Real Madrid have a place in the final of the Supercopa de Espana after a spectacular Classico! The Madrilenians defeated FC Barcelona after extra time (2-3). The La Liga leader knocks out valiant Catalans. Courtois was decisive while Eden Hazard did not take off from the bench.
In Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, the Madrilenians start the match best. Carlo Ancelotti’s men confirm their current form with a one-on-one from da Vinci Junior won by Marc-Andre ter Stegen. The German deflects the shot from the Madrilenian.
Real Madrid gain confidence and chain dangerous opportunities. The domination of the Madrilenians is rewarded before the half hour. Vinicius, in all the right moves, opens the scoring (0-1, 25th). At the base of the action, Karim Benzema does a lot of work to surprise Sergio Busquets and steal the ball from him. The French distill a caviar from the outside of the foot in depth for the Brazilian. Vinicius ends the action after gaining speed Araujo.
Jostled by this goal, the Blaugranas react with two heads of the Dutch de Jong, Luke first then Frenkie. At the end of the first period, the Barcelona equalize with a little success (1-1, 41st). After a transverse of Dani Alves, the center of Dembélé is cleared by Eder Militao. A clearance countered by the Dutch rogue Luuk de Jong who stretches his leg at the right time.
After being pushed to its limits at the start of the second half, Real can count on its strong men. The French gave the lead to the Merengue following an action in two stages. Benzema first seeks Ter Stegen, author of a beautiful parade, with a curled strike. Upon recovery, the ghost Carvajal addresses a pest center in the direction of its attacker. The French deflected and scored his team’s second goal (2-1, 72nd).
The game gets carried away. Determined not to offer a final to the rival Madrid, Barça equalizes with 7 minutes from the end (2-2, 83rd). On a corner played in two stages, the center of Jordi Alba find the head ofAnsu Fati, entered the game a few minutes earlier. The young Spaniard deviates at the near post. The suspense is relaunched! Thibaut Courtois beaten. The Belgian number 1 author then of an exit which destabilizes Ousmane Dembele a handful of seconds later. Merengue cornered by a Catalan momentum at the end of regulatory time.
A Clasico until extra time
No winner at the end of the 90 minutes, the two teams are forced to decide in overtime. In this decisive moment, the meeting takes the same turn as since its beginning.
Real get a head start thanks to Federico Valverde. The Uruguayan finds himself at the conclusion of a fatal counterattack and smoothly led by the Brazilians of Real. casemiro start the action and serve Rodrygo on the right flank.
The latter center back. Vinicius, well placed to strike, feigns and lets pass between his legs for Valverde. The median takes his time and does not tremble (2-3, 98th).
Thibaut Courtois, for his part, reassures his team in these overtime with a double-stop on strikes from Busquets and Dembélé. The last minutes of this Clasico are completely crazy with a return from Ansu Fati missed in the 121st and a against Real where Rodrygo narrowly misses a fourth goal in the last second. Despite this, Real Madrid are offering themselves this colorful Clasico in Saudi lands. Ferran Torres, just arrived at Barcelona, was unable to help his new colors for his first game with the Catalans.
On Sunday, Real Madrid will face in the final the winner of the other semi-final between Ateltico Madrid and Atheltic Bilbao this Thursday evening.
