In the UEFA Super Cup welcome, 2023 Champions League champion Manchester City and Europa League champion Sevilla faced off at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus, Greece.
French referee François Letexier blew the whistle. Manchester City; Ederson, Kyle Walker, Manuel Akanji, Josko Gvardiol, Nathan Ake, Rodri, Mateo Kovacic, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Jack Grealish, Erling Haaland started with the starting eleven. Sevilla’s starting 11 is Bono; Jesus Navas, Loic Bade, Nemanja Gudelj, Marcos Acuna; It consisted of Juan Jordan, Ivan Rakitic, Oliver Torres, Lucas Ocampos, Erik Lamela, Youssef En-Nesyri. Sevilla took the lead 1-0 in the 25th minute with a goal from En-Nesyri, who rose well from the left wing by Acuna in the 25th minute. The first half of the match ended with this score. In the 63rd minute, in the middle of Rodri, Palmer’s head shot met with leather nets and Manchester City brought the balance to the score: 1-1. As there was no other goal in the regular time of the match, it went directly to penalty shootouts.
In the English team, Haaland, Alvarez, Kovacic, Grealish and Walker scored the penalty. In Sevilla, Ocampos, Rafa Mir, Rakitic, Montiel did not make any mistakes in the penalty spot, while Gudelj’s penalty kick returned from the leather round post. After this result, Manchester City, which had a 6-5 advantage over its opponent as a result of penalties, became the owner of the Super Cup.
MANCHESTER CITY’S FIRST SUPER CUP VICTORY
Manchester City took the trophy to the museum by beating Sevilla 6-5 on penalties in the UEFA Super Cup match. After this result, City played this match for the first time in its history and won its first Super Cup title. Sevilla, on the other hand, left the field for the 6th time in the Super Cup match, which it played for the 7th time. The Spanish team only managed to win this cup in 2006.
GUARDIOLA GOES TO HISTORY
Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola broke new ground after his UEFA Super Cup victory. The Spanish coach became the first coach to win the Super Cup with 3 different teams. The 52-year-old coach had previously won this cup with Barcelona in 2009 and 2011, and Bayern Munich in 2013.