There was no shortage of goals and entertainment in the Clasico valid for the final of the Spanish Super Cup. At the end of a one-sided match, played at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, Barcelona crushed Real Madrid with a peremptory 5-2 to put the trophy in the trophy case for the 15th time.
Against the flow of the game (2 miracles from Courtois in the first minutes), Mbappé on the counterattack deluded Los Blancos into thinking they could avenge the 4-0 they suffered in the league at the end of October. After Lamine Yamal’s sensational solo in the 22nd minute, which rebalanced the result, however, it was a monologue from the Catalans who took a 4-1 lead even before the break. In the second half Raphina (double) played a very powerful game, before Szczesny’s expulsion and Rodrygo’s 2-5 prevented the final minutes from being purely academic.
Arsenal’s run in the FA Cup ended immediately. In the only big match of the third round the Gunners were beaten 5-3 on penalties by Manchester United, left with 10 men from the 61st minute (double yellow for Dalot). Moving forward with Bruno Fernandes, the Red Devils conceded Gabriel’s equalizer, then managed to withstand the blow of Arteta’s men, who also missed a penalty in the 72nd minute with Odegaard. Havertz, on the other hand, made the only mistake in the final series from 11 metres.
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