It did not change European Football Association UEFA Article 12 of the 2024 UEFA Super Cup rules regarding extra time and penalty kicks in the event of a draw at the end of regular time.
And meets real madrid The Spaniard will play with Atalanta of Italy in the 2024 European Super Cup at the National Stadium in the Polish capital, Warsaw, to win the first official title in the new 2024-25 season at the UEFA tournament level.
Extra time to continue to be cancelled in the 2024 European Super Cup
There were questions about whether extra time would be used or whether the match would go straight to a penalty shootout, which was decided by UEFA regulations.
UEFA explained that Article 12 of the European Super Cup matches stipulates that if the match ends in a draw during regular time, there will be no extra time, but rather it will go directly to penalty kicks.
UEFA has taken this decision since the last edition, which was played by Manchester City and Sevilla, which the English team won on penalties. Before that, 12 Super Cup finals ended in extra time, the last of which was in 2021, when Chelsea faced Villarreal; the match ended 1-1 and the English team won on penalties.
Real Madrid enters the match as the Champions League champions last season at the expense of Borussia Dortmund German, while Atalanta is the holder of the European League Cup, after defeating Bayer Leverkusen, the German league champion.
Real Madrid’s delegation travelled to the Polish capital, Warsaw, on Tuesday, August 13, 24 hours before the anticipated match against Atalanta.
This will be the third competitive match between Real Madrid and Atalanta, as they previously met in the round of 16 of the 2020-21 Champions League, when the royal team won both legs, with a clean goal in Bergamo in the first leg, and a score of (3-1) in Madrid in the second leg.
When is the European Super Cup match between Real Madrid and Atalanta?
The UEFA Super Cup match will be played between Atalanta Real Madrid on August 14, at 10 pm Mecca time, at the PGE Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw, the capital of Poland.
