In the early morning of January 13, Beijing time, the semi-final of the Spanish Super Cup began, and the match was played in Riad in Saudi Arabia, and the two giants of La Liga, Real Madrid and Barca staged a national derby. The two teams fought fiercely until extra time, and Real Madrid beat Barca 3-2 to reach the final.
The most recent meeting between the two teams was in La Liga last October, when Real Madrid won 2-1 away to Barca. In this game, Barca welcomed Pedri and Fati back, and new signing Ferran Torres made his debut, but the two regretted that they could not help the team win.
In the first half, in the 25th minute, Real Madrid counter-attacked with a broken ball in front of the field, Benzema directly blocked, Vinicius burst into the box, and under the interference of defenders, he scored a goal, and Real Madrid led Barca 1-0. In the 41st minute, Alves launched an attack with a long pass, Dembele crossed from the bottom, Militan made a mistake, the ball bounced off Luc De Jong and Barca equalized. At half-time, Real Madrid 1-1 Barca.
In the second half, Barca took the lead, with Pedri and Abd coming on to replace De Jong and Ferran Torres. In the 72nd minute, Benzema was saved in the penalty area, carvajal stopped the ball in the small penalty area and swept in front of the goal, Benzema in front of the goal astute shot, Real Madrid led 2-1 again. Real Madrid then made a substitution adjustment, with Valverde replacing Modric. In the 83rd minute, Alba's cross from the left side of the penalty area was met by Fati, who nodded the ball and scored, bringing Barca to a 2-2 draw with Real Madrid.
The two sides entered the extra time competition, in the 98th minute, Real Madrid played a counterattack, Rodrigo inverted the triangle cross, Vinicius tacitly missed the ball, Valverde followed up with an easy push to break the goal, Real Madrid 3-2 Barca. In the end, this score was maintained until the end, and Real Madrid narrowly won the promotion.
Line-ups for both sides:
Real Madrid: 1-Courtois/2-Carvajal, 3-Militão, 6-Nacho, 23-Mendy/14-Casemiro, 8-Kroos, 10-Modric (82 minutes, 15 Valverde)/11-Asensio (68 minutes, 21 Rodrigo), 20-Vinicius (110 minutes, 25-Camaranga), 9-Benzema
Barca: 1 Ter Stegen/8 Alves (78 mins, 28 Nico), 4 Alaujo, 3 Pique, 18 Alba/5 Busquets, 21 Frankie De Jong (46 mins, 16 Pedri), 30 Gavi (78 mins, 9 Depay) / 19 Ferran Torres (46 mins, 33 Abd 110 mins, 29 Jutegra), 17 Luc De Jong (66 mins, 10 Fati), 7 Dembele
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