In the early morning of January 17, Beijing time, the final of the Spanish Super Cup began to compete, and Real Madrid played against Athletic Bilbao. At the end of the match, Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 to win the Spanish Super Cup.
After the start of the first half, in the 8th minute, Rodrigo broke through on the right and the shot bounced off the defender. In the 38th minute, Real Madrid launched another attack. Or Rodrigo dribbled into the box on the right, inverted triangle back to pass teammates, waiting for Modric at the top of the arc of the penalty area to shoot the goal, Real Madrid 1-0 to break the deadlock, to take the lead. At half-time, the score was 1-0 between the two sides.
In the second half, the two sides fought again. In the 49th minute, Benzema fired a shot from the top of the penalty area and the ball hit the defender's arm to block the bottom line. VAR then stepped in and the referee awarded a penalty after seeing the replay in person. Benzema personally took the lead and Real Madrid extended the score 2-0. A volley from a teammate's side cross in the middle of the penalty area was blocked off the line. In the 87th minute, Athletic Bilbao also received a penalty, Militang defended with a handball, the referee was reminded by VAR to award a penalty and showed a red card to Militang. Raul Garcia's penalty was saved by Courtois. In the end, the final whistle sounded, and Real Madrid won the Western Super League 2-0 victory.
Line-ups for both sides:
Real Madrid: 1-Courtois/23-Mendy, 3-Militão, 4-Alaba, 17-Vazquez (91 minutes, 6-Nacho)/8-Kroos, 10-Modric, 14-Casemiro/20-Vinicius (86 minutes, 12 Marcelo), 21 Rodrigo (64 minutes, 15 Valverde), 9-Benzema
Athletic Bilbao: 1 Unai Simon/18 De Marcos, 5 Jerre Alvarez, 4 Inigo Martinez, 24 Barentziaga (58 minutes, 17 Berchiche) /7 Berenguer (46 minutes, 30 Nico Williams), 14 Dani Garcia, 19 Oye Saraga (58 minutes, 6 Mikel Visga), 10 Muñain/8 Oyhan Sanseter (58 minutes, 22 Raul Garcia), 9- Ignaci-Williams
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