UEFA Super Cup result - David Alaba and Karim Benzema fire Real Madrid to victory against Eintracht Frankfurt

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium is the 10th venue to stage the UEFA Super Cup since the fixture switched from its long-term home of Monaco, after Prague (2013), Cardiff (2014), Tbilisi (2015), Trondheim (2016), Skopje (2017), Tallinn (2018), Istanbul (2019), Budapest (2020) and Belfast (2021).

Tuta produces a magnificent block on the line to deny Vinicius Jnr after Real had carved the German side open down the right through Valverde and Benzema.

The Bundesliga side open Real up again but Daichi Kamada can't do enough with his left-foot strike to beat Courtois.

Jesper Lindstrom spins on to a flick on the right side of the area and tests Courtois with a blistering low drive. The keeper does well to push it away, but the flag was up for offside, so it wouldn't have counted.

The European Cup/UEFA Champions League holders have won 26 of the 46 editions.

Real are playing keep-ball at the moment.

Neither side have made much impact in the attacking third as of yet. Both sets of fans are in good voice in the stands though.

Real Madrid are making their eighth appearance in the Super Cup, having qualified as European champions on every occasion. Los Blancos have recorded four wins and three defeats in their seven previous matches.

In contrast, this is Frankfurt's first UEFA Super Cup appearance.

Frankfurt get this showpiece clash up and running.

SAOT will feature tonight with the aim of speeding up the time taken to reach decisions relating to offside. It involves a system of camera that are able to track 29 body parts of a player.

Fingers crossed all goes well.

Ahead of kick off, Benzema received the UEFA Champions League Player of the Season award for 2021-22 from UEFA’s chief of football, Zvonimir Boban.

"Of course I have butterflies in my stomach because I'm looking forward to taking on Real Madrid in the Super Cup. My job is to keep the balls out, so my job hasn't really changed. I know there's going to be a lot of quality coming my way, whether it be Vinícius [Júnior] or [Karim] Benzema, but we're ready."

"This is the reward for our incredible season, to face a Real Madrid side that have incredible quality and last season knocked out some of the best teams in Europe. What we proved in the Europa League last season is that there's always a chance and it's the same (in this final). We're going to play with confidence because we know what we're capable of."

"There's a final, we're brimming with ambition to win it – there's no other option when you play for Real Madrid. What's extra special is that to get here you have to win the Champions League. Now the task is to simply keep on winning."

"Was last season the most amazing of my career? Perhaps so, yes. I'd never coached a team to a league and Champions League double. It's down to the spirit, attitude, quality, enthusiasm of my players that we qualified to be here by winning the Champions League."

Eintracht Frankfurt beat Rangers on penalties to win the Europa League in dramatic fashion on a tense night in Sevilla.

Vinicius Junior struck the winner as Real Madrid lifted a record-extending 14th Champions League title with a 1-0 victory over Liverpool.