Real Madrid lost 4-0 in the last El Clasico at home. Los Blancos were not retaliated. They have been devastated by the arch-rival Barcelona in the Supercopa full of breathlessness and excitement. The Catalans won the record 15th title in the Spanish Supercopa in a 5-2 match.
Hansi Flick's Barcelona celebrated a glorious night at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah on Sunday night. At the same time, Carlo Ancelotti gave Real a night to forget. What wasn't in the match? Muhumhurhu attack, fierce physical fight and breaking the opponent's defense wall is a classic fight filled with excitement. The fight that has been won by Leva-Lamine-Raphinha.
Robert Lewandowski, Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Balde scored one goal each for Barcelona. On the other hand, Kylian Mbappe and Rodrigo Goyes reduced the gap for Real with one goal each. There were 27 fouls in the entire match. For which 10 cards were shown, Barcelona became 10 men in one red card. Yet they had 52 percent possession of the ball.
In the second and third minutes of the match, Barcelona's two consecutive attacks were stopped by Thibo Courtois. When the whole Barca squad is in defense of Real, then Vinicius-Mbappe's counterattack. First, Vinny took the ball from his own half by evading Mark Casado. Then, with his extended pass from the midfield, Mbappe cut one and Barca goalkeeper Voycheck caught the ball in the net under the feet of the season.
In the 10th minute, Raphinha's shot went out of Real's goal. Both teams keep the opponent's defense on the attack and counterattack. In the meantime, the Catalans drew parity in the match in the 21st minute. Lamine Yamal got the ball for Jules Kounde and Robert Lewandowski, then the Spanish forward scored a spectacular goal by cutting the two of Real Madrid in the Konakuni race. Kourtoya did not get the jump, the ball reached the net with the corner.
In the 24th minute, Czuameni's head was pushed out by the hand. Real's French midfielder Camavinga gave Barca the chance to take the lead in the 35th minute. The referee played the penalty flute after seeing the VAR after hitting Barcelona's Gavi Kung Fu kick in their own box. Lewandowski then made the spot-kick 2-1.
Perhaps the most beautiful goal of the match came four minutes later. Barca's assist and goal were both eye-catching. Almost from the midfield, Kunde sent a long-range cross to Real's box, jumping on the run, touching the head of the ball and shaking the net of Real, Brazilian winger Raphinha. At the end of the scheduled 45 minutes, an additional 9 minutes are given. In the last minute, Barca made the difference 4-1 in the counterattack. Raphinha lost the ball in the fast half of Real, but Alejandro Balde defeated Courtois with a shot taken with speed.
At the beginning of the second half, Raphinha increased Barca's gap. This time, the Selesao forward scored a left-footed goal after getting the ball from the counterattack. This is his second goal in the match and 19th goal this season. In the 56th minute, Barcelona became a team of 10 men. Goalkeeper Cezani saw the red card by fouling Mbappe outside the D-box. Later, Inaki Pena came down to handle the goal, Barca coach Flick picked up Yamal and brought down Dani Olmo to match the team's combination.
After that foul, Real got a free-kick for the welfare of VAR. Rodrygo reduced the gap with Barcelona with a great set-piece. After that, the opponent fought with one, but Real could not see the net. Barca was busy managing their defense for most of the rest of the time. During this time, the two groups also engaged in a physical fight one after another.
After 90 minutes, the added time is given 8 minutes. Bellingham missed an easy chance in the first minute. He had to score goals in one touch between the Barca defender and the goalkeeper. However, the English midfielder could not touch the right foot. In this way, several other attacks ended goalless. As a result, 10-man Barcelona left the field with a 5-2 win in the classic battle of the arch-rivals.