Hello everybody and welcome in to this live blog for the 2022 UEFA Super Cup between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt.

As is the case every year, the new UEFA season gets up and running with this showdown between the winners of the previous campaign's Champions League and Europa League, so Real Madrid will be taking on the German side for this trophy.

The match is taking place at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland, kicking off at 22:00 local time, which is 21:00 CEST in Spain and in Germany or 20:00 BST in the United Kingdom.

We'll have news from the build-up and then minute-by-minute UEFA Super Cup updates once the game starts, so follow them below, with the most recent entries coming nearest the top.

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The UEFA Super Cup is always a fun event and it often produces dramatic moments, as was the case last year when Villarreal took Chelsea all the way to penalties.

In fact, the UEFA Super Cup has gone to extra time in each of the past four editions, including the 2018 one when Atletico Madrid defeated Real Madrid in that extra period.

Luka Modric brought up that defeat in the pre-UEFA Super Cup press conference and insisted that he wants to enjoy a better result on this occasion.

Real Madrid will feel confident given how unbeatable they were in the Champions League last season.

Although Carlo Ancelotti warned his players not to underestimate Eintracht Frankfurt, they did lose 6-1 at home last weekend when they faced Bayern Munich in their Bundesliga opener.

Karim Benzema will have been licking his lips when watching those highlights, keen to do some damage of his own once Michael Oliver, the English referee, blows his whistle to start this Wednesday evening's contest.