Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 to win Super Cup title

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— Real Madrid CF (@realmadriden) 16 January 2022

Real took the lead within the thirty eighth minute when Rodrigo crossed two defenders to move to Modric, who fired a shot into the again of the online.

Benzema prolonged his lead within the second half with a penalty after the video assistant referee noticed a handball from Yere Alvarez inside the sector.

Real have been lowered to 10 males three minutes after Eder Militao was despatched off for a goalline handball.
Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois brilliantly blocked Raul Garcia’s penalty kick together with his left foot within the dying seconds.

After two thrilling semi-finals, the ultimate was a one-sided contest, with Real Madrid fully dominating and by no means dealing with any actual threats.

Real obtained overwhelming help from 30,000 followers on the King Fahd Stadium, which was at 50% capability because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

French striker Karim Benzema was backed by Saudi supporters, however it was Modric’s night time.

Carlo Ancelotti stated within the making of the sport that his aspect was the essence of a counter-attacking workforce and on Sunday, Modric and ahead Rodrigo graced their coach with completely executed counters to open the scoring.

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— Real Madrid CF (@realmadriden) 16 January 2022

Benzema has made it a behavior to attain towards Athletic and together with his 18th objective in 26 matches towards the Basque aspect, he has doubled the benefit towards a workforce he has scored in his profession.

It was the twelfth time that Real had gained the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, claiming each editions of the competitors. Last 12 months’s version, gained by Athletic, was held in Spain because of the pandemic.