Athletistic/ Football. One of the main trophies in the Old World is the UEFA Super Cup. Each year, two European teams compete in August. Teams that won the Champions League and UEFA Europa League last season are competing for the Super Cup. In 2023, the UEFA Super Cup match was held in Piraeus, Greece. Met “Manchester City” and “Seville”.
The main time of the match ended in a 1:1 draw. In the 25th minute, Youssef En-Nesiri gave the lead to the Spanish team. However, in the 63rd minute, Cole Palmer equalized the score. As a result, a penalty shootout was designated. There, the English team won – 5:4. Thus, “Manchester City” became the winner of the UEFA Super Cup.
Manchester City win the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in their history
Manchester City took part in the UEFA Super Cup for the first time. Before that, the team hadn’t won the European Cup. In the 2022/2023 season, the citizens became the winners of the UEFA Champions League, and now they won the UEFA Super Cup at the first try
The English team have won the UEFA Super Cup for the second time since 2021
Then the London “Chelsea” became the owner of the trophy. In the match for the UEFA Super Cup, the capital’s team also beat the Spanish team Villarreal with the score of 1:1 (6:5 pen.). Real Madrid won the trophy last year.
For the first time since 1991, a Manchester team wins the UEFA Super Cup
There are two big teams in Manchester. And if “Manchester City” took part in the UEFA Super Cup for the first time, then “Manchester United” fought for the trophy more than once. In 1991 Manchester United won the UEFA Super Cup. They beat Crvena Zvezda on aggregate. Manchester United went on to miss the trophy three times. In 1999, the Reds lost to Lazio, in 2008 to Zenit, and in 2017 to Real Madrid.
Sevilla lost the UEFA Super Cup for the fifth consecutive time
The only time the team won this trophy was in 2006. Then with the score 3:0 they beat “Barcelona”. After that, the Spanish team suffered five straight defeats. In 2007, Sevilla lost to AC Milan, in 2014 to Real Madrid, in 2015 to Barcelona, in 2016 again to Real Madrid, and in 2020 – Bayern.
Yaroslav Pyatikh, Athletistic
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