On January 17, Beijing time, the final of the Spanish Super Cup ushered in the showdown between Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. The total value of the Real Madrid team is 780 million euros, and the total value of the Bilbao Athletic team is 193 million euros, which can be said that Real Madrid occupies a considerable advantage. After 90 minutes of play, Real Madrid finally became the last laugher. 2-0！ Real Madrid won the first crown of the New Year, the magic flute bombarded the world wave to celebrate, and Benzema pointed out the merit!
The match is very important for both sides, after all, it is the first title of the new year and the first championship trophy of the season. At the same time, it was also a key battle for Modric to achieve the milestone, and Modric also made his debut in this game.
According to statistics, this match is Modric's 70th game for Real Madrid after turning 35 years old, successfully surpassing Real Madrid legend Hento (69 games). This also puts Modric in Third place in Real Madrid history, with the two stars in front of the Magic Flute being Di Stefano (99 games) and Miguel Angel (96 games).
Modric scored two milestones in this game, in addition to surpassing Hento in the number of appearances after the age of 35, Modric also helped Real Madrid open the record in this game. This also allowed the Magic Flute to achieve the second milestone, that is, at the age of 36 years and 129 days, becoming the oldest goalscorer in the history of the Western Super Cup.
The previous age record was 34 years and 187 days, held by Raul Garcia and Aduris, the two players, who had scored in the Western Super Cup at this age (34 years and 187 days), and Modric directly raised the age record by more than 1 year this time, and it has to be said that Modric is really the older the demon.
What's even more surprising is that Modric blasted a wonderful world wave. In the 38th minute of the game, Rodrigo entered the box from the right and passed the ball back to Modric at the top of the penalty area. Then the magic flute directly blasted out a world wave, the ball crossed a wonderful arc straight to the net, and Modric after the goal could not hide his excitement, open arms and celebrate!
The Magic Flute's goal helped Real Madrid to the lead, and Real Madrid's second goal came from the second half. In the 50th minute of the match, Benzema attempted a shot from the top of the penalty area, but Athletic Bilbao player Jerre's arm blocked the ball's route. After a VAR review, the referee pointed to a twelve-yard position and Real Madrid were given a valuable penalty opportunity.
Benzema then took the penalty himself and steadily scored the ball to help Real Madrid extend their lead to 2-0. Benzema's penalty was of high quality, and although athletic Bilbao goalkeeper had already judged the right direction, the ball was quite fast and the goalkeeper could only watch the ball drill into the net, and Benzema's goal also brought Real Madrid one step closer to the championship.
With a 2-goal lead, Real Madrid also took the initiative on the pitch. Athletic Bilbao launched a fierce counterattack, but Real Madrid still did not give the other side any chance, and finally took a 2-0 score to clean up Athletic Bilbao, winning the game at the same time, Real Madrid also won the first title of the New Year!
Finally, congratulations to Real Madrid for winning the Western Super League, and congratulations to Modric for winning the milestone. It is worth mentioning that Modric's goal in this game is also his first goal of the season. Modric's last goal was back in May last year. Helping the team win the title while scoring goals is a real celebration for Modric!