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UEFA - 2017 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Tuesday 8 August 2017 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Real CF Matchday 1 - Final Manchester United FC

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1 Real Madrid CF - Manchester United FC Tuesday 8 August 2017 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit , Skopje

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Two of Europe's most decorated clubs will seek to begin the new European season as they ended the last – by lifting silverware, as Real Madrid CF take on Manchester United FC in the UEFA Super Cup in Skopje. • Madrid qualified for their third UEFA Super Cup in four seasons by winning their 12th in on 3 June, defeating Juventus 4-1 in the UEFA Champions League final at the National Stadium of Wales. The Merengues therefore became the first time to defend the in the UEFA Champions League era, and the first team to win successive European Cups since AC Milan in 1989 and 1990. • Furthermore, 's two goals made him the first player to score in three UEFA Champions League finals, and helped Madrid to a third title in four seasons. • United, meanwhile, defeated AFC Ajax 2-0 in the UEFA Europa League final in Stockholm on 24 May, becoming the fifth side to win all three major UEFA club competitions, adding to their three European Cups (1968, 1999, 2008) and the European Cup Winners' Cup success in 1991. • This match will be played in Skopje, the first UEFA club competition final to be held in FYR Macedonia. UEFA Super Cup pedigree Real Madrid • This is Real Madrid's sixth appearance in the UEFA Super Cup (W3 L2); having lost their first two finals, they have won the last three. • The full breakdown of their results is: 1998: Chelsea FC 1-0 Real Madrid (Poyet 83) 2000: Real Madrid 1-2 Galatasaray AŞ (Raúl 79; Jardel 41pen, 102) 2002: Real Madrid 3-1 (Paauwe og 15, 21, 60; Van Hooijdonk 56) 2014: Real Madrid 2-0 Sevilla FC (Ronaldo 30 49) 2016: Real Madrid 3-2aet Sevilla FC (Asensio 21, Ramos 90+3, Carvajal 119; Vázquez 41, Konoplyanka 72p) • Madrid are aiming to become the first team to win successive UEFA Super Cups since AC Milan in 1989 and 1990. • Victory would give Madrid four UEFA Super Cups; only Milan and FC Barcelona, with five apiece, have won more. • Spain have triumphed in the last three UEFA Super Cups, and in seven of the last eight. A Spanish side has not lost to non-Liga opponents since Madrid's defeat by Galatasaray in 2000. • A Madrid win would add to Spain's 13 UEFA Super Cup triumphs to date; Italy have nine with England on seven. Manchester United • United's record in the UEFA Super Cup is W1 L2. • The full breakdown of their results is: 1991: United 1-0 FK Crvena zvezda (McClair 67) 1999: United 0-1 SS Lazio (Salas 35) 2008: United 1-2 FC Zenit (Vidić 73; Pogrebnyak 44, 59) • No English club has won the UEFA Super Cup since Liverpool FC defeated PFC CSKA Moskva in 2005. Since then, United (2008) and Chelsea FC (2012, 2013) have both lost in the match. Previous meetings • This is the sides' 11th meeting, with Madrid having won four and United two with four draws. Madrid have scored 20 goals to United's 16. • All of the previous contests between the clubs have come in the European Cup, with Madrid winning four of their five two-legged ties. The most recent contest, and what would prove to be Sir 's final European tie in charge of United, came in the 2012/13 UEFA Champions League round of 16, Madrid coming through 3-2 on aggregate. The first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu ended 1-1, Cristiano Ronaldo – a United player between 2003 and 2009 – cancelling out Danny Welbeck's 20th-minute opener ten minutes later. • The teams in Madrid on 13 February 2013 were: Real Madrid: Diego López, Arbeloa, Ramos, Varane, Coentrão, Khedira, Alonso (Pepe 84), Özil, Di María (Modrić 75), Benzema (Higuaín 60), Cristiano Ronaldo. Manchester United: De Gea, Rafael, Evans, Ferdinand, Evra, Jones, Carrick, Kagawa (Giggs 64), Rooney (Anderson 84), Welbeck (Valencia 73), Van Persie. • Ronaldo also struck in the return in Manchester, giving Madrid a 2-1 win with a 69th-minute strike. '

