Suspense, goals and tension. At the end of an electric clasico which must have delighted the spectators present in the King Abdallah stadium in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), FC Barcelona won the Spanish Super Cup, its second in a row, by winning against Real Madrid (3-2) this Sunday.
Dominant and offensive, Hansi Flick’s men were able to count on their midfielder to stifle Madrid’s attempts and create chances. However, they came up against an imperial Thibaut Courtois for a long time (27th, 40th). The Madrid wall was blown up thanks to the inevitable Raphinha, author of a double in the semi-finals, on a wonderful opening from Fermin Lopez (36th).
But the Catalans saw the Madrilenians come back to the score thanks to an individual show from Vinicius, who played against Koundé to score his first goal (45 + 2nd) in 16 games before going back in front thanks to Robert Lewandowski (45 + 4th). And this added time was really crazy since Gonzalo Garcia then equalized once again from a corner (45 + 6).
Kylian Mbappé comes into play but remains silent
While the two teams put up a good fight, with a lot of mistakes, Raphinha freed his team by sending a shot deflected by Raùl Asencio into the back of his cage (73rd).
To get back to the score, Xabi Alonso tried his last card. Arriving in Saudi Arabia on Friday when he had to stay on the sidelines for three weeks to rest, Kylian Mbappé came into play in the 76th in place of Gonzalo Garcia who ran a lot.
But the Frenchman failed to reverse the trend, failing to create an opportunity. Despite his good defensive return at the end of the match at the feet of Lamine Yamal and a foul obtained, at the origin of the expulsion of Frenkie de Jong, (90th), this remains insufficient. And the Madrilenians did not manage to come back to the score.
