Barcelona lifted their first trophy of the season on Sunday evening, beating their fiercest rivals Real Madrid 5-2 in the Supercopa de Espana final.
A barely believable first half was marred by violent breakaways on both sides. Real Madrid’s Kylian Mbappé broke the stalemate with a magnificent individual goal after just five minutes. But when Alejandro Balde completed an advance in the last of ten added minutes of the first half, Barcelona led 4-1.
Lamine Yamal’s precise shot into the far corner canceled out Mbappe’s early lead after 22 minutes. Robert Lewandowski gave Barcelona the lead with a penalty in the 36th minute, just before Raphinha gave the Catalans a 3-1 lead with a header.
The Brazilian needed just three minutes in the second half to secure Barcelona’s fifth part of the night. Raphinha burst in behind Madrid’s newly formed defensive line and had already beaten Aurelien Tchouameni, but found time for fun to hack past the makeshift centre-back before picking the bottom corner.
As has been proven so many times, Madrid would not be gentle on this good evening. Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was sent off just before the hour for an inappropriate lunge on Mbappé. After this free kick, Rodrygo hit the top corner and reduced the deficit to 2:5.
Barcelona’s 10 players maintained their lead and claimed their first title of Hansi Flick’s reign, while Madrid were left licking their wounds.
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player | Evaluation |
|---|---|
GK: Thibaut Courtois | 5.5/10 |
RB: Lucas Vazquez | 5.2/10 |
CB: Aurelien Tchouameni | 5.0/10 |
CB: Antonio Rüdiger | 5.0/10 |
LB: Ferland Mendy | 5.0/10 |
CM: Fede Valverde | 5.8/10 |
CM: Eduardo Camavinga | 4.8/10 |
AM: Jew Bellingham | 7.1/10 |
RW: Rodrygo | 8.2/10 |
ST: Kylian Mbappe | 8.3/10 |
LW: Vinicius Junior | 7.4/10 |
SUB: Dani Ceballos (46′ for Camavinga) | 6.2/10 |
SUB: Raul Asencio (52nd for Vazquez) | 7.1/10 |
SUB: Luka Modric (64th minute for Tchouameni) | 6.7/10 |
SUB: Fran Garcia (75′ for Mendy) | 6.6/10 |
SUB: Brahim Diaz (76th for Vinicius) | 5.9/10 |
Substitutes not used: Andriy Lunin (TW), Fran Gonzalez (TW), David Alaba, Lorenzo Aguado, Arda Guler, Endrick
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player | Evaluation |
|---|---|
GK: Wojciech Szczesny | 5.5/10 |
RB: Jules Kounde | 7.6/10 |
CB: Pau Cubarsi | 6.1/10 |
CB: Inigo Martinez | 6.1/10 |
L.B: Alejandro Balde | 7.9/10 |
CM: Marc Casado | 6.6/10 |
CM: Pedri | 7.4/10 |
AM: Gavi | 7.1/10 |
RW: Lamine Yamal | 8.3/10 |
ST: Robert Lewandowski | 8.5/10 |
LW: Raphinha | 9.4/10 |
SUB: Ronald Araujo (28′ Martinez) | 6.3/10 |
SUB: Inaki Pena (59th for Gavi) | 7.0/10 |
SUB: Dani Olmo (59th for Yamal) | 6.9/10 |
SUB: Ferran Torres (79th for Raphinha) | 6.1/10 |
Substitutes not used: Ander Astralaga (TW), Eric Garcia, Gerard Martin, Hector Fort, Fermin Lopez, Frenkie de Jong, Pau Victor.