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At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 13, the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup ushered in a focus battle, Barca against Real Madrid. In the first half, Benzema's long-range shot was deflected, Asensio's long-range shot was high, Benzema assisted in Vinicius' blast, Luc De Jong's header was confiscated by the goalkeeper, Dembele's blast kick was high, and Luc De Jong scored to equalize. In the second half, Dembele exploded and kicked, Benzema scored in front of goal, and Fati headed in to equalize. Valverde scored in extra time. In the end, after 120 minutes of fierce fighting, Barca lost 2-3 to Real Madrid and was eliminated. Barca have lost five consecutive games against Real Madrid, setting a 66-year record of humiliation: this is Barca's longest loss against Real Madrid since 1956.
Just 2 minutes into the game, Real Madrid created a chance, Benzema in the front of the box to a long-range shot, took a long-range shot into the far corner, resulting in a deflected kick. A minute later, Alba was knocked down by Carvajal and landed on his shoulder first, his expression was very painful, but fortunately nothing major was able to continue to play. In the 7th minute, Vinicius sent a cross from the edge of the penalty area, and Asensio shot straight up from the top of the arc of the penalty area and kicked high. Four minutes later, Modric sent the ball straight in, Vinicius stepped forward, carried the ball to the front of the penalty area, and then got up and shot low, but the kick was too correct, and Ter Stegen confiscated the ball.
In the 17th minute, Barca fired a tactical corner kick, and Alves volleyed the ball outside the box and bounced off the opponent's head. Real Madrid then launched a quick counter-attack, at one point forming a 3-2 situation, and Vinicius distributed the ball to Asensio on the right. Asensio stopped the ball and shot into the far corner, but the kick was deflected. In the 22nd minute, Ferran Torres pulled Mendy, which gave him a yellow card. In the 24th minute, Benzema launched a quick attack after breaking the ball in the middle circle, he passed the ball directly to Vinicius, Vinicius burst into the box and pulled out his foot to shoot furiously, the ball drilled into the top left corner of the goal, Ter Stegen could not do anything. Real Madrid are ahead!
In the 29th minute, Dembele sent a precise cross from the left, Luc De Jong nodded the ball into the goal, the top was a bit straight, courtois firmly held the ball. Two minutes later, Alba also tried a cross from the flank, and it was still Luc De Jong who grabbed the first drop point to complete the header, but it was still confiscated by Courtois. In the 34th minute, Dembele cut inside the edge of the penalty area and kicked high. Five minutes later, Asensio fired a long-range shot from outside the box and Ter Stegen saved the ball. In the 40th minute, Barca scored! Dembele sent a cross from the left and Militão in front of goal kicked the ball away, but the ball bounced off Luc De Jong's foot and landed on goal. Such a close bounce ball caught Courtois off guard. Both sides are back on the same starting line. At halftime, the score was 1-1.
In the second half, Pedri and Abd came off the bench to replace Frankie De Jong and Ferran Torres. In the 47th minute, Dembele received an inverted triangle return pass on the left side of the penalty area and fired a shot that flew away. Two minutes later, Pedri fired a long-range shot from the top of the penalty area that deflected slightly off the left upright. In the 50th minute, Alves brought down Vinicius, which gave him a yellow card. Three minutes later, Dembele volleyed into the far corner from the left side of the penalty area and the ball deflected slightly off the right upright.
In the 68th minute, Benzema shot into the far corner of the penalty area and the ball bounced off the left upright, allowing Barca to escape. However, three minutes later, Benzema seized the opportunity to complete the goal. Carvajal sent a cross near the bottom line, the goalkeeper blocked the ball and Benzema scored easily in the middle. Real Madrid once again took the lead. In the 83rd minute, Barca scored! Substitute Magic headed in the top and equalised. At the end of regular time, the two sides played a 2-2 draw and had to go into extra time.
In the 90th minute, Dembele burst into the penalty area, collided physically with his opponent and fell to the ground, but the referee did not award a penalty. Two minutes later, Aboud headed the ball over the post and the ball deflected slightly off the left upright. In the 97th minute, Real Madrid scored! Rodrigo sent a cross from the right side of the penalty area, Vinicius missed the ball, Valverde pushed straight in, and the ball went in! Real Madrid's cooperation this time is very beautiful. The goal made Harvey desperate. In the 108th minute, Aboud fired a long-range shot from outside the box that was slightly offside. In the end, Barca lost 2-3 to Real Madrid.