The growing rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid will experience a new episode in the women's Spanish Super Cup. Both teams have been paired in the semifinals to be held at the Romano José Fouto Stadium in Mérida in January, in the fourth edition of the tournament with the final four format.
It will be the second time that the azulgranas and the white team face each other this season in a tournament in which they had already met. The question will be knowing how they will face that semifinal after the friction that occurred in the F League game, the result of the tensions that have been experienced since 15 Spanish players (mostly from Barça) resigned from the national team while Jorge Vilda continues and does not substantial changes occur.
The draw was held this Wednesday in Mérida, in an act that included the presidents of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales; and from the Junta de Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, among others. The president of the Extremadura Football Federation, Pedro Rocha; and the mayor of Mérida, Antonio Rodríguez Osuna.
The other semifinal will be Real Sociedad-Sporting de Huelva, the first. It will be played on Wednesday, January 18, at 7:00 p.m., and the next day Barcelona and Real Madrid will face each other at the same time. The winners of both games will play the final on Sunday, January 22 at twelve in the morning.
The appointment to decide the title will bring together Barcelona, current champion of the League and the Queen's Cup, Sporting de Huelva, as runner-up in the cup tournament, Real Sociedad, runner-up in the League, and Real Madrid, as third in the regular competition. undefined
With this new format, Barcelona dominates the competition's record with two Super Cups and for Real Madrid, Real Sociedad and Sporting de Huelva it could be the first title in their history.
In their speeches, Rubiales and Fernández Vara thanked, respectively, the support of the Junta de Extremadura and the Spanish Football Federation, as reflected in the celebration of this and other championships. Rubiales, who has pointed out that Mérida is "a spectacular city", has stressed that when he came to office he reactivated the Women's Super Cup, which had only been held from 1997 to 2000.
He has emphasized the progress that women's football is experiencing since he became president four and a half years ago, since the chips have gone from 44,000 to close to 100,000, almost ten percent of the total, and the objective is to overcome 120,000 in 2023.
Fernández Vara has also highlighted the advancement of women's football and, although she would like to have an elite team from Extremadura, if she has a choice, she prefers to have a strong base. "It will be sooner rather than later when we see a women's world championship", added Fernández Vara, who, although he is "very culé", has considered that the arrival of Real Madrid has been "magnificent news".
The president of Extremadura has pointed out that this Super Cup is an example for girls who are starting out in this sport, has warned that every day there are more girls in the stands, and has advocated that the female tokens continue to increase "up and down". .
The mayor stressed that Mérida is a "very soccer-friendly city" and that its stadium has a pitch in "magnificent conditions", as demonstrated in the recent derby against Badajoz, despite the "deluge" that had fallen. Rodríguez Osuna has been "very proud" of the three women's soccer teams that the city has, although "there are barely a hundred chips", and has invited the fans to fill the stadium so that the players are covered.
