The 2010 UEFA Super Cup was the 35th UEFA Super Cup, between the reigning champions of the two club competitions organised by the European football governing body UEFA: the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. It took place at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 27 August 2010. It was contested by Inter Milan, who won the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, and Atlético Madrid, who won the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League. Neither side had previously competed in the UEFA Super Cup. As part of a trial that started in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, two extra officials – one on each goal line – were used in this match.
Background For the first time since Chelsea played Real Madrid in 1998, both teams were playing in their first UEFA Super Cup. Inter Milan reached the Super Cup as winners of the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, having beaten Bayern Munich 2–0 in the final at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, while Atlético Madrid beat Fulham 2–1 in the 2010 UEFA Europa League Final at the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg to claim their first major European honour since the 1962 Cup Winners' Cup and their place in the Super Cup. Although the 2009–10 Champions League was not Inter's first European title, the Super Cup was not established until eight years after their last European Cup win in 1965 and the UEFA Cup winners did not qualify for the Super Cup until after the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was disestablished in 1999 (Inter last won the UEFA Cup in 1998); they have never won the Cup Winners' Cup. Atlético's 1962 Cup Winners' Cup win also came before the establishment of the Super Cup.
Inter and Atlético Madrid had never played against each other in European competition, and both teams had exact 50% records against teams from the other's country: in 37 matches against Spanish opposition, Inter had both won and lost 13 matches, with the remaining 11 ending as draws, while Atlético had won six, lost six and drawn two matches against Italian opposition.
Venue and ticketing The Stade Louis II in Monaco has been the venue for the UEFA Super Cup every year since 1998. Built in 1985, the stadium is also the home of AS Monaco, who play in the French league system.
Approximately 30% of the 18,500 seats in the stadium were reserved for fans of each of the two teams involved; these tickets were available from the two clubs. Approximately 1,500 of the remaining tickets went on sale to the general public via the UEFA website on 5 July 2010; applications closed on 16 July. If the number of applications exceeds the number of tickets available, a random ballot will occur to determine ticket allocation.
Match Details
GK 1 Júlio CésarRB 13 MaiconCB 25 Walter Samuel CB 6 LúcioLB 26 Cristian ChivuCM 5 Dejan Stanković CM 4 Javier Zanetti (c)CM 19 Esteban CambiassoAM 10 Wesley Sneijder AM 9 Samuel Eto'oCF 22 Diego MilitoSubstitutes:GK 12 Luca CastellazziDF 2 Iván CórdobaDF 23 Marco MaterazziMF 17 McDonald MarigaMF 29 Philippe Coutinho FW 27 Goran Pandev FW 88 Jonathan BiabianyManager: Rafael Benítez GK 13 David de GeaRB 17 Tomáš UjfalušiCB 21 Luis PereaCB 15 Diego GodínLB 18 Álvaro DomínguezDM 12 Paulo AssunçãoRW 19 José Antonio Reyes AM 8 Raúl García LW 20 Simão (c) CF 10 Sergio AgüeroCF 7 Diego Forlán Substitutes:GK 27 Joel RoblesDF 3 Antonio LópezMF 4 Mario SuárezMF 6 Ignacio Camacho MF 9 José Manuel Jurado MF 11 Fran Mérida FW 22 Diego CostaManager: Quique Sánchez Flores Man of the Match: José Antonio Reyes (Atlético Madrid)
Assistant referees: Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) Manuel Navarro (Switzerland) Fourth official: Sascha Kever (Switzerland) Additional assistant referees: Stéphan Studer (Switzerland) Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Statistics
+First halfStatisticInter MilanAtlético MadridGoals scored00Total shots55Shots on target00Saves00Ball possession46%54%Corner kicks43Fouls committed68Offsides31Yellow cards00Red cards00
+Second halfStatisticInter MilanAtlético MadridGoals scored02Total shots67Shots on target27Saves51Ball possession59%41%Corner kicks51Fouls committed613Offsides21Yellow cards12Red cards00
+OverallStatisticInter MilanAtlético MadridGoals scored02Total shots1112Shots on target27Saves51Ball possession52%48%Corner kicks94Fouls committed1221Offsides51Yellow cards12Red cards00
See also 2010–11 UEFA Champions League 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2010–11 Atlético Madrid season 2010–11 Inter Milan season Atlético Madrid in European football Inter Milan in international football
References
External links 2010 UEFA Super Cup, UEFA.com