Real Madrid beat Barcelona in the Spanish Supercup final.
Real Madrid’s Vinícius Junior was the hero of the Supercup with a hat trick. PDO
El Clásico started slipping out of Barça’s hands in just ten minutes. In that time, Real Madrid broke the Catalans’ offside trap twice, and as many times Vinicius Junior the goalkeeper went to rivet the ball Iñaki Peña behind the back.
Barcelona coach Xavi had put his team’s best defender Ronald Araújo into a real package. In turn, that meant topper responsibility For Jules Koundé. The decision cost the opening goal because Jude Bellingham saw the Frenchman take a step forward.
At the same second, he sent the brass star running through.
In another Rodrygo picked up speed from his own half of the field and then sent a long vertical pass. He turned the ball over to his compatriot in the middle, and Vinícius slid it into the net.
Although Robert Lewandowski narrowed it down with his volley, we went to the break with the Whites leading by two goals. Vinícius filmed the worst, and he hit the hat trick himself.
At just over an hour, Koundé failed to break the ball, and Rodrygo thanked him by nailing the 4-1 final numbers.
In the end, Barça fell short because Araújo picked up a second warning and an early call to the shower.
The crushing defeat and Xavi’s clear tactical mistakes weaken his position at the helm of the team even more.
Xavi has a lot of explaining to do after the crushing defeat. PDO