Trailing from the fifth minute after a goal from Kylian Mbappé, FC Barcelona once again corrected Real Madrid (5-2) on Sunday. Barça won its 15th Spanish Super Cup after a match with a crazy scenario in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Already humiliated in October on its Santiago Bernabeu pitch (4-0), Real Madrid, still thirsty for titles, wanted revenge. He finally experienced another shipwreck and suffered a real lesson from his great rival, collectively superior and led by his irresistible attacking trio Raphinha-Lewandowski-Lamine Yamal.
Trailing 5-1 at the start of the second half, Carlo Ancelotti’s men, who were aiming for a third title at mid-season, were unable to ignite the match and catch up after the exclusion of Barcelona goalkeeper Szczesny followed by the reduction of the score from a free kick from the Brazilian Rodrygo (60th, 5-2).
Despite a doubly decisive Kylian Mbappé, first first scorer of the match (5th) then at the origin of the exclusion of Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who came out of retirement to replace Marc André ter Stegen (57th) and preferred to Inaki Pena, the Madrid club ultimately only existed in fits and starts and through the talent of its stars.
And he often, too often, appeared totally overwhelmed defensively in the face of the Catalan collective strength and the flashes of genius of his attackers, like the French international Aurélien Tchouaméni, in great difficulty as central defender to compensate for the absence of Eder Militao.
