Barcelona thrash Real Madrid in Jeddah to win Spanish Super Cup
Barcelona came from behind to beat Real Madrid 5-2 in an incident-packed Spanish Super Cup final in Saudi Arabia.
Kylian Mbappe opened the scoring for Real Madrid before five minutes with a brilliant solo effort.
Barcelona found an equalizer in the 22nd minute through Lamine Yamal, who expertly placed Robert Lewandowski’s pass into the bottom corner.
Hansi Flick’s team then took control of the game, netting three more goals before halftime.
Firstly, Lewandowski converted a penalty after Gavi was fouled, followed by a bullet header from Raphinha three minutes later, before Alex Balde scored in the 10th minute of first half added time.
Barcelona continued their dominance in the second half as Raphinha scores his second of the night on 48 minutes before Rodrygo pulled one back for Real on the hour mark.
Barcelona ended the game with 10 men as goalkeeper Szczesny was sent off for a foul on Mbappe outside the box in the 56th minute.
It marked the second time in two Clasicos under Flick that Barcelona have hit plenty of goals against their rivals, winning 4-0 at the Bernabeu in La Liga back in October.
Meanwhile, this was the third Clasico Super Cup in a row, with Barca winning 3-1 in 2023 and Real winning 4-1 last year.