Vinicius destroys Barça and Madrid wins the Super Cup | Football | Kinds of sports

The Arabian classic, the final of the first title of the season, the Spanish Super Cup, was a classic of the show for Vini, who struggled with sticks and penalties in pre-season in Dallas and was tripped by Araújo in Montjuïc and saved by Bellingham. In Riyadh, the Brazilian showed an amazing performance: he scored a hat-trick in the 38th minute and overtired Araujo, who awarded him a penalty and eventually sent him off for another foul on Vinicius. The Brazilian once again posed a nuclear threat in a Real team that controlled the duel at will against a vulnerable Barcelona side that lacked surprise in attack.

Xavi’s team had a plan before Vinicius’s first race across the desert meadow. Bellingham turned, sent the ball into space through the middle, and the Brazilian, after Kounde’s hesitation, ran off to face Iñaki Pena alone. He went past the goalkeeper and blew up the game, which lasted barely six minutes. Madrid’s gunpowder was discovered and just seconds later they were about to repeat it with a shot from Rodrigo saved by Pena. The ending seemed like it was going to fall apart as soon as it started.

Xavi decided to push the backline well and Ancelotti’s team welcomed the invitation to go behind it. The next one to consider this option was Carvajal on his right flank, where he launched Rodrigo with an open world. The Brazilian advanced from one side, and Vinicius flew into the penalty area from the other. From Brazilian to Brazilian: the 7th slipped while sitting on the grass and scored the second.

With Barcelona destroyed, Madrid calmed down, partly by inviting the Blaugrana to continue liberating the land behind them. Xavi’s side advanced pass by pass, passing De Jong, Gundogan and Pedri, finally starting after his latest injury. Thanks to the canary, Barça gains control, order and intention. And so Madrid retreated, feeling no greater threat from Barça than losing ground. It was a harmless domain. Real calmly waited, without worrying, always looking out of the corner of its eye at the rear of the opponent’s defense. Because of this panorama of boring Barça and Madrid with a bad idea, the final hung in the balance. And that thread was Ronald Araujo, Vinicius’ keeper, and also Bellingham as they chased Rüdiger’s diagonals. Always on the verge of being alone in front of the goalkeeper again.

Controlling Barcelona while the advance troops attempted to encircle Madrid posed a huge risk. Always on the verge of disaster, unable to find anything to threaten Lunin with, Ancelotti’s choice after Kepa’s uncertainty in the semi-final against Atlético. The balance in the fight for goal seems to tip another point in favor of the Ukrainian, whom Carletto has already announced for Thursday’s Cup round of 16 match against Atlético at the Metropolitano. The play did not result in a goal from Lunin for Barcelona, ​​who eventually found him after Mendy’s poor clearance and Lewandowski’s exquisite volley from the edge of the penalty area. An elusive cannon shot opened a brief moment when Madrid seemed within reach again. But no.

Ancelotti commanded the battalion, creating the illusion that he was transferred to Barça. Lewandowski’s goal, which he scored for the third game in a row, was answered by moving into enemy territory. The Blaugrana watched the changing tide rather contemplatively. Bellingham, Kroos and Tchouameni always had time and space to manoeuvre.

In one of them, the Frenchman noticed how Vinicius crossed the site in the company of Araujo, as almost always. When the serve was already approaching the Brazilian, the Uruguayan knocked it down with his hand. The penalty was requested by Vini himself, and the team is still trying to get out of the confusion caused by the maximum penalties. The Brazilian already lost to Barcelona in July in Dallas. But he did everything right in Arabia and scored a hat-trick before the break. Madrid then rested again.

The duel returned to its previous balance, with the Blaugrana playing with a little more Pedri each time, closer to Lunin Square, but not closer to the goal. Barça had the ball, but it did not function like the rock on which the cathedral of control was once built. He even barely threatened the arrival of Lamin Yamal, Joao Felix and Fermin.

Madrid were at the helm, and in particular Vinicius, who, after the first two muscle tears of his career, flies like never before, especially when he finds the field in front of him. This is how he arranged the room. He captured the territory and searched for Bellingham, but Kunde cleared and Rodrigo closed the night. Although Madrid didn’t lower the blinds. Another from Araujo’s ejection came Brahim, a guy with an insatiable appetite who, as soon as he stepped onto the grass, left a groove with a wild braking that threw off the defense, although Iñaki Pena deactivated the shot. Real were looking for a memorable win, but the scoreboard was still four and the team was euphoric as they waited for the next big match – another derby on Thursday in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey.

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