Real Madrid advanced this Thursday to the final of the Spanish Super Cup, the fifth in a row for the whites, after beating Atlético de Madrid 1-2, a derby that the Madridistas won fairly, thanks to the goals of Fede Valverde and Rodrygo Goes, before Alex Sorloth’s goal for the rojiblancos, in a duel in which the merengue team ended up asking for the hour.
There will be a Classic in the Super Cup final in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). Xabi Alonso’s men took the semi-final derby just enough, in an unshowy match, in which they made use of a whip from Valverde in the 2nd minute and his hitting into space by a reborn Rodrygo. With the ball, the whites were very dense, and without it, very speculative. Atlético, who overwhelmed their neighbor in the last derby, put more energy for longer to end up locking in the more fatigued whites. Sorloth made people believe in the final stretch, in which Antoine Griezmann, Marcos Llorente and Julián Álvarez, in the clearest, were able to equalize, without success. The red and white leave without the title again and the whites and Alonso now face a final for a trophy that they need like food, against a FC Barcelona that seems to have clearer ideas and that already made the meringues blush in the last edition.
A victory that not only entails the prize of winning a derbBut it represents a good financial pinch for the club.
How much has Real Madrid won and how much can it win?
The edition 2026 of the Spanish Super Cup will distribute 23 million euros among the four teams participating in the semifinalswith an increase of three million compared to the 2025 edition, when Barcelona received around 9 million euros for being the champion.
Real Madrid 6 million fixed euros enter their coffers just for having qualified for this ‘Final Four’ of the Super Cup and Atlético de Madrid pockets 2 million. The champion will take an extra 2 million euros, the runner-up will add almost 1.5 million to their bank account and the two teams that do not advance to the final will have a ‘consolation prize’ of almost 1 million.
That is to say Real Madrid – like FC Barcelona – is guaranteed 1.5 million euros just for their place in the final, which brings the total to 7.5 million while waiting for what happens in the Classicwhere two million more are waiting.
Atlético will have to settle for the 2 million awarded for its participation.