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48th-minute own goal had put United in front but, after was sent off in the 56th minute, Luka Modrić levelled ten minutes later. • The teams at on 5 March 2013 were: Manchester United: De Gea, Rafael (Valencia 87), Vidić, Ferdinand, Evra, Carrick, Cleverley (Rooney 73), Giggs, Nani, Welbeck (Young 81), Van Persie. Real Madrid: Diego López, Arbeloa (Modrić 59), Ramos, Varane, Coentrão, Khedira, Alonso, Özil (Pepe 71), Di María (Kaká 45+1), Higuaín, Cristiano Ronaldo. • Ten years earlier, another Ronaldo – the Brazilian forward – had left Old Trafford to a standing ovation having scored a hat-trick to help Madrid to a 6-5 aggregate win in the 2002/03 quarter-finals. United actually won that second leg 4-3, with – who joined Madrid that summer – scoring twice in the final 20 minutes, but bowed out having lost 3-1 in Spain. Zidane played all 180 minutes of the tie, setting up goals for Luís Figo and Raúl González in the first leg. • Madrid ended United's reign as UEFA Champions League holders in the 1999/2000 quarter-finals, winning 3-2 in the second leg in Manchester – Raúl scoring twice – and by the same aggregate score after a goalless first game. • United's sole two-legged triumph against Madrid came in their first victorious European Cup campaign, 1967/68, when the teams met in the semi-finals. George Best scored the only goal of the first game in Manchester, before the English side recovered from 2-0 and 3-1 down to force a 3-3 draw at the Bernabéu. • Madrid, meanwhile, had overcome United, also in the last four, on the way to their second European title in 1956/57. A 3-1 first-leg win in Spain proved decisive, United's second-leg fightback from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at home not enough. Match background Real Madrid • Madrid have lost only one of their last 18 European matches – 2-1 at Club Atlético de Madrid in the 2016/17 UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg, when they went through 4-2 on aggregate – winning 12 and drawing five. • The Merengues are unbeaten in their last ten games against opponents (W7 D3), since a 4-0 loss at Liverpool in the 2008/09 UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg – their record defeat in the UEFA Champions League era. • Their last taste of Premier League opposition came against United's local rivals Manchester City FC in the 2015/16 UEFA Champions League semi-finals, when Madrid won 1-0 in the home second leg and on aggregate. • Madrid's overall record against English clubs is P34 W14 D10 L10 F48 A38. • The Spanish side's record in finals against English teams is W0 L3. They were beaten by Chelsea in the 1970/71 European Cup Winners' Cup final and 1998 UEFA Super Cup, and lost 1-0 to Liverpool in the 1980/81 European Cup final. • Madrid's shoot-out record in European competition is W2 L2: 5-3 v Club Atlético de Madrid, 2015/16 UEFA Champions League final 1-3 v FC Bayern München, 2011/12 UEFA Champions League semi-finals 3-1 v Juventus, 1986/87 European Cup second round 5-6 v FK Crvena zvezda, 1974/75 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals Manchester United • United are unbeaten in their last 11 European matches (W8 D3) since a 2-1 loss at Fenerbahçe SK on matchday four of last season's UEFA Europa League. That reverse in was their fifth in nine matches. • José Mourinho's side got the better of Spanish opposition in last season's UEFA Europa League semi-finals, winning 1-0 at RC Celta de Vigo in the first leg thanks to a free-kick, and going through 2-1 on aggregate with a 1-1 home draw, scored for United. • That win in Vigo means United have now won two of their last ten matches against Spanish clubs, with four draws and four defeats in that time. The Red Devils have also won five of their last 21 matches with Liga opposition (D9 L7). • United have played 49 times against Liga clubs, with the record W13 D20 L16 F61 A68. • United have contested three finals with Spanish sides – all against FC Barcelona. They were 2-1 winners in the 1990/91 European Cup Winners' Cup final in Rotterdam but lost 2-0 in 2008/09 in Rome and 3-1 in in 2010/11, both in the UEFA Champions League. • United's record in three UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W1 L2: 6-5 v Chelsea FC (2007/08 UEFA Champions League final)

