He Real Madrid This Sunday they suffered their fifth defeat of the season. He Barça nor union a Atlético, Liverpool, Celta y Manchester City as the executioner of the meringues. Xabi Alonso lost its second title at stake, after being eliminated in the past Club World Cup. The Super Cup It was also elusive for the Tolosarra in a final with the testimonial presence of Kylian Mbappé, who had a hard time traveling from Madrid to Saudi Arabia to play just 20 minutes of zero prominence as he was not at one hundred percent. His damaged left knee did not invite unnecessary risks – he had already missed the ‘semi’ against the Athletes– and could not become the ‘white hope’ that Madrid fans clung to.
On the field, victory smiled on the Barcelonaalthough there was a ‘tie’ in terms of the number of fans of both teams in the crowded stands of the imposing King Abdullah Sports City Stadium (in English King Abdullah Sports City), known as Alinma Stadium for sponsorship reasons and also called ‘The Shining Jewel’. As it could not be otherwise, the staging of the prolegomena in the most avant-garde venue in Saudi Arabia It was dazzling, in a majestic spectacle of lights and colors, with drones drawing in the sky of Jeddah the silhouette of the trophy Super Cupcannons as flamethrowers, thousands of flashlights lit from spectators’ cell phones, fireworks and images projected on grass with the slogans ‘Long live Barça’ y ‘Hala Madrid’ and the shields of both clubs.
The whites accumulated a lot of people behind the ball against a Barcelona very dominant. The ultra-defensive framework of Xabi Alonsowith the plan to hinder the rival, collapsed like a house of cards in the 36th minute, when Raphinhathe Barça footballer he admires the most Florentino Perezbeat Courtois before the helpless gaze of Tchouaméniembedded in a rear that opened more than necessary.
Three goals for history in added time
With the Real Madrid a merced del Barça the figure of the questioned emerged Vinicius, in a crazy extension in the first half, to return the score to a draw in the 46’07” with a great goal after a ‘Maradonian’ play. The Brazilian, who celebrated his goal with great rage, put an end to a drought of 16 games without scoring, but his joy did not last long because the incombustible Lewandowskihistoric merengue ‘black beast’, once again put the Blaugrana ahead in the 48’25” with a subtle touch of the ball above Courtois.
However, just before going through the locker room, Madrid tied again in the 50’39”, thanks to the opportunism of the youth squad Gonzalo Garciawho cleverly picked up a ball that spat the wood after a header from Huijsen. For the first time in the entire history of Classics Three goals were scored in added time of the same half, ‘MisterChip’ reported on their ‘X’ account.
With swords raised high and several players from both teams beginning to slash each other against an overmatched team. Munuera Montero, Mbappé He jumped to warm up at the beginning of the second half, which unleashed a loud roar among the merengue fans, eager to see their megastar on the field of play, although they also cheered loudly at the saves of ‘San Courtois’who could do nothing to avoid the fortunate 3-2 of Raphinha with a shot in the 73rd minute that deflected Asencio and misled the Belgian giant.
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He took advantage of the last hydration break in the 75th minute Xabi Alonso to give instructions to a Mbappé that entered through Gonzalo Garcia. Finally, the star that the Madrid fans had insisted on during the match appeared in a stadium that gathered just over 60,000 spectators.
The French star practically did not touch the ball, although he caused the expulsion of Frenkie de Jong and served a ball to Asencio in the 97th minute that the centre-back failed to materialize with a header after another golden chance that he had missed. Racing seconds before. It was the last of a Real Madrid who suffered a severe setback in Jeddah and that he once again demonstrated that he does not have a team plan. The next stopover of the Xabi Alonso It will be next Wednesday, January 14 before the Albacete he Carlos Belmontein the round of 16 of the King’s Cup.
