UEFA Super Cup News

Contrary to the suddenness of the public announcement, Klopp revealed that he had informed the club about his decision back in November.

It was a 15th trophy won by Manchester City in Pep Guardiola’s reign that started in 2016 and made up for the loss to Arsenal in a penalty shootout in the Community Shield 10 days ago. 

Checkout the livestreaming details here of the UEFA Super Cup between Manchester City and Sevilla.

Thomas Tuchel made the bold call, and Kepa Arrizabalaga made the big saves. Brought on as a substitute with seconds remaining in extra time, Kepa kept out two spot kicks as Chelsea beat Villarreal 6-5 in a penalty shootout to win the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday (August 11). In these collection of pictures, we take a look at how this thrilling UEFA Super Cup tie between Chelsea and Villareal turned out.

Their equaliser came as no surprise, with Gerard Moreno – who scored against Manchester United before the Europa League final in Gdansk went to penalties – came to the rescue in the 73rd with a side-foot finish after a back-heel from Boulaye Dia.

It was the first European game played with fans in the stands since the sport returned amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bavarians, unbeaten now in 32 consecutive matches, also won the domestic league and Cup double as well as the Champions League after Flick took over last November. Bayern were the better side throughout and missed a bagful of chances through Robert Lewandowski, Benjamin Pavard and Thomas Mueller in the first half.

The decision has been taken in order to study precisely the impact of spectators on the UEFA Return to Play Protocol and will only witness spectators up to 30 % of the capacity of the stadium. It was confirmed that all other UEFA matches shall continue to be played behind closed doors until further notice, as initially decided by the UEFA Executive Committee on July 9, 2020.

UEFA said it would be too early to allow fans to attend next month`s Nations League internationals but cleared the way for trial games to study the impact of spectators on current medical protocols. The Super Cup match, to be played on September 24, is the Champions League winners against the Europa League champions.

Becker went down in the 36th minute, slipping as he was playing the ball out and called for medical attention.

The Portuguese manager had expected his side to struggle against the reigning European champions and they could have conceded more than just the goals scored by Casemiro and Isco, one in each half.

United`s new striker Romelu Lukaku got his first competitive goal for the club to reduce the deficit just past the hour with a simple finish on the rebound in the annual showdown between the European champions and Europa League holders.

The two sides recently met at the Levi's Stadium in California in an International Champions Cup friendly encounter, where United came out victorious on penalties after the game was drawn 1-1 in normal time.

Sevilla had been on the verge of victory leading 2-1 deep into added time, before Sergio Ramos equalised in the 93rd minute with the last kick of normal time, leaving the losers to taste a double dose of pain when Carvajal grabbed the late, late winner.

Louis van Gaal helped Barcelona bag two league titles, one Copa Del Rey and a UEFA Super Cup.