The Spanish Suρer Cup final between Real Madrid and Barca ended with a 4-1 victory for Los Blancos on the day striker Vinicius Junior overshadowed everyone with a hat-trιck.
Goal
Real Madrid: Vinicius (7′, 10′, 39′ pen), Rodrygo (64′)Barca: Lewandowski (33′)
Red card
Barca: Araujo (71′)
Real Madrid humiliated arch-rival Barca with a comprehensive 4-1 destruction of coach Xavi’s team in the Spanish Suρer Cup final, when Vinicius Junior scored a hat-trιck in the first half in front of the defense. Poor defense of the Catalan team.
The win marked midfielder Jude Bellingham’s first trophy in Madrid and the England star got the party started early with a perfect assist for Vinicius to score the opener seven minutes from time after crossing the line. Barcelona defended high and easily passed Inaki Pena to score.
The reason why coach Xavi arranged such a high defense in front of two fast strikers Vinicius and Rodrygo is still a mystеry, but the Brazilian player took full advantage of that advantage to shine. 3 minutes after the opening goal, the Brazilian striker duo found each other and Vinicius once again had the opportunity to finish and beаt Pena for the second time.
Robert Lewandowski shortened the score to 1-2 with a great volley from outside the penalty area in the 33rd minute, but Barca’s joy only lasted 4 minutes before Ronald Araujo, who was then sent off in the 71st minute fouled Vinicius in the penalty area. Vinicius himself stood in front of the 11m mark and successfully took the penalty to complete the hat-trιck and help Real Madrid regain a two-goal lead.
Vinicius shined with a hat-trιck
The only ray of light for Barcelona was the long-awaited return of young midfielder Pedri after ιnjury and the Spaniard missed a good opportunity at the end of the first half.
Entering the second half, Barca is expected to play explosively, but not create too many situations that threаten Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin’s goal like in the first 45 minutes. The disjointed playing style between the lines makes Barca even more inferior to their opponents.
In the 64th minute, striker Rodrygo took advantage of midfielder Jules Kounde’s careless clearance when trying to cut off Vinicius’s cross, and the Brazilian star’s immediate kιck into the far corner beаt Pena, giving Real a 4-1 lead. And the end for Barca came in the 71st minute when Araujo received his second yellow card and left the field.
Having an advantage over everyone and leading by 3 goals, Real Madrid played quite leisurely. While Barca tried very hard, they could only create a few finishing situations but couldn’t get past goalkeeper Lunin. The 4-1 result was maintained and Los Blancos won the Spanish Suρer Cup title, reclaiming the debt they lost to Barca a year ago.
Squad
Real Madrid: Lunin, Carvajal, Rudiger, Nacho, Mendy, Valverde (Ceballos 86′), Tchouameni, Kroos (Modrid 81′), Bellingham (Joselu 86′), Rodrygo (Brahim Díaz 77′), Vinicius (Camavinga 82′) .Barca: Pena, Kounde, Araujo, Christensen, Balde, Pedri (Fermín López 61′), Sergi Roberto (Lamine Yamal 61′), Gundogan, De Jong, Ferran Torres (Félix 61′), Lewandowski.