The 2023 Spanish Super Cup final will bring Real Madrid against Barcelona which will be held at the King Fahd Stadium on Monday.
The duel ended for Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Real Madrid.
Gavi, Lewandowski and Pedri scored Barcelona’s winning goals.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid’s goal was scored by Karim Benzema.
In the first half, Real Madrid and Barcelona’s games were fairly even, but Barcelona managed to threaten Courtois’ goal several times, while Real Madrid were still unable to pose a significant threat.
Barcelona were finally able to take the lead in the 33rd minute through a goal scored by Gavi utilizing a bait from Robert Lewandowski and changing the temporary score to 1-0.
In the 45th minute, Barcelona managed to double their lead through a goal scored by Lewandoski after receiving a tug of bait from Gavi.
The second half had just started, Barcelona again launched an attack through Ousmande Demebele in the 51st minute and Lewandowski in the 54th minute.
However, their efforts were still secured by Thibaut Courtois.
In the 69th minute, Barcelona again added to the score through a goal scored by Pedri taking advantage of carelessness at Real Madrid’s back line.
Real Madrid immediately responded by attacking Barcelona’s defense.
As a result, in the 90+3 minute, Real Madrid was able to reduce the position to 3-1 through a goal scored by Karim Benzema.
No more goals were created until the referee sounded the long whistle to signal the end of the match.
With this result, Barcelona has won the 2023 Spanish Super Cup.
Ancelotti revealed the reason Real Madrid lost to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final.
“[To say] ‘a sporting insult’ would be a lack of respect,” Ancelotti told a news conference.
“We lost against Barcelona, just like we beat them in the league [3-1 on October 16]. They played better and deserved to win, that’s all.”
“The mistakes we made defined the game. We didn’t play the ball well, they caught us twice on the counter and the game changed. It wasn’t a lack of attitude, it was an individual mistake.”
Ancelotti’s first season back in Madrid was able to win LaLiga and the Champions League.
However, this season will be more challenging for Don Carlo, considering that Real Madrid is currently in second place in the standings, 3 points behind Barcelona.
“This is not a good moment for the team. We have to survive,” said Ancelotti.
“This team has the quality to come back and be competitive in all competitions. We are hurt because Madrid usually win finals.”
“Madrid will come back, there is no doubt about that,” he concluded.
