Clásico visit to Riyadh Embassy

FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta and his equivalent from Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez met at the Spanish Embassy in Riyadh with the ambassador Jorge Hevia Sierra and president of the Spanish Football Federarion's Managing Committee Pedro Rocha Junco, where Laporta said thanked the RFEF "for making the Spanish Super Cup such a standout event on an international scale."

"El Clásico is always a footballing festival" added Pérez, at an event where a number of gifts were exchanged in advance of the big game on Sunday at 8pm CET at Al-Awwal Park.