2021 UEFA Super Cup

2021 UEFA Super Cup

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Chelsea win 6–5 on penalties UEFA Report BBC Report
Date	11 August 2021 (2021-08-11)
Venue	Windsor Park, Belfast
Player of the Match	Gerard (Villarreal)
Referee	Sergei Karasev (Russia)
Attendance	10,435
Weather	Partly cloudy 18 °C (64 °F) 59% humidity
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The 2021 UEFA Super Cup was the 46th edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match feature English club Chelsea, the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, and Spanish club Villarreal, the winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League. It was played at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 11 August 2021.

The match was won on penalties by Chelsea after the teams were level after 90 minutes with goals from Hakim Ziyech and Gerard respectively.

Teams

Team	Qualification	Previous participations (bold indicates winners)
Chelsea	Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League	4 (1998, 2012, 2013, 2019)
Villarreal	Winners of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League	None

Host selection

An open bidding process was launched on 28 September 2018 by UEFA to select the venues of the finals of the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2021. Associations had until 26 October 2018 to express interest, and bid dossiers must be submitted by 15 February 2019.

UEFA announced on 1 November 2018 that four associations had expressed interest in hosting the 2021 UEFA Super Cup, and on 22 February 2019 that all four associations submitted their dossiers by the deadline.

Bidding associations for 2021 UEFA Super Cup

Country	Stadium	City	Capacity	Notes
Belarus	Dinamo Stadium	Minsk	22,000
Finland	Olympic Stadium	Helsinki	36,000
Northern Ireland	Windsor Park	Belfast	18,434
Ukraine	Metalist Stadium	Kharkiv	40,003

Windsor Park was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 24 September 2019.

Pre-match

Officials

On 6 August 2021, UEFA named Russian official Sergei Karasev as the referee for the match. Karasev has been a FIFA referee since 2010, and officiated at UEFA Euro 2016, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2020. He will be joined by fellow countrymen Igor Demeshko and Maksim Gavrilin as assistant referees, while Aleksei Kulbakov of Belarus will serve as the fourth official. Marco Fritz of Germany was selected as the video assistant referee (VAR), with Paweł Gil of Poland and Massimiliano Irrati of Italy serving as the assistant VAR officials. Irrati's fellow countryman Filippo Meli was selected as the reserve assistant referee.

Match

Details

The Champions League winners will be designated as the "home" team for administrative purposes.

11 August 2021 (2021-08-11) 20:00 BST	Chelsea	1–1	Villarreal	Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 10,435 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)
	Ziyech  27'	UEFA Report BBC Report	Gerard  73'
		Penalties
	Havertz Azpilicueta Alonso Mount Jorginho Pulisic Rüdiger	6–5	Gerard Mandi Estupiñán Gómez Raba Foyth Albiol

Chelsea

Villarreal

GK 16 Édouard Mendy 119' CB 15 Kurt Zouma 66' CB 14 Trevoh Chalobah CB 2 Antonio Rüdiger 44' RM 20 Callum Hudson-Odoi 82' CM 7 N'Golo Kanté (c) 65' CM 17 Mateo Kovačić LM 3 Marcos Alonso AM 22 Hakim Ziyech 43' AM 29 Kai Havertz CF 11 Timo Werner 65' Substitutes: GK 1 Kepa Arrizabalaga PSO' 119' DF 4 Andreas Christensen 66' DF 6 Thiago Silva DF 21 Ben Chilwell DF 24 Reece James DF 28 César Azpilicueta 82' DF 33 Emerson MF 5 Jorginho 65' MF 10 Christian Pulisic 43' MF 19 Mason Mount 65' FW 9 Tammy Abraham FW 12 Ruben Loftus-Cheek Manager: Thomas Tuchel 45+1'

GK 1 Sergio Asenjo RB 8 Juan Foyth CB 3 Raúl Albiol (c) CB 4 Pau Torres LB 24 Alfonso Pedraza 58' CM 14 Manu Trigueros 70' CM 25 Étienne Capoue 70' CM 18 Alberto Moreno 85' RF 21 Yeremi Pino 61' 91' CF 7 Gerard Moreno LF 16 Boulaye Dia 85' Substitutes: GK 13 Gerónimo Rulli DF 2 Mario Gaspar 70' DF 12 Pervis Estupiñán 58' DF 15 Jorge Cuenca DF 20 Rubén Peña DF 22 Aïssa Mandi 91' MF 6 Manu Morlanes 85' MF 10 Vicente Iborra MF 17 Dani Raba 119' 85' MF 23 Moi Gómez 70' FW 9 Paco Alcácer FW 34 Fer Niño Manager: Unai Emery

Man of the Match: Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) Assistant referees: Igor Demeshko (Russia) Maksim Gavrilin (Russia) Fourth official: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) Reserve assistant referee: Filippo Meli (Italy) Video assistant referee: Marco Fritz (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Massimiliano Irrati (Italy)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Twelve named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time

Statistics

First half Statistic Chelsea Villarreal Goals scored 1 0 Total shots 6 5 Shots on target 3 1 Saves 1 2 Ball possession 61% 39% Corner kicks 4 2 Fouls committed 5 6 Offsides 0 0 Yellow cards 1 0 Red cards 0 0

Second half Statistic Chelsea Villarreal Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 8 5 Shots on target 3 3 Saves 2 3 Ball possession 50% 50% Corner kicks 2 3 Fouls committed 3 4 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Extra time Statistic Chelsea Villarreal Goals scored 0 0 Total shots 7 1 Shots on target 1 0 Saves 0 1 Ball possession 59% 41% Corner kicks 3 0 Fouls committed 2 5 Offsides 2 1 Yellow cards 1 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall Statistic Chelsea Villarreal Goals scored 1 1 Total shots 21 11 Shots on target 7 4 Saves 3 6 Ball possession 56% 44% Corner kicks 9 5 Fouls committed 10 15 Offsides 4 2 Yellow cards 2 2 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2021 UEFA Champions League Final
• 2021 UEFA Europa League Final
• 2021 UEFA Women's Champions League Final

External links

• UEFA Super Cup (official website)
• BBC Report

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