Real Madrid wins the Spanish Super Cup

Real Madrid won the Spanish Super Cup this Sunday by beating Athletic Bilbao, who defended the title, 2-0 at the King Fahd stadium in Riyadh.

Luka Modric opened the scoring (minute 38) and Karim Benzema added to the white penalty account (52) to give Madrid its twelfth Super Cup.

The merengue team took revenge on Athletic, their executioner in last year’s semifinal (2-1) before beating FC Barcelona 3-2 in extra time in the final.

On the lawn of the King Fahd stadium, Madrid had more possession of the ball this Sunday against an Athletic team that sought to put pressure on the Whites’ exit from above.

The capital team managed to avoid the rival pressure to reach Unai Simón’s domains, but it was difficult for them to find the holes to shoot.

Madrid would hit the goal in a run by Rodrygo in the area that gave way behind so that Modric released a shot that slipped into the Basque goal (38).

Right after the break, Athletic coach Marcelino García Toral tried to revolutionize his team with the entry of Nico Williams for Alejandro Berenguer, seeking to give his team more dynamism.

But when Athletic tried to pick up the pace, Yeray’s hand inside his area was sanctioned with a penalty at the request of the video referee, who notified the referee of the infraction.

Benzema was in charge of converting the maximum penalty (52) to extend the merengue account and put more pressure on the Lions.

Ahead on the scoreboard, Carlo Ancelotti’s cast left the initiative to Athletic, forced to attack and open up more, to try to find the third on the counterattack.

Athletic ended up laying siege to the white goal until they provoked a handball in the area by Militao sanctioned with a penalty and a red card, but Courtois stopped the maximum penalty launched by Raúl García with his foot (88).

With one less on the field, Madrid withstood the rival attacks in the last few minutes to take the victory. (D)