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3-4 v FC Torpedo Moskva (1992/93 UEFA Cup first round) 4-5 v Videoton FC (1984/85 UEFA Cup quarter-finals) Coach and player links • Mourinho was Real Madrid coach from 2010 to 2013, winning the Liga title in 2012 – with a record 100 points – to add to the Copa del Rey claimed the previous year. He also guided the club to the UEFA Champions League semi- finals in all three of his seasons in charge. • Zidane played in both legs of Madrid's 2002/03 win against United, but as a Juventus player he suffered elimination at United's hands in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League semi-finals. He scored in the Bianconeri's 3-2 loss at Old Trafford in October 1997; his overall record as a player against United was W4 D1 L3. • Cristiano Ronaldo was a Manchester United player between 2003 and 2009, winning three Premier League titles, the FA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Champions League. • played for Atlético Madrid from 2009 to 2011, facing Real Madrid five times and losing every game. • was at from 2008 to 2011 and then Athletic Club until 2014. He drew one of his games against Real Madrid and lost the other five. • spent four years with Madrid's academy but never played for the first team. He moved to Valencia CF in 2007 and scored in a 3-0 win against his former club in 2009. • 's second appearance for Villarreal CF was in a 1-1 draw at Madrid on 1 March 2015; he appeared in both Liga games between the side the following season, with both clubs winning their home game. • scored in Tottenham Hotspur's 3-2 win at United on 29 September 2012 – Spurs' first victory at Old Trafford in 23 years. • Bale was at Tottenham between 2007 and 2013; Luka Modrić was at from 2008 to 2012. • was in the FC Bayern München side that beat United 4-2 on aggregate in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. • faced Real Madrid three times with AFC Ajax and lost heavily on each occasion; 3-0 at home in 2011/12 and 4-1 home and away the following season, all in the UEFA Champions League group stage. • 's side were knocked out of the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League by Madrid despite a 2-0 home win in the quarter-final second leg; they had been beaten 3-0 in Spain. • helped Juventus eliminate Madrid from the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League, featuring in a 1-1 second-leg draw at the Bernabéu. • International team-mates: David de Gea, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata & , Sergio Ramos, , Nacho (Spain) Paul Pogba and Raphäel Varane (France)

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Statistics The statistics provided throughout this document are based on the all-time records of the competing clubs in UEFA club competition.

UEFA club competition: These are the official statistics considered valid for communicating official records in UEFA club competitions defined as the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Super Cup (from the 1973 competition), the UEFA Intertoto Cup and the European/South American Cup.

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Team facts Goals for/against: Goals totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (eg. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored from the penalty mark during a penalty shoot-out after a tie ended in a draw. Competitions Competition stages Other abbreviations F: Final GS: Group stage (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties GS1: First group stage GS2: Second group stage No.: Number og: Own goal 3QR: Third qualifying round R1: First round ag: Match decided on away P: Penalty R2: Second round R3: Third round goals agg: Aggregate R4: Fourth round PR: Preliminary round Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances SF: Semi-finals QF: Quarter-finals Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition R16: round of 16 QR: Qualifying round Pts: Points D: Drawn R32: Round of 32 1QR: First qualifying round R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth 1st: first leg 2QR: Second qualifying Res.: Result ET: Extra Time round sg: Match decided by silver GA: Goals against 2nd: second leg FT: Final tournament goal t: Match decided by toss of a PO: Play-off ELITE: Elite round coin Rep: Replay 3rdPO: Third-place play-off GF: Goals for W: Won PO - FT: Play-off for Final GS-FT: Group stage – final gg: Match decided by golden Y: Booked Tournament tournament goal L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow Nat.: Nationality cards) N/A: Not applicable f: Match forfeited Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended SCUP: Total appearances in the UEFA Super Cup UEFA: All-time total appearances in UEFA club competition including qualifying Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com.

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