UEFA Super Cup Trophy 2017- Battle of the giants!

Sam Richards
Authored by Sam Richards
Posted Monday, July 17, 2017 - 7:00am

Ahead of Manchester united super cup debut with UEFA Champions league champions Real Madrid, one cannot help but be expectant about the clash of the two titans. For the fans, hopes are high and expectations are limitless as with awe they expect nothing but the best of the two successful teams. Most Manchester United fans have staked bets online at 10bet homepage, because the odds of the game are high.

The super cup between Real Madrid and Manchester United will be held on 8th August in Skopje, FYR Macedonia’s first European club final. This trophy which is annual competition between winners of UEFA Champions league and UEFA Europa League promises to hold a lot of surprises because of the excellent forms of both teams involved.

Manchester United is the first non-Spanish club to qualify for the competition since 2013. United who are Europa League winners have won the EUFA Super Cup just once before, overcoming then European champions Crvena Zvezda courtesy of a Brian McClair goal in 1991. The team lost to Lazio and Zenith respectively in 1999 and 2008.

Coming from a successful league outing in which they won three titles; the EUFA Europa cup, FA community shield and the EFL Cup. The team is in high spirits. Following the departure of Louis Van Gaal at the end of the previous season, the club signed former Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid manger Jose Mourinho on a three-year contract, with the option of a further year. And since then the club’s fortune has been on a high side. The team boasts of stars like Paul Pogba of France, who was signed in a world record deal and a host of others. Also, coming on the heels of their latest signing Romelu Lukaku arriving this summer from Everton - nothing would seem to stop them anymore.

On the other hand, UEFA Champions league final victors Madrid will be in the UEFA Super Cup for the Sixth time. They lost their first two appearances in 1998 and 2000 but beat Feyenoord in 2002, and Sevilla in both 2014 and 2016.

The club manager Zinedine Zidane has won the Champions league twice despite managing just 20 games in the competition. Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will both face their former clubs in the 2017 UEFA Super cup. Ronaldo’s brace helped Real Madrid retain the Champions League in a 4-1 win against Juventus in Cardiff, wrapping up a historic 12th continental crown and breaking history as the first ever team to do so since the incept of the UEFA Champions league era.

The encounter is poised to be a thrilling one as both teams prepare for a showdown in Macedonia, fans of both teams are already booking reservations in the Macedonian city of Skopje ahead of the clash. Both Manchester united and Real Madrid are expected to take around 10,000 fans to Skopje for the match.

In other news, premier league winners Chelsea will be looking forward to meet Bayern Munich in the forth coming international Championship cup on 25th July ahead of their pre-season preparations. For these and other news and also to get the best odds – visit 10bet homepage for more details.

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