Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - January 11, 2025 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Jan 11 (EFE).-Real Madrid and Barcelona will battle it out for the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday, with the added incentive of not only being the first title of the year,

Today’s Spanish Supercopa final between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah is the most visible symbol of a fast-developing link between Spanish football and Saudi Arabia. Now in its fifth year, the ‘Saudi Supercopa’ is considered by some as the cherry on top of a mutually beneficial relationship.

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After losing 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, Madrid has a run of three home games over seven days. The home run begins on Thursday against Celta Vigo in the Copa del Rey last 16. Las Palmas visits on Sunday in La Liga then Salzburg on Jan. 22 in the Champions League.

All that was needed was a good game of football – and boy, did it deliver. Saudi Arabia has created a welcome habit of staging memorable Clásicos since assuming Super Cup hosting duties in 2020, but even by the Kingdom’s previous high standards, this was something else.

Get the latest team updates, projected lineup and key matchups for the Spanish Super Cup final between Real Madrid and Barcelona in Jeddah.

While the first 2025 Spanish Super Cup semifinal in Saudi Arabia drew 39,000 spectators and the second nearly 47,000, the prospect of Real Madrid and Barcelona facing each other in El Clásico in the final changes everything.

Following Real Madrid's 3-0 victory in the Spanish Super Cup semifinals over Mallorca on Thursday, the first El Clasico of 2025 is here in quite an occasion. Jude Bellingham netted the winning goal to set up the meeting between the two rivals as Los Blancos will face Barcelona after they took care of Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday by a 2-0 margin with Gavi and Lamine Yamal scoring.

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Barcelona spent most of last week in Saudi Arabia for the Spanish Supercup, coming out victorious over rivals Real Madrid in emphatic fashion. That will add a few million euros to their accounts, but

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