In the early morning of January 17, Beijing time, the final of the 2021 Spanish Super Cup was played in King Abdullah Sports City, and Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao launched a championship battle. In the semi-finals, Real Madrid eliminated Barca 3:2 in extra time, and Bilbao reversed atletico 2:1 to advance. Last season, Real Madrid encountered Bilbao in the semi-finals of the Western Super League, resulting in Bilbao eliminating Real Madrid 2-1 and defeating Barca in the final to win the title.
After a year of meeting in the Western Super Cup, the two sides began to attack, and in the 17th minute, Rodrigo entered the right side of the penalty area to reverse the triangle back, Benzema stopped the ball in the front of the penalty area to adjust a step of vigorous shooting, the ball slightly off the far post. In the 27th minute, Casemiro advanced the ball into the corner of the right penalty area and fired a cold arrow, and goalkeeper Simon struggled to save the ball off the line. In the 38th minute, Real Madrid counterattacked quickly, Rodrigo cut into the penalty area with the ball diagonally on the right side of the box to grab the ball back in the 3 and 4-man bag, Modric met the ball directly and vigorously shot, the ball was in the net, and Real Madrid broke the deadlock 1:0.
In the last minute of the first half, Bilbao also had a chance, and Sancert flashed out of the left side of the penalty area and fired a powerful shot just over the crossbar to end the half with a one-goal lead. Only 5 minutes after the start of the easy side, Real Madrid counterattacked widely to the right, Vazquez inserted the ball to unload the ball and cross to Benzema, who pushed the ball, the ball hit Alvarez's hand, the referee watched the VAR and blew a penalty, Benzema took the penalty in one fell swoop, and Real Madrid extended the lead 2:0.
Bilbao then launched a fierce counterattack, and in the 77th minute Bilbao had a corner kick opportunity on the left, and Garcia nodded his hammer slightly above the mid-netting. In the 87th minute, Bilbao was still attacking from the left, Barentziaga broke through the bottom cross, Garcia grabbed a nodding hammer in front of the goal, the ball fell into The hands of Militan, the referee blew the penalty again after watching the VAR, this time more severe, or the red dot package directly sent Militang off, this ball penalty problem is not big, the red card is some...
Garcia himself took the penalty and fired it into the centre, and Courtois pounced on the right while reaching out to block the ball. After Courtois saved the spot, although Real Madrid played 1 less person, it also firmly held the 2-goal advantage, and finally took revenge on Athletic Bilbao 2:0, winning the 2021 Western Super League Championship, and real Madrid won the Western Super League Championship twice in the past three years.