Keys and novelties of the Spanish Supercup

The second edition of the Supercopa of Spain in his format 'final four' will begin this Wednesday with the clash between the FC Barcelona and the Real Sociedad in the New stadium Archangel of Córdoba. In this opportunity, the tournament will see some changes regarding the edition of the past year, celebrated in Saudi Arabia, in which the Real Madrid proclaimed champion.

The first modification, more than evident, is that the tournament will go back to celebrate in Spain. In 2020 they contested the three parties in the King Abdullah Sports City of Yeda but, in the middle of the pandemia of the coronavirus, has decided that the tournament contest in three cities of Andalucia. First, Córdoba will receive the semifinal between the culés and 'txuri-urdines', whereas the Real Madrid and Athletic of Bilbao will cross in the Rosaleda, in Málaga. The final, the Sunday 17, will contest in The Cartuja, Seville.

The decision that the tournament contest in three different stadiums has ocasionado more modifications in the tournament. For example, as it aims the newspaper 'ACE', will not be available the Eye of Falcon, that had been a novelty in the Supercopa of 2020. The technology warns to the instant to the referees if the spherical has happened the line of goal in the goal and had been the big revolution in the past edition. The before quoted source explains that, as they are three distinct headquarters, was díficil install 14 cameras in each field and that the FIFA certified each enclosure for his use.

The last novelty, by the moment, is that there will be VAR "to the style Champions League" regarding infrastructure, of agreement to the information of 'ACE'. In LaLiga, the videoarbitraje operates from Brush Them, whereas in the maximum competition to level of clubs the Room VOR, where find the operators and collegiate reviewing constantly the played, is out of each stadium.

Doubts regarding the use of the VAR

In addition to that the videoarbitraje has been questioned by his fault of consistency regarding the decisions that take (and do not take ), in the Supercopa of Spain will have more reasons to observe with a lupa the actions of the VAR. No longer only it will be a conditioning the interpretation of the played by part of the referees, but also the operation of the system like such.

In the New Arcángel or The Caruja never has arbitrated with VAR, by what are not prepared to connect directly with the Room VOR situated in the City of the Football of Brush Them, main reason by which will have mobile units out of the stadium. From 'ACE' also aim that it still does not know if they will have two officials of First reviewing the played, or with one more an assistant. The designations, as in LaLiga, will announce 48 hours before.