European Super Cup final won’t feature extra time

This year’s European Super Cup final, which will be played between Manchester City and Sevilla on August 16 in Athens, will be without extra time, UEFA decided, according to Marca.

This will be the first Super Cup final in which there will not be two overtimes of 15 minutes in the event of a tie in regular time, but it will go straight to a penalty shootout. The aim is to save extra effort on the part of the footballers during a period when the temperatures in Greece can be very high.

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Sevilla won this year’s Europa League after beating Roma in the final in Budapest on penalties, but the two teams played extra time before that.

Sevilla have also won one European Super Cup, beating Barcelona at the start of the 2006/07 season. Manchester City will be debutants in this competition after winning their first European trophy – the Champions League after defeating Inter 1-0 in Istanbul.