In the early morning of January 13, Beijing time, the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup ushered in a focus battle, and Real Madrid eliminated Barcelona 3-2 and took the lead in advancing to the final. In this victory, Real Madrid set four consecutive records, the first is to win five consecutive national derbies after 57 years, the second is to take the lead in the 100th victory of the national derby, the third is to remain unbeaten in 6 consecutive national derbies, and the fourth is that Real Madrid can score goals in 15 consecutive Western Super Cup games against Barca.
In the history of the Spanish Super Cup, Real Madrid ranks second in history with 12 titles, second only to Barca, who have won 17 titles, and Real Madrid's last victory was in 2014. Real Madrid finished runner-up in La Liga last season, and according to the rules of the matchup, the semi-final match against last season's Copa del Rey champion, so they met Barca in advance.
At present, Real Madrid has accumulated 49 points in 21 rounds of La Liga, ranking first and becoming the number one favorite to win the title. Real Madrid have beaten Barca 2-1 away this season to win four consecutive national derbys.
In terms of starting, Real Madrid sent Benzema, Vinicius and Asensio forward trident, while Casemiro, Kroos and Modric sat in midfield.
After the opening, the Barca backline was threatened by Real Madrid's attacks, and Benzema, Asensio and Vinicius completed the shot. In the 25th minute, Benzema launched a counter-attack after stealing Busquets in midfield, and then sent a straight ball, Vinicius forced into the box to shoot low, to help Real Madrid lead 1-0.
Vinicius, whose value soared to 100 million euros, scored his first goal in the Spanish Super Cup and his 15th goal of the season, with the other 14 goals being 2 in the Champions League and 12 in La Liga. In the game where Vinicius scored, Real Madrid won 14 and drew 1 to remain unbeaten.
In addition, Benzema, who delivered an assist, scored his 10th assist in the Western Super League Cup, plus 10 goals, the second player to double-figure goals and assists in the Spanish national derby after Messi.
In the 41st minute of the first half, Real Madrid's defence was lax, Dembele crossed and Militan bounced off the ball at The Foot of Luc De Jong and was equalised 1-1 by Barca.
In the second half, Real Madrid did not want to play extra time. In the 71st minute, after Benzema's shot from the penalty area was saved, Carvajal followed up with another pass, Ter Stegen's foot touched, benzema continued to pump in, helping Real Madrid to win 2-1.
In the 83rd minute, Real Madrid defended the penalty area carelessly, and Fati scored with a header in front of the goal to help Barca equalize 2-2 and the game entered extra time. In the 97th minute of the game, Casemiro instigated a counterattack, Rodrigo crossed, Vinicius deftly missed, Valverde stepped in to help Real Madrid rebound 3-2.
In the end, Real Madrid maintained a 3-2 score until the end of the match, taking the lead to advance to the final, and the opponent will be between Atletico Madrid and Atletico Bilbao.