Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 8:11 p.m.
| Updated 8:34 p.m.
Changes in the Spanish Super Cup. The effects caused on the calendar of professional competitions by the tragic DANA that hit the Valencian Community and Castilla-La Mancha with special virulence have led the Spanish Football Federation (FEF) to modify the order of the two semifinals of a tournament which will be held again in Saudi Arabia.
Those in charge of opening the fire will finally be Barça and Athletic, who will play the first semi-final on Wednesday, January 8 at 10:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m. in mainland Spain), while Real Madrid-Mallorca, which was initially going to be played that day will be celebrated on Thursday the 9th at the same time.
This was reported this Tuesday by the FEF, after the sole judge of non-professional competitions resolved in this regard with the aim of collaborating in the readjustment of the calendars due to the setbacks caused by DANA.
The modification of the dates responds to the need to fit the Valencia-Real Madrid match corresponding to the twelfth matchday of the League into a very saturated calendar. The match was going to be played on November 2 at Mestalla, but it had to be postponed due to the storm that hit the Valencian Community extremely harshly.
Problem with the collective agreement
Everything indicates that this match could finally be held on Thursday, January 2, as suggested by the sole judge of professional competitions, which is why the semifinal that will pit Real Madrid against Mallorca is delayed to the 9th of the first month of 2025 in order to allow the Chamartín team to have adequate breaks in case that hypothetical date for the duel against Valencia ends up being set. It must also be taken into account that January 5 is reserved for the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey.
However, for Valencia-Real Madrid to be played on January 2, the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) will have to give its approval, given that the Spanish football collective agreement establishes that matches of any kind cannot be scheduled. official competition between December 23, 2024 and January 2, 2025.
The Spanish Super Cup will be held in the city of Jeddah, specifically at the Rey Abadalah Stadium, and the two top finishers from the last League, Real Madrid and Barça, will participate, as well as the two finalists from the last edition of the Copa del Rey, Athletic and Mallorca.
