2018 UEFA Super Cup

2018 UEFA Super Cup
	Match programme cover
	After extra time
Date	15 August 2018
Venue	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn
Man of the Match	Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid)
Referee	Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Attendance	12,424
Weather	Partly cloudy; 18 °C (64 °F); 71% humidity
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The 2018 UEFA Super Cup was the 43rd edition of the UEFA Super Cup, 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 featured two Spanish sides, Real Madrid, the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League and the defending champions having won the previous two editions, and Atlético Madrid, the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League.^[5] It was played at the Lilleküla Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia, on 15 August 2018, and was the first European club final held in Estonia.^[6]

In March 2018, UEFA announced that a fourth substitution would be allowed in extra time and that the number of substitutes had been increased from 7 to 12. The kick-off time was also changed from 20:45 CEST to 21:00 CEST.^[7]

Atlético Madrid won the match 4–2 after extra time for their third UEFA Super Cup title.^[8]^[9]

Teams

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

This was the fifth all-Spanish Super Cup, and the fourth in the last five years. This was also the first Super Cup to be played by two teams from the same city. A Spanish side has appeared in the Super Cup for nine of the previous ten years. Additionally, as both teams are from Spain, the Super Cup was guaranteed to be won by a Spanish team for the ninth time in ten seasons and for five consecutive years.

Real Madrid were aiming to win their fifth Super Cup, which would tie them with record-holders Barcelona and Milan, while having won the last two editions, have the chance to become the first team to win three consecutive Super Cups. On the other hand, Atlético Madrid, having won the previous two Super Cups they played in, had the chance to become the first team to win their first three Super Cups.^[10]

This was the tenth Madrid Derby match in European competitions, with all previous nine matches having been in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League. Real Madrid held the advantage with 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats, and have never been knocked out by Atlético Madrid either over two legs or in a one-match decider.

Venue

The Lilleküla Stadium was announced as the final venue on 15 September 2016, following the decision of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting in Athens, Greece. The stadium was known as the "Lilleküla Arena" due to UEFA's sponsorship regulations.^[6]

Pre-match

Ticketing

With a stadium capacity of 13,000 for the match, around 70% of the tickets were available to fans and the general public, available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 5 to 26 June 2018 in three price categories: €130, €90, and €50. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters.^[11]

Match

Officials

On 2 August 2018, UEFA announced that Szymon Marciniak of Poland would officiate the match. Marciniak has been a FIFA referee since 2011, and officiated at UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He was joined by his fellow countrymen, with Paweł Sokolnicki and Tomasz Listkiewicz as assistant referees, Paweł Raczkowski and Tomasz Musiał as additional assistant referees, and Radosław Siejka as reserve assistant referee. The fourth official for the match was Romanian Ovidiu Hațegan.^[2]

Details

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

15 August 2018

22:00 EEST

Real Madrid	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Atlético Madrid
Benzema 27' Ramos 63' (pen.)	Report	Costa 1', 79' Saúl 98' Koke 104'

Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn

Attendance: 12,424^[3]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Real Madrid^[4]

Atlético Madrid^[4]


GK	1	Keylor Navas
RB	2	Dani Carvajal
CB	4	Sergio Ramos (c)	112'
CB	5	Raphaël Varane
LB	12	Marcelo	54'
DM	14	Casemiro		76'
CM	8	Toni Kroos		102'
CM	22	Isco		83'
RF	11	Gareth Bale
CF	9	Karim Benzema
LF	20	Marco Asensio	35'	57'
Substitutes:
GK	13	Kiko Casilla
GK	26	Andriy Lunin
DF	6	Nacho
DF	29	Sergio Reguilón
DF	31	Javi Sánchez
MF	10	Luka Modrić	101'	57'
MF	18	Marcos Llorente
MF	24	Dani Ceballos	90+1'	76'
MF	27	Federico Valverde
FW	17	Lucas Vázquez		83'
FW	21	Borja Mayoral		102'
FW	28	Vinícius Júnior
Manager:
Julen Lopetegui


GK	13	Jan Oblak
RB	20	Juanfran
CB	15	Stefan Savić
CB	2	Diego Godín (c)
LB	21	Lucas Hernandez
RM	11	Thomas Lemar		90+1'
CM	14	Rodri		71'
CM	8	Saúl
LM	6	Koke
CF	19	Diego Costa	62'	109'
CF	7	Antoine Griezmann		57'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Antonio Adán
GK	37	Álex dos Santos
DF	3	Filipe Luís
DF	4	Santiago Arias
DF	24	José Giménez		109'
MF	5	Thomas Partey		90+1'
MF	18	Gelson Martins
MF	23	Vitolo	105+3'	71'
MF	30	Roberto Olabe
FW	9	Nikola Kalinić
FW	10	Ángel Correa	60'	57'
Manager:
Germán Burgos^{[note 1]}