Minute-by-minute updates from the final, kicking off at 6pm GMTSupercopa’s Saudi adventure given short shrift by fansLive scoreboard: all Sunday’s latest scores and resultsAnd you can email Daniel here or tweet him here 5.04pm GMT Our Super Cup final starting XI! #RMSuperCopa | #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/JlVKoepGUT[] LINE-UP1⃣1⃣ players representing the Atleti Family‼❕‼⚪#AúpaAtleti | #RealMadridAtleti | #Supercopa2020 | pic.twitter.com/u1J7VU8J22 4.27pm GMT
![Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid: Spanish Supercopa final – live!](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/570a12187e80c538a2ade60a852af82e524f5e57/0_135_3742_2245/master/3742.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=df9be1ff042286606ff0586eafb28769)
Why. Why? Why! WHY?! Yet here we are.
Without wanting to get too meta, for this is surely not a preamble about writing a preamble, it’s impossible to pick out the key element of this match in a hilarious, stylish and intensely poignant manner without alighting upon the sheer awfulness of what we’re about to enjoy. How can we focus on the football, when even the football isn’t focused on the football?