FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will meet in the first semifinal of the 2022 Spanish Super Cup which will be held today, January 12 at 8:00 p.m. Will be at stake the first ticket for the final.
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) will host the first official Classic to be played outside of Spain. Real Madrid comes to this event as the leader of LaLiga Santander and Barça with an irregular trajectory, sixth in LaLiga, but with new signings.
The Real Madrid has the doubt of Dani Carvajal, who has recently recovered from an injury, and everything indicates that it will be Lucas Vázquez who will occupy the position of right back. Bale and Mariano, injured, did not enter the call made by the coach Carlo Ancelotti.
Barça has been able to register its last signing Ferrán Torres in LaLiga, and the Valencian will be able to play the Super Cup. Torres arrived in Riyadh on Monday, along with Pedri, and both have participated in Tuesday’s training with the rest of the teammates. Dani Alves, already registered in LaLiga, and Frenkie de Jong who has just come out of injury, will be in the starting lineup designed by coach Xavi Hernandez. Eric García is out due to injury and was left out of the call.
Possible lineups:
FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dani Alves, Piqué, Araujo, Jordi Alba; F. De Jong, Busquets, Gavi; Dembélé, L. De Jong and Jutglà.
Real Madrid: Courtois; Lucas Vázquez, Militao, Alaba, Mendy; Kroos, Casemiro, Modric; Asensio, Benzema and Vinicius.
Referee: Munuera Montero (C. Andaluz).
Stadium: King Fahd International Stadium.
Hour: 20:00.
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