Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid remained shoulder to shoulder for a long time before Jude Bellingham’s partners finally won their ticket to the final of the Spanish Super Cup (5-3 after overtime). On Sunday, Real will face Barça or Osasuna.
A shock that kept all its promises. This Wednesday, on the pitch of Al Hilal Stadium, Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid fought a boxing fight by surrendering the blows. From the 7th minute, it was the Colchoneros who opened the score when, on a corner shot by Antoine Griezmann, Mario Hermoso rose in the air to send his ball to the bottom of the nets (0-1, 7th). Very offensive in their start of the match, Diego Simeone’s players passed near the break goal after a well-conducted attack and a pass from Griezmann to Alvaro Morata but the attacker could not frame his shot, being too eccentric from the goal (19th).
In the wake, still on a corner, still on a head, it was Real Madrid who found the way to the nets. Luka Modric was in charge of the assist and Antonio Rüdiger of the decreated head (1-1, 20th). The beautiful evening of the defenders did not stop in such a good way and it was Ferland Mendy who gave the advantage to Carlo Ancelotti’s players by taking over a center at the ground level of Carvajal (2-1, 29th). Just before half-time, Antoine Griezmann decided, almost alone, to score his long-awaited 174th goal. Full axis, he eliminated Modric and Rüdiger with a feint of striking behind his support leg before hitting the right cross and equaling the counters (2-2, 37th). In doing so, the vice-captain of Les Bleus became the best scorer in the history of the Colchoneros ahead of Luis Aragonés.
In the second half, the intense rhythm of the first act largely fell. With the exception of a quick free-kick played by Vinicius towards Carvajal, who collided with Oblak (71st), not much notable happened until the 78th minute. On an aerial ball, in the duel with Alvaro Morata, Kepa Arrizabalaga missed his ball grip and the leather went on his foot before ending up in the doorman’s nets (2-3, 78th). However, it was not over because after an action crossed by 4 shots, including 2 against from Bellingham, Carvajal did not miss the target of a tense shot in the open surface (3-3, 85th). Finally, it was necessary to go through overtime in this crazy match and it was played very scared because in the 115th minute of play, after a head from Joselu, Savic touched the ball with his foot, and at the same time lobed an Oblak too fair (4-3, 115th). On the last action, Brahim Diaz, in the race with a Jan Oblak on the corner, added a new goal to complete Real’s success (5-3, 102nd+2) In the final, Real Madrid, finalist of the last edition, will challenge the winner of the other semi-final on Sunday, which will pit Barça against Osasuna on Thursday evening.
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