2018 UEFA Super Cup

2018 UEFA Super Cup
The A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn hosted the match
Real Madrid Atlético Madrid
Spain Spain
2 4
After extra time
Date15 August 2018 (2018-08-15)
VenueA. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn
Man of the MatchDiego Costa (Atlético Madrid)[1]
RefereeSzymon Marciniak (Poland)[2]
Attendance12,424[3]
WeatherPartly cloudy
18 °C (64 °F)
71% humidity[4]
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The 2018 UEFA Super Cup will be the 43rd UEFA Super Cup final, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match will be contested by two Spanish sides, Real Madrid, the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and the defending champions having won the previous two finals, and Atlético Madrid, the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.[5] It will be played at the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, Estonia, on 15 August 2018, and it will be the first European club final held in Estonia.[6]

Atlético Madrid won the match 4–2 after extra time for their third UEFA Super Cup title.[7][8]

Teams

Team Qualification Previous participation (bold indicates winners)
Spain Real Madrid Winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League 6 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Spain Atlético Madrid Winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League 2 (2010, 2012)

Match

Details

The Champions League winners were designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.

Real Madrid Spain2–4 (a.e.t.)Spain Atlético Madrid
 Report
Attendance: 12,424[3]
Real Madrid[4]
Atlético Madrid[4]
GK 1 Costa Rica Keylor Navas
RB 2 Spain Dani Carvajal
CB 4 Spain Sergio Ramos (c) Yellow card 112'
CB 5 France Raphaël Varane
LB 12 Brazil Marcelo Yellow card 54'
DM 14 Brazil Casemiro Substituted off 76'
CM 8 Germany Toni Kroos Substituted off 102'
CM 22 Spain Isco Substituted off 83'
RF 11 Wales Gareth Bale
CF 9 France Karim Benzema
LF 20 Spain Marco Asensio Yellow card 35' Substituted off 57'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Spain Kiko Casilla
GK 26 Ukraine Andriy Lunin
DF 6 Spain Nacho
DF 29 Spain Sergio Reguilón
DF 31 Spain Javier Sánchez
MF 10 Croatia Luka Modrić Yellow card 101' Substituted in 57'
MF 18 Spain Marcos Llorente
MF 24 Spain Dani Ceballos Yellow card 90+1' Substituted in 76'
MF 27 Uruguay Federico Valverde
FW 17 Spain Lucas Vázquez Substituted in 83'
FW 21 Spain Borja Mayoral Substituted in 102'
FW 28 Brazil Vinícius Júnior
Manager:
Spain Julen Lopetegui
GK 13 Slovenia Jan Oblak
RB 20 Spain Juanfran
CB 15 Montenegro Stefan Savić
CB 2 Uruguay Diego Godín (c)
LB 21 France Lucas Hernández
RM 11 France Thomas Lemar Substituted off 90+1'
CM 14 Spain Rodri Substituted off 71'
CM 8 Spain Saúl Ñíguez
LM 6 Spain Koke
CF 19 Spain Diego Costa Yellow card 62' Substituted off 109'
CF 7 France Antoine Griezmann Substituted off 57'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Spain Antonio Adán
GK 37 Spain Álex dos Santos
DF 3 Brazil Filipe Luís
DF 4 Colombia Santiago Arias
DF 24 Uruguay José Giménez Substituted in 109'
MF 5 Ghana Thomas Partey Substituted in 90+1'
MF 18 Portugal Gelson Martins
MF 23 Spain Vitolo Yellow card 105+3' Substituted in 71'
MF 30 Spain Roberto Olabe
FW 9 Croatia Nikola Kalinić
FW 10 Argentina Ángel Correa Yellow card 60' Substituted in 57'
Manager:
Argentina Germán Burgos[note 1]

Man of the Match:
Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid)[1]

Assistant referees:[2]
Paweł Sokolnicki (Poland)
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Fourth official:[2]
Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
Additional assistant referees:[2]
Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)
Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
Reserve assistant referee:[2]
Radosław Siejka (Poland)

Match rules[10]

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Twelve named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.

Statistics

Notes

  1. ↑ Atlético Madrid manager Diego Simeone was given a four-match touchline ban in UEFA competitions following the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League semi-final first leg. Assistant manager and compatriot Germán Burgos filled in as manager.[9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "UEFA Super Cup – Real Madrid-Atlético". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018. Costa is all smiles as he receives his man of the match award
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Szymon Marciniak to referee 2018 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Atletico Madrid is de ploeg van 't stad én van Europa" [Atlético Madrid is the team of the city and of Europe]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 15 August 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Tactical line-ups" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Real Madrid and Atlético bound for UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. 26 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Tallinn to stage 2018 UEFA Super Cup". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Full Time Report Final – Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "UEFA Super Cup roll of honour: Atlético make it three". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Diego Simeone handed Europa League final touchline ban". ESPN. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "2018 UEFA Super Cup regulations" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Half-time report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Team statistics" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.

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