Barcelona won its first title this season on Sunday evening, after defeating its traditional rival Real Madrid 5-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final.
A barely believable first half was bookended by violent breakaways from both sides. real madridKylian Mbappe opened the scoring for his team with a wonderful individual goal after just five minutes. However, by the time Alejandro Balde completed a forward surge in the last ten extra minutes of the first half, Barcelona were 4-1 ahead.
Lamine Yamal's precise shot into the far corner after 22 minutes canceled out Mbappe's early lead. Robert Lewandowski He put Barcelona ahead with a penalty kick in the 36th minute shortly before Rafinha put the Catalan team ahead 3-1.
The Brazilian needed just three minutes in the second half to score BarcelonaFifth of the evening to taste it. Rafinha exploded behind Real Madrid's reshuffled backline, and had already beaten Aurelien Chouamini but found time to get past the makeshift centre-back for fun before shooting the bottom corner.
Madrid, as they have proven so often, will not take kindly to that good night. Barcelona goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny, was sent off for a foul tackle on Mbappe shortly before the hour mark of the match. From that free kick, Rodrigo hit the top corner to reduce the deficit to 2-5.
Barcelona's ten men clung to their advantage, holding on to lift the first title of Hansi Flick's tenure while Real Madrid were left to lick their wounds.
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player |
classification |
|---|---|
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Goalkeeper: Thibaut Courtois |
5.5/10 |
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lord: Lucas Vasquez |
5.2/10 |
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Capacity building: Aurelien Choameni |
5.0/10 |
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Capacity building: Antonio Rudiger |
5.0/10 |
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pound: Ferland Mendy |
5.0/10 |
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poison: Fede Valverde |
5.8/10 |
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poison: Edward Camavinga |
4.8/10 |
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I be: Jude Bellingham |
7.1/10 |
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Ru: Rodrigo |
8.2/10 |
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street: Kylian Mbappe |
8.3/10 |
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Left wing: Vinicius Junior |
7.4/10 |
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sub: Dani Ceballos (46' for Camavinga) |
6.2/10 |
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sub: Raul Asensio (52' for Vasquez) |
7.1/10 |
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sub: Luka Modric (64' for Tshwamini) |
6.7/10 |
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sub: Fran Garcia (75' for Mendy) |
6.6/10 |
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sub: Brahim Diaz (76' for Vinicius) |
5.9/10 |
Subs not used: Andriy Lunin (goalkeeper), Fran Gonzalez (goalkeeper), David Alaba, Lorenzo Aguado, Arda Guler, Indrik.
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player |
classification |
|---|---|
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Goalkeeper: Wojciech Chesny |
5.5/10 |
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lord: Jules Conde |
7.6/10 |
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Capacity building: Bao Kubarsi |
6.1/10 |
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Capacity building: Inigo Martinez |
6.1/10 |
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pound: Alejandro Balde |
7.9/10 |
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poison: Mark Casado |
6.6/10 |
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poison: Pedri |
7.4/10 |
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I be: Javi |
7.1/10 |
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Ru: Lamin Yamal |
8.3/10 |
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street: Robert Lewandowski |
8.5/10 |
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Left wing: Rafinha |
9.4/10 |
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sub: Ronald Araujo (28' Martinez) |
6.3/10 |
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sub: Iñaki Pena (59' for Gavi) |
7.0/10 |
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sub: Dani Olmo (59' for Yamal) |
6.9/10 |
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sub: Ferran Torres (79' for Rafinha) |
6.1/10 |
Subs not used: Ander Astralaga (goalkeeper), Eric Garcia, Gerard Martin, Hector Forte, Fermin Lopez, Frenkie de Jong, Pau Victor.
