In the early morning of January 13, Beijing time, the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup ushered in a focus battle, Barcelona against Real Madrid. In the end, Barca lost 2-3, missed the final, and lost to Real Madrid for the fifth consecutive time in 57 years, completely losing numbly.
Last season, Barca lost to Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final, ranking second, and the team still holds the first place in history with 17 titles. Last season, Barca won the Copa del Rey title, and according to the rules of the match, the semi-finals were early encountered by Real Madrid, who won the runner-up in La Liga last season.
At present, Barca have 32 points in 20 rounds of La Liga, ranking sixth, quit the title race early, unable to catch up with the leader Real Madrid, coupled with the Champions League group stage third place was eliminated, Barça only have the Copa del Rey and the Western Super Cup to compete for the title.
In terms of starting, Barca sent a combination of Ferran Torres, Luke De Jong and Dembele Trident, while Busquets, Frankie De Jong and Garvey were in midfield, with Pedri as a substitute.
In the 25th minute of the first half, Busquets snatched the ball in midfield by Benzema, and then Vinicius scored, and Real Madrid took a 1-0 lead. For this mistake, Busquets fell to his knees in chagrin after Real Madrid's goal, and the midfielder did not concentrate enough on the ball.
In the 41st minute, Barca broke out in a desperate situation, Dembele crossed from the bottom line, Luc De Jong grabbed the point just to derail Militon and crashed into the net, helping Barca to equalize 1-1.
This goal, which allowed Luc De Jong to score for Barca in three consecutive games, was the only player in Barca's team to do so this season. In addition, Luc De Jong scored four goals for Barca this season, equaling Fati as the team's second top scorer, behind top scorer Depay, who scored eight goals, and Barca scoring four goals in 15 career appearances, matching the goals scored in the first 15 games of Griezmann and Neymar Barca's career.
In the second half, Pedri and Fati came off the bench. In the 71st minute, after Benzema's first shot was saved by Ter Stegen, the second shot was easily scored, and Barca fell behind 1-2 and fell into a desperate situation again.
In the 83rd minute, Alba's cross into the middle of the penalty area was met by Fati's header to help Barca equalise 2-2 and force the game into extra time. In the 7th minute of extra time, Barca was counter-attacked, Valverde scored, and Real Madrid finally completed the deadlock 3-2.
In the end, Barca missed the final of the Western Super Cup, losing in the national derby for 5 consecutive times, the last time was 57 years ago, in addition, 6 consecutive national derbies were not beaten against Real Madrid, which is also the worst since the 21st century, creating 2 consecutive humiliations. The new manager Xavi coached Barca to attack the first title and failed early.