La Liga giants Barcelona in the offseason watched Messi leave the team for free, the overall strength of the team has declined significantly, all competitions have been severely tested, the Champions League group stage has been eliminated, the league has also fallen behind the rival Galaxy Real Madrid double-digit points, basically withdrew from the La Liga title battle, the cup has become one of the few competitions they can compete for the championship, in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Cup, Barcelona ushered in the second national derby of the season with Real Madrid, in the first meeting between the two sides of the season, Real Madrid defeated the old enemy to lay a very good foundation for the league title, but meeting Barcelona again has changed a lot, the legendary star Xavi has become the team's firefighting manager, in addition to they also introduced Ferrantores in the front line, which also makes the victory and defeat of this game have greater suspense, in the game Vinicius and Benzema's goals twice gave Real Madrid the lead, But de Jong and Fati's goals made the two sides a draw in regular time, valverde, who came off the bench in extra time, scored the winning goal, real Madrid eliminated Barca 3-2 to advance to the Western Super Cup final, and the first crown of the new year was only one step away!
After the start of the game, the dominant Real Madrid did not rush to choose to press the attack, but chose a more secure defensive counterattack, in the 12th minute they formed a very threatening counterattack after completing the interception, Modric sent a straight kick, Vinicius used the speed advantage from the right side of the box into the box to complete a shot, but the angle was too positive and did not have enough strength, was firmly held by Ter Stegen, Real Madrid missed the excellent opportunity to open the record, 19 minutes Real Madrid came back, Courtois threw the ball to Find Vinicius, who picked up the ball in midfield and ran all the way to the front of the Barca penalty area to distribute it to Prince Asensio on the right, who missed the target with one of his shots.
In the 25th minute, Real Madrid's attack finally paid off, after the midfield break, Benzema sent a pass for the Bear Emperor, who entered the box and faced the Barca goalkeeper with a calm shot, rewriting the score to 1-0, the score behind Barca created an opportunity in the position battle in the 29th minute, Dembele's cross found De Jong, but the latter's header was too well confiscated by Courtois, and only 3 minutes later De Jong completed another header, but still did not pass the ten-finger mark of Courtois. Barca rubbed shoulders with the goal again, and in the 41st minute Barcelona equalised, Dembele crossed, Militan gave a big gift, the break hit De Jong's leg and bounced into the net, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
Easy side to fight again, Dembele opened with a very good shooting opportunity, but the problem of the game teenager's inaccurate shooting skills was exposed again, an anti-aircraft gun successfully unblocked for Real Madrid, and then Barcelona began to control the situation, began to besiege Real Madrid, but many good offensive opportunities were not seized, Real Madrid, which was suppressed for a long time, counterattacked Benzema in the 69th minute, turned around in the penalty area and shot bad luck was rejected by the upright, startled the opponent in a cold sweat, 3 minutes later Real Madrid came back, This time Benzema seized the opportunity to make up for the goal and help the Galaxy take the lead again, but in the 83rd minute, Fati's header from the bench once again equalized the score, and then Dembele missed another opportunity to kill the suspense, and the two sides entered overtime.
In extra time, Barcelona controlled the ball more at their feet as in the second half, and formed a number of threatening attacks soon after the opening, which was also the rhythm that Real Madrid liked, and in the 98th minute, the Galaxy played a counterattack again, and Valverde, who came on as a substitute, inserted a poke to help Real Madrid score the winning goal, and in the last moment both sides had the opportunity to rewrite the score, but they did not grasp it.
Although barcelona can only accept the fate of losing like the first leg of the national derby, after Xavi coached the team, they still let the fans see the progress, and being able to draw with the leader Real Madrid in regular time can also explain this, but Roma is not built in a day, Xavi still needs time to build his own team!