Who Will Reign in the Spanish Super Cup? Real Madrid and Barcelona Meet for the 10th Time in the Final, with Real Madrid Winning 7 Times Previously In the early hours of January 10, Beijing time, the second semi-final of the 2025 Spanish Super Cup saw Real Madrid defeat Mallorca 3-0. The previous day, another semi-final ended with Barcelona eliminating Athletic Bilbao 2-0. Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet in the final to compete for the championship trophy on the morning of January 13, Beijing time. The Spanish Super Cup was first held in 1982. At the end of the season, the La Liga champions and Copa del Rey champions faced each other in a two-legged home-and-away match, with the team with the highest aggregate score winning the title. If one team wins both La Liga and the Copa del Rey, the runner-up of the Copa del Rey will take their place. The current format began in 2019, becoming a cross-year event that includes the runners-up of La Liga and the Copa del Rey, increasing the number of participating teams to four. From 1982 to 2024, the Spanish Super Cup has officially been held 40 times. The team with the most titles is Barcelona, with specific achievements of 14 championships and 12 runner-ups. Second is Real Madrid with 13 championships and 5 runner-ups. Athletic Bilbao and Deportivo La Coruna have both won 3 times, Atletico Madrid twice, and Valencia, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Mallorca, and Real Sociedad once each. According to ESPN statistics, this will be the 10th time Real Madrid and…

On January 9th at midnight Beijing time, the curtain will rise on the 2024-25 Spanish Super Cup, with Barcelona taking the lead in the semi-finals against Athletic Bilbao, followed by reigning champions Real Madrid the next day in their semi-final match against Mallorca. Barcelona and Real Madrid, the "two giants of the West Super", are naturally the favorites to win the title, but who will come out on top? If it were the Barcelona team from two months ago, they would certainly be worth betting on. At that time, Flick's team first defeated their nemesis Bayern Munich 4-1 at home in the Champions League, then swept their arch-rival Real Madrid 4-0 away in La Liga, becoming the talk of the town. However, if it's the current Barcelona, they can even lose at home in La Liga to a relegation-threatened team, so making it to the final of the West Super Cup is questionable. Real Madrid's squad strength is still above Barcelona's, but their performance is also inconsistent, compounded by long-term injuries and personnel shortages. If the opponent in the final of the West Super Cup is Barcelona, the outcome is really unpredictable. Before Flick took over, Barcelona had lost four consecutive official matches to Real Madrid. In last season's West Super Cup final, Barcelona under Xavi suffered a crushing 1:4 defeat to Real Madrid. If they meet in the final, it will be a revenge match for both sides. Barcelona wants to avenge their crushing defeat in last season's West Super Cup final, while Real Madrid wants to avenge their…