Barcelona Thrash Real Madrid To Win Spanish Super Cup
In a wild Spanish Super Cup final against Real Madrid on Sunday, Barcelona won the first trophy under Hansi Flick’s leadership.
Before their goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was sent off in the second half, Kylian Mbappe put Madrid ahead, but a dominant Barcelona hit five in response.
In a wild Spanish Super Cup Clasico final on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, Barcelona won the first trophy since the Hansi Flick era by beating Barcelona’s rival Real Madrid 5-2.
Madrid were in the lead thanks to Kylian Mbappe, but a dominant Barcelona hit five goals in the second half before their goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was sent off.
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Madrid were anticipating avenging their 4-0 defeat by Barcelona in the La Liga Clasico in October, but their arch-rivals in Jeddah left them bruised and battered.
Lamine Yamal levelled after Mbappe’s opener, and Robert Lewandowski doubled Barcelona’s lead from the penalty spot, with Raphinha scoring twice and Alejandro Balde also on target.
Madrid could not capitalize on their numerical advantage in a humiliating defeat, as Rodrygo Goes did with a free kick.
Both Flick and his opposing number Carlo Ancelotti chose to keep the same lineup in place as they did in the semi-finals.
A curling strike from the right by Yamal, which forced Thibaut Courtois into a fine save, gave Madrid an early warning.
After Lucas Vazquez effortlessly evaded the Brazilian, the Belgian goalkeeper also put together a powerful stop to stop a Raphinha header.
Despite Barcelona’s opening salvo it was Real Madrid who took the lead in the fifth minute with Mbappe’s brilliant goal on the counter-attack.
After Vinicius won the ball back, the French forward broke loose on the halfway line and clipped past Szczesny after breaking into the area and repeatedly being frustrated by the offside flag in the Catalans’ league defeat.
The Spanish winger struck from the right and fired a low finish inside the near post in a manner similar to Lionel Messi’s, who is frequently compared to former Barca great. It took a stunning individual goal from Yamal, who is 17-years-old, to bring the scoreline to one.
In the midst of intense transfer rumors, the Uruguayan defender wanted to leave the club after Inigo Martinez was injured and Flick replaced him with Ronald Araujo.
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After Eduardo Camavinga arrived late and carelessly clattered Gavi, Barcelona continued to push and go ahead through Lewandowski’s penalty.
Barcelona grabbed their fourth before half-time on the break when Raphinha added a header from Jules Kounde’s cross from deep.
When Yamal and Raphinha collided, Balde slotted past Courtois, and the latter lost control.
After the break, Barcelona continued in the same vein, with Raphinha scoring the fifth goal with a neat dribble and finish after Marc Casado had played him in.
When Mbappe sped in at the other end, rounding goalkeeper Szczesny, who brought him down outside the area, and after a VAR review was dismissed, the Catalans were reduced to 10 men.
Rodrygo, who earlier hit the post, rifled home the free-kick past Szczesny’s replacement Inaki Pena.
Jude Bellingham was brilliantly teed up by Mbappe, but a superb Kounde challenge in stoppage time denied him.
On a strong individual display, the French forward also nearly scored once more, but Pena tipped his effort away.
Dani Olmo, a controversial subject that overshadowed the semi-finals earlier in the week, was made famous by Barcelona with his first appearance since he was signed to the club on a temporary basis.
However, Barca’s record-breaking 15th Spanish Super Cup victory provided a number of other talking points.
Source: Channels TV
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