Madrid defeated FC Barcelona on Wednesday (January 12th, 2022) 3: 2 (1: 1) and made it into the final. Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao face each other in the other semi-final on Thursday. The final will take place on Sunday.
Valverde decides the game in extra time
Real took the lead after 25 minutes through Vinicius Junior (25th), who overcame goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen with a left-footed shot. But FC Barcelona equalized with a strange goal before the break. Madrid defender Eder Militao shot at Barcelona’s Luuk de Jong, who hit the inside of the post and then into the goal.
In the middle of the second half, Real seemed already on the way to victory when striker Karim Benzema took the lead again with a flick in the 72nd minute, but 19-year-old Ansu Fati equalized with a header seven minutes before the end.
In the extension, the decision was made in a pressure phase from Barcelona. The Uruguayan Federico Valverde closed a counterattack to 3-2 for Real (98.).
Ferran Torres makes his debut in Barcelona starting XI Starting XI
Ferran Torres was in the starting line-up of FC Barcelona after a corona infection. It was the midfielder’s first appearance, coming from Manchester City in late December for € 55million. Only the day before the Supercup semifinals, however, Torres was officially registered and has only been eligible to play since then. The background to this is the poor financial situation and the high cost structure of FC Barcelona.