better shape and mindset than they were during pre-season.

[RandoEFC+]

Macedonia?

Expect Man Utd to make this hard but Real Madrid to win.

[ASF]

Mourinho's tactical pragmatism to outshine Real's better talent.

2-0

[Machado]

Should be a great watch.

Expect Man United to score a couple but I'm unsure it will be enough.

[Honey Honey]

Fancy making these two sets of fans travel to Macedonia 

It should be like the old FA Cup semi final's where the game was played rougly half way between the two clubs.

So in this case, Monaco 

[Toony]

Should be a decent game this, I do have a slight feeling that Man United will win and Mourinho will pull off one of his masterclasses but Madrid are so good.

[Machado]

End the sport if the two biggest clubs in the world can't fill a 33k stadium anywhere in the world 

[Honey Honey]

East Anglia Man Utd fans 

[Cicero]

Ronaldo on bench for Real Madrid

 

Navas, Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo, Casemiro, Kroos, Modric, Isco, Bale, Benzema

DeGea, Valencia, Lindelof, Smalling, Darmian, Matic, Herrera, Pogba, Lingard, Lukaku

[Stan]

11 minutes ago, Cannabis said:

Bale starts then. 

/transfer saga.

Ronaldo on the bench.

/start new transfer saga

[Cicero]

Best team in the world vs 6th best team in England. Going to be a cracker 

[Asura]

Dont care about the result or who wins this but Im just happy that football is back finally. 

[Honey Honey]

How much do we pay for BT Sport and yet they can't afford to send pundits to Macedonia, they're in a studio in Stoke-on-trent instead 

[ScoRoss]

24 minutes ago, Asura said:

Dont care about the result or who wins this but Im just happy that football is back finally. 

Football never really stopped this summer!

[Stan]

Real Madrid's kit is sexy.

[ScoRoss]

What happened to bookings for diving?

[Stan]

5 minutes ago, ScoRoss said:

What happened to bookings for diving?

don't think that was a dive. just a stumble and Mkhitaryan didn't even ask for the freekick.

 

Casemiro hits the bar from a corner. 

[Stan]

GOAL REAL!

Casemiro! Slides in to convert the cross past De Gea. Deserved goal.

[Stan]

Surprised United haven't played their £90m signing Romelu Lukaku  

[Cicero]

Real are efficient as fuck. Don't think United touched the ball in the 5 minutes leading up to that goal. 

 

Looks like United have to attack now actually. 

[Machado]

Casemiro is playing at a level I thought he'd never reach.

Man United can't keep up with Real Madrid's movement and passing. Teams in different levels so far but a lot can still happen in the game.

[Cicero]

Casemiro was the best piece of business Real have made in over a decade.