Both Barcelona and Real Madrid have some notable omissions from their lineups for the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup. First choice left back Jordi Alba is sitting out for Barcelona, as is central defender Carles Puyol. Adriano and Javier Mascherano play in their places. Real Madrid have dropped Gonzalo Higuain and Angel Di Maria, and they're replaced by Karim Benzema and Jose Maria Callejon. Pepe is out injured and Raul Albiol takes his place in the center of defense for Los Blancos.
Barcelona Vs. Real Madrid, 2012 Spanish Super Cup: Lineups
Barcelona Lineup (4-3-3): Victor Valdes; Adriano, Gerard Pique, Javier Mascherano, Daniel Alves; Sergio Busquets, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta; Alexis Sanchez, Lionel Messi, Pedro Rodriguez
Real Madrid Lineup (4-2-3-1): Iker Casillas; Fabio Coentrao, Raul Albiol, Sergio Ramos, Alvaro Arbeloa; Xabi Alonso, Sami Khedira; Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Özil, Jose Maria Callejon; Karim Benzema
Kickoff is at 4:30 p.m. ET from Camp Nou. You can catch the game on either ESPN Deportes or ESPN3, and we’ll have live coverage right here.
We’ll have updates throughout the day and live coverage of the match in our Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, 2012 Spanish Super Cup StoryStream. For more on the Blaugrana, head over to FC Barcelona blog Barca Blaugranes. For more on Los Blancos, check out Real Madrid blog Managing Madrid. For more from around the world of football, follow @SBNationSoccer on twitter.
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