Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid go at it in a tasty Spanish Super Cup semifinal on Thursday, as the winner will play Barcelona in the final. Barca hammered Athletic Bilbao 5-0 in their semifinal in Saudi Arabia and both Atleti or Real will be the underdogs to win this trophy.

That's something which has alternated between Barcelona and Real Madrid that the new Madrid manager Xabi Alonso will need to take note of. His Real Madrid side enters the competition trailing Barcelona by four points in the league,