At 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 13, the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup ushered in a focus battle: Barcelona vs Real Madrid, and the Spanish "National Derby" was staged in the Western Super League.
Real Madrid, Barca and called "Western Super League double males", this season, Ancelotti coached Real Madrid, enough to rise, La Liga strong lead, the Champions League group first promotion; and after two terms of coach Koman, Xavi Barca, but too bearish, the Champions League group out, La Liga for a long time failed to enter the top four.
One family lost Ronaldo, one lost Messi, both in the process of reconstruction, the two directly contrasted, whether it is the manager or the squad, Real Madrid is stronger than Barca. Ancelotti has experienced hundreds of battles and has already entered the ranks of top coaches. Harvey can only be regarded as a "rookie" level, let alone experience. From the perspective of the lineup, Real Madrid is only missing a world-class star like Ronaldo, the lineup is thick, and there are no obvious shortcomings in each position. Barca lost Messi in the squad, there is no shortage of famous players, young talent, potential are good, but can not line up a set of attack, defense is still the same starting lineup.
In the campaign, Barca started 433, Luke De Jong formed a forward trident with Ferran Torres and Dembele, three midfielders Garvey, Frankie De Jong and Busquets, four defenders Alba, Pique, Araujo, Alves and goalkeeper Ter Stegen.
Real Madrid also started 433, Benzema and Vinicius, Asensio formed a forward trident, three midfielders Kroos, Casemiro and Modric, four defenders F. Mendy, Nacho, Milittan, Carvajal, goalkeeper Thibaut Thibaut.
The total value of Barca's starting eleven is 300 million euros, and the total value of Real Madrid's starting eleven is 460 million euros.
After the game began, Real Madrid had the advantage in attack. In the 3rd minute, Benzema shot high. In the 8th minute, Vinicius and Asensio's two-person passing match, and Asensio's shot was also high. In the 12th minute, Modric made a precise cut and Vinicius' shot was confiscated by Ter Stegen.
In a sustained attack, Real Madrid broke the deadlock in the 25th minute. Busquets was cut off in midfield, Benzema went straight to Vinicius, Vinicius dribbled into the box and shot from a tight angle, the ball went in! Real Madrid 1:0 Barca.
Falling behind, Barca's attack picked up. In the 30th minute, Dembele's diagonal pass was parried away by Luke De Jong's header that was confiscated by Courtois. In the 32nd minute, Alba's cross was met by Luke De Jong's header that was confiscated by Courtois. In the 41st minute, Barca equalised when Dembele's cross was met by Militan's free-throw on Luke De Jong, who had stepped in front of him, and bounced into the goal. Barca 1:1 Real Madrid. Barca's goal came luckily.
In the 71st minute, Benzema scored and Real Madrid came back 2-1.
In the 84th minute, Fati, who came off the bench in the second half, scored and Barca pulled the score to a 2-2 draw.
In regular time, the two sides drew 2:2 and went into overtime. In the 7th minute of extra time, Casemiro instigated a counterattack, Valverde hit the goal, Real Madrid 3-2 Barca. After that, the two sides did not succeed again, and in the end, Real Madrid defeated Barca 3:2 to advance to the final.