UEFA Super Cup 2018: Interesting facts to know about Atletico Madrid and Real Ma

Real Madrid football team

Real Madrid is the only team apart from AC Milan to have won successive UEFA Super Cups. Their next win at the UEFA Super Cup 2018 could make them the only team to win 3 times in a row

Real Madrid has never been beaten by Atletico Madrid in the finals of a UEFA game

Real Madrid's new signing Thibaut Courtois has played 111 games for Atletico Madrid when he was sent on a 3 season loan by Chelsea, his former team

Already holding a record for winning three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles, Real Madrid are looking for their third consecutive UEFA Super Cup victory this week

For the first time in 43 years of the UEFA Super Cup, two teams of the same city will face each other in the finals

This is the fourth time in the last five editions of the Super Cup that will see two Spanish teams battling it out for the trophy

The 2018 UEFA Super Cup final is to be held in Estonia, who for the first time are hosting a European club final in the history of the country

A win by either teams in this final would be a 15th guaranteed win for Spain as a nation in UEFA competition, the most by any country

This will be the first title Real Madrid will chase after the controversial arrival of Julen Lopetegui as the manager

Watch UEFA Super Cup 2018 match between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid live and exclusive on SONY TEN 2 and SONY TEN 2 HD on 16th August 2018 from12:30 AM onwards.

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