By Darwin Largo
Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid will play their first decisive match in 2024. This Wednesday they will face each other at the Al Awal Park at King Saud University stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup. Carlo Ancelotti's team earned their place there by being champions of the last Copa del Rey, while Diego Simeone's side qualified by being third in La Liga 2022/23.
Now both teams will have the chance to win their first title of the year. But for that to happen, they will have to get a win this Wednesday and then beat the winner of the Barcelona-Osasuna duel in Sunday's final.
Los Merengues will have the challenge of beating their rivals from the Spanish capital, who were the only ones who could beat them in this season 2023/24. It was on matchday 6 of La Liga, when Los Colchoneros won 3-1 at the Civitas Metropolitano stadium with two goals from Alvaro Morata and one from Antoine Griezmann.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti decided that Real Madrid's starting lineup will be: Kepa Arrizabalaga; Dani Carvajal, Nacho, Antonio Rudiger, Ferland Mendy; Federico Valverde, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Luka Modric, Jude Bellingham; Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo. In addition, on the bench will be Andriy Lunin, Fran Garcia, Vinicius Augusto, Dani Ceballos, Toni Kroos, Eduardo Camavinga, Brahim Diaz, Arda Guler, Nicolás Paz, Mario Martin and Joselu.
Atlético Madrid have suffered two important defeats against Real Madrid since Diego Simeone is the coach: they lost the 2014 and 2016 Champions League finals. Now they have the opportunity to take revenge and that is why the manager decided that all the stars of the squad will be part of the XI: Jan Oblak; Stefan Savic, Jose Gimenez, Mario Hermoso; Marcos Llorente, Rodrigo De Paul, Saul, Samuel Lino, Koke; Alvaro Morata, Antoine Griezmann.
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