LUEFA is a box of surprises. Next August 16 Seville and Manchester City will play the Final of the European Super Cup in Athens. The two champions, of the Europa League and Champions League respectively, will face each other in the first major European game of the 2023-24 season. The Georgios Karaiskakis stadium (home of Olympiacos), host the first major official duel of the season.
And it comes with a surprise. For this match, UEFA has introduced an important change in the regulations. If the clash arrives with a tie at the end of the 90 minutes, there will be no extra time and it will go directly to the penalty shootout. This measure is introduced with the aim of avoiding possible overexertion of the players in a scenario in which the temperatures can be extreme.
This way, be the first final of this competition to be played without extra time. Until last year, the course of the game, extra time and penalties was the usual. In this way, S.villa FC and Manchester City will be the clubs in charge of launching this modification.
It should be remembered that The team from Seville got their seventh Europa League in Budapest in the penalty shootout thanks to the good work of goalkeeper Bono. Sevilla FC has won four European titles through this route (three times in the Final). The Andalusians already have one of these trophies in their palmars, they got it in the duel played in Monaco against Barcelonain the 2006-07 season.
