Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid collided in the semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup that was played at Al Awwal Park, home of Cristiano Ronaldo and Al Nassr, to give us a match full of drama, goals and emotion.
It was the first of the three derbies that we will have in a period of a month, since now they will face each other in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey and on matchday 23 of LaLiga EA Sports.
The match ended 5-3 in favor of Real Madrid, who managed to win it before going to the penalty shootout.
The keys to Real Madrid’s victory
Early goal by Atlético
Just in the 6th minute of the match, Mario Hermoso rose to the top after a corner kick taken by Griezmann and with a great header he sent the ball away, leaving Kepa with no chance, who was just another spectator.
Rudiger tied it
Carlo Ancelotti’s team repeated the dose to the colchoneros, because at 20′, Antonio Rudiger tied the match with a great header after an assist from Modric, replicating that legendary goal by Ramos that ended up earning them the tenth Champions League.
Merengue comeback
After conceding an early goal, the merengue team came from behind, tied it and then came back with a great collective play that ended with Ferland Mendy joining the attack only to deflect the ball assisted by Carvajal in the 29th minute.
Griezmann became historic
Those led by Simeone did not remain with their arms crossed and Antoine Griezmann was in charge of putting the tie at 37′ with a great goal after taking out a couple of defenders and finishing with his right foot and crossing it to Kepa, being a historic goal for the Frenchman, since with this he became the top scorer in the history of Atlético de Madrid.
Cardiac closure and lengthening
In the 78th minute, Kepa came out to cut the ball, but in the presence of Álvaro Morata and Rudiger, the Spanish goalkeeper couldn’t stay with it and the German ended up pushing the ball into his own goal, thus giving the Colchonero team the advantage. Although temporarily, because at 85′, Carvajal appeared to take advantage of the fact that the ball was left in the area after Bellingham tried, on a couple of occasions, to score, and the Real Madrid defender equalized the score at 3 goals, thus sending to the extension.
Like Madrid!
Real Madrid avoided going to penalties thanks to a great cross from the right wing by Dani Carvajal where Joselu, who came on for Vinícius, finished inside the area, but the ball ended up being deflected by Stefan Savić and slipped into the back of the net. To make it 4-3 in favor of the merengue team.
Brahim Díaz joined the party and at 120+2′ he took advantage of the fact that Oblak went to the merengue area to try to finish and in a counterattack based on power and speed, he scored the fifth with the open goal.
A match full of goals, drama and an own goal for each team, with this, Real Madrid is in the final of the Spanish Super Cup where it will await Osasuna or Barcelona.
Source: Diario AS