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LUN 10.08.2015 | Features

Face to face from the bench

Luis Enrique and Unai Emery will star the other match of the European Super Cup: two heavyweights leading two Champions League teams.

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LUN 10.08.2015

They are two of the youngest and ambitious managers of the moment, and this demand has led them to success. Luis Enrique Martinez (Gijón, 1970) and Unai Emery (Guipúzcoa, 1971) will seat in the Boris Paichadze Stadium benches in Tbilisi on Tuesday to fight for the European Super Cup, a trophy that will enshrine the great season that both clubs did last year and that will show again the hegemony of Spanish LaLiga in the Old Continent. 

FC Barcelona's manager has won a historic treble in Liga BBVA, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League in his first season at the helm of the Catalan team, but wants to continue increasing its high winning rate against a team, Sevilla FC, that Luis Enrique has taken the right measures .The "hispalenses", meanwhile, can boast of having conquered the UEFA Europa League on four occasions, two of them in a consecutive way in the last two seasons. 

Moreover, their face to face numbers are even more exciting. Luis Enrique has never lost against Unai Emery that however, still does not know how to win against FC Barcelona in the 19 games he has played against them.

In this match, both have a golden opportunity to improve their records and continue to forge the personality that they have gave to their teams. In Europe, Barca's coach has a 73% winning percentage, while Emery can claim to have won the 50% of the games he has played in continental competitions. Some figures that turn them in two of the most respected managers of the continent. 

All these motivations bring color to a final that reissue the 2006 edition, when both teams already met in Monaco for the European crown. At that time, it was Sevilla who won (0-3) thanks to Renato Dirnei, Frédéric Kanouté and Vincenzo Maresca. ¿Will get Luis Enrique take revenge or Emery will add a new title to the Sanchez-Pizjuan's cabinet?

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