Two clubs looking to capture the 2014 Spanish Super Cup will do battle today in a match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid. The Madrid derby scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ET will be held at Vicente Calderon in Madrid and can be live streamed here free. Additional TV coverage can be found on ESPN Deportes.
The latest chapter in one of Spanish football's most-storied rivalries will be written in the Vicente Calderon this afternoon. Following a 1-1 draw at the Santiago Bernabeu, the final leg of the Spanish Super Cup will crown its preseason king. Should Atletico Madrid ultimately capture it, they will not have deserved it according to Pepe. The Real Madrid center-back believes his rival didn't come to play in the first leg. They came to killed time.
"We go home sad because we wanted to win the game," he said (via Inside Spanish Football). "They didn't deserve a draw, they killed time and all they did was try to prevent us from scoring a goal. In the second half, we came out strong, but they scored on us from a set piece and there was an uncalled penalty as well."
"We're going to try to win at the Calderon, as we did on our own pitch," he added. "We leave feeling good about our performance. Now, we have to rest and clear our minds of the result in order to be stronger for the return leg. We have a lot of quality players who can decide a match."
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Player to Watch: All eyes are on the health of one Cristiano Ronaldo. The reigning FIFA Ballon d'Or winner was forced to exit the first leg at halftime due to a muscle strain. Manager Carlo Ancelotti, however, has deemed him fit to feature in the return leg.
Atletico Madrid's Projected Lineup (4-4-2): Moya; Siqueira, Godín, Miranda, Juanfran; Koke, Gabi, Suarez, Niguez; Mandzukic, Garcia
Real Madrid's Projected Lineup (4-3-3): Casillas; Coentrao, Pepe, Ramos, Carvajal; Modric, Alonso, Kroos; Ronaldo, Benzema, Bale
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (via WhoScored).
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