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Barcelona starting XI against Real Madrid in the Super Cup final

Barcelona fields a strong lineup featuring Lamine Yamal as they contest their record 16th Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid in the fourth consecutive final meeting.

  • On Jan 11, 2026, Hansi Flick, Barcelona head coach, named a starting XI including Eric García and Robert Lewandowski for the Super Cup final at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah, kicking off at 7pm GMT.
  • After the 5-0 semifinal win, Hansi Flick, Barcelona head coach, kept the side largely unchanged, with Lamine Yamal returning for Roony Bardghji, who leaves with squad number 19.
  • At fullback, Jules Koundé and Alejandro Balde are tasked with containing Vinícius Júnior and Rodrygo, while Eric García partners Pau Cubarsí at centre-back, allowing Frenkie de Jong to play defensive midfielder.
  • Barcelona clinched a record-extending 16th Spanish Super Cup title at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium on Sunday as Raphinha scored a brace and Robert Lewandowski also found the net.
  • Historically, the Spanish Super Cup began as a two-team contest in 1982 and expanded to a four-team format in 2019, with this match marking the fourth consecutive final between Barcelona and Real Madrid.
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Lamine Yamal won her second Spanish Super Cup in a row after FC Barcelona won Real Madrid. Despite the collective success, the extreme culé has not shone as expected on the individual plane. He did not play in the semifinal before the Athletic Club nor was he successful in the Classic of the final. After a season in which he brushed the Golden Ball, Lamine faces a course in which he must endorse his status as a superstar. For the former goalkeep…

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FC Barcelona came to the Supercup of Spain as the champion of the Copa del Rey and LaLiga. Both of them were won to Real Madrid and I still use a shirt with a dart straight to their archrival.And it is that FC Barcelona premiered a shirt for this Supercup of Spain that for the first time we saw it before the Athletic Club, instead of Real Madrid. It was customary that this trophy was among the winners of Spain, but the format changed, and yes, i…

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The final of the Supercup in Yeda was moving forward with tension, slowness and the permanent feeling that any detail could break the balance. Until the 37th minute, the goal of Raphinha, the script had turned little by little towards the side of FC Barcelona, but then it went crazy, until it ended with tie to two in the rest.The beginning confirmed what was intuited in the previous one. Barcelona wanted to take possession of the ball from the f…

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AS broke the news in Spain on Sunday, January 11, 2026.
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