The Reliable bookmaker announces the match between the Champions League and Europa League winners for the first European trophy of the 2024/2025 season on August 14.
Awaiting Mbappe’s debut
Real can win the UEFA Super Cup for the sixth time and become the sole record holder — currently, the Madrid team shares the lead with Barcelona and Milan. In the Champions League, Los Blancos have won nine consecutive finals, while they are not so good in the Super Cup. They left the pitch defeated in 1998, 2000, and 2018.
Carlo Ancelotti has said Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham are ready to appear in the starting XI against Atalanta. However, the French and the English have not played a single game during pre-season, as have Dani Carvajal, Fede Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga, Aurélien Tchouaméni, and Ferland Mendy.
It is obvious that most of Real Madrid’s players are not in perfect shape, and the club has not forced the preparation for the Super Cup. However, Ancelotti has come out of much more difficult situations with honor, and his ability to say the right words can help to make heroes of those who have not yet entered the starting line-up, such as Arda Güler, Brahim Diaz, or another newcomer, Endrick. And remember that Luka Modric strongly refuses to get old.
The peak of the club’s history
It is how Bergamo coach Gian Piero Gasperini described the match for the Super Cup. Atalanta became the only team to beat Bayer in the 2023/2024 season in the Europa League final, having previously crushed Liverpool at Anfield. Now, they want to bask in the rays of European glory for as long as possible.
Gasperini has taught his players not to acknowledge authority, to be in excellent physical condition, and to maintain high intensity during the match. Given Real’s specific preparation for the new season, Atalanta’s jokers can beat the Madrid aces.
The Goddess squad remained almost unchanged in the off-season – Gasperini suspended Teun Koopmeiners, who does not hide his desire to move to Juventus. The main transfer of the summer was forced – due to a severe injury to Gianluca Scamacca, they had to buy Italian national team forward Mateo Retegui. The newcomer from Genoa is unlikely to learn Gasperini’s requirements quickly. Therefore, Atalanta’s main hope in attack will be the author of the hat-trick in the Europa League final, Ademola Lookman.
Head-to-head matches
Real Madrid confidently defeated Atalanta in the Champions League round of 16 in 2021, 1- 0 away and 3-1 at home.