Barça triumph against Real Madrid and win the trophy

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A month after Real Madrid’s victory in the Clasico, in La Liga (3-1), the Merengues found FC Barcelona in the final of the Spanish Super Cup, in Riyadh. Winners of Valencia in the semi-finals, Real Madrid hoped, once again, to get ahead of their best enemy, who had also qualified with difficulty against Real Betis, on penalties (2-2), in the semi-finals. For this final, Dembélé, Gavi, Pedri and Lewandowski challenged Vinicius Jr, Benzema, Valverde and Camavinga.

Quickly, it was FC Barcelona who took the lead in this meeting with a strike from Lewandowski on the post of Courtois (12th). And a few minutes later, after a nice collective movement, Lewandowski, served at the entrance to the Real Madrid area, shifted Gavi to the left of the goal to open the scoring (1-0, 34th). The non-existent Madrid had the opportunity to open the scoring, but Benzema’s header went wide (14th). Apart from that, Ancelotti’s men did not exist and Lewandowski doubled the bet, served by a sublime Gavi (2-0, 45th).

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Real Madrid did not exist

While we were waiting for an awakening from Benzema and his teammates, Real did not wake up and were close to 3-0. Dembélé missed his duel against Courtois (52nd), before the Belgian goalkeeper pushed back the shot from Lewandowski (54th). But this Sunday evening, led by a very great Gavi, Barça was untouchable. The young 18-year-old midfielder crossed hard towards Pedri for the 3-0 goal (65th). And even when the Catalan defense faltered, ter Stegen was there to save his people (79th). At the very end of the match, Benzema could only reduce the score (3-1, 90th + 5).

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At the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Barça won this Clasico against Real Madrid, holders of the Spanish Super Cup. This is Barcelona’s 14th trophy in this competition, the first since 2018 and especially the first for Xavi Hernandez as club coach. A promising result for the rest of the season, while Barça is still in the running to win the King’s Cup, La Liga and the Europa League.