Real Madrid beat Valencia on penalties and qualify for the Super Cup final

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Real Madrid will play the final of the Spanish Super Cup after eliminate Valencia on the semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup which was played this Wednesday, January 11, at the King Fahd Stadium in Saudi Arabia.

The semifinal was even. Both teams had options to win. Real Madrid went into the break with a goal advantage, which Benzema scored a penalty (1-0) in the 39th minute, after Comert brought down the Frenchman inside the box.

As soon as the second part began, at minute 46, Samuel Lino made it 1-1 on the scoreboard after finishing off a cross from Lato with a volley and beating goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

In the final stretch of the second half, both teams had the chance to score, but goalkeepers Mamardashvili (Valencia) and Courtois (Real Madrid) prevented the goals. In this way, the clash went to extra time.

The goalkeepers were once again the protagonists in extra time, and neither team was able to end the match. Thus, the winner was decided in the penalty shootout.

Cavani scored the first maximum penalty and put Valencia ahead. After, Benzema equalized the batch for Real Madrid. In the second launch and the valencianistas, Comert sent the ball to the cloudsY Modric put the meringues ahead. Immediately afterwards, Illaix and Guillamón scored for Valenciawhile Kroos and Asensio did the same for Real Madrid. Gayá missed the last launch of Valenciaand Real Madrid was victorious.

Data sheet:

1 (4)- Real Madrid: Courtois; Lucas Vázquez (Carvajal, m.69), Militao (Mendy, m.74), Rüdiger, Nacho; Kroos, Camavinga (Modric, m.46), Valverde (Ceballos, m.106); Rodrygo (Asensio, m.84), Benzema and Vinicius.

1 (3)-Valencia: Mamardashvili; Correia, Cenk Özkacar, Cömert, Gayà; Musah (Foulquier, m.95+), Almeida (Guillamón, m.115), Lato (Ilaix Moriba, m.95+); Kluivert (Hugo Duro, m.73), Samuel Lino (Fran Pérez, m.82) and Cavani.

Goals: 1-0, m. 39: Benzema. 1-1, m.46: Samuel Lino.

Penalties: 0-1: Cavani, goal. 1-1: Benzema, goal. 1-1: Cömert, out. 2-1: Modric, goal. 2-2: Ilaix Moriba, goal. 3-2: Kroos, goal. 3-2: Guillamón, goal. 4-3: Asensio, goal. 4-3: Gayà, for Courtois.

Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Las Palmas Committee). He admonished Eduardo Camavinga (m.27) and Nacho (m.109), at Real Madrid; and Justin Kluivert (m.31), Eray Cömert (m.38), Edinson Cavani (m.92) and Almeida (m.99) by Valencia.