El Clasico: Old foes clash again

Barcelona and Real Madrid are set to meet in the Spanish Super Cup on Wednesday night. Real emerged victorious first time around in October, leaving Camp Nou with a 2-1 win that sent them top of LaLiga.

The old foes clash again to contest the first of the semifi nals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a place in the grand fi nal on Sunday on the line.

Atletico Madrid meet Athletic Bilbao in the other semifi nal on Thursday night. Madrid has been in great form heading into Saudi Arabia, with the team leading the Spanish league behind a superb start to the season from its attacking duo of Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior.

Barcelona appears to be back on track after restructuring its finances and showing signs of improvement on the field under coach Xavi Hernandez.