In the land of 1000 lakes and Santa Claus, the first European title of the new season will be decided tonight as Real Madrid take on Eintracht Frankfurt in the Super Cup final in Finland and at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.
The venue turns 50 this year as the Champions League queen chases her fifth trophy, held by Barcelona and Milan, against pioneer Eintracht Frankfurt, who celebrated last year’s Europa League win.
This is the first official game for Real Madrid, while the Eagles suffered a heavy 6-1 home defeat to Bayern Munich a few days ago in the Bundesliga premiere match.
This year’s final can also be described as groundbreaking as UEFA and FIFA will test a semi-automatic offside system in which boundary detection technology and cameras placed all over the pitch provide referees with accurate information in seconds. It is estimated that the decision-making time will be reduced from 70 to 25 seconds.
Source: Kathimerini
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