Barcelona have emerged champions of the 2023 Spanish Super Cup after defeating Real Madrid by 3-1 on Sunday night.
It was the first time the Super cup would be played outside the European soil.
The match held at the Riyadh, international stadium in Saudi Arabia.
Barça were the better team for virtually all of El Clásico, created big chances and were extremely efficient in front of goal to beat their main rivals and win the first title of Xavi Hernández’s career as Barça manager.
Barça were the better team from the very beginning. They were organized, committed, intense, mature and confident in possession, and they defended very well as a team.
The Blaugrana had the first big chance of the half on a rocket from Robert Lewandowski that was deflected onto the post by Thibaut Courtois, and Alejandro Balde narrowly missed the target on the rebound.
Madrid did virtually nothing all half but they did have one chance on a cross from Ferland Mendy that found Karim Benzema all alone inside the box but the striker missed an easy header that should have been the opener. That turned out to be Los Blancos’ only dangerous moment of the period, and Barça dominated the rest.
Barcelona were three goals up courtesy of Gavi, Lewandowsky and Pedri, before Benzema put one back for Madrid at the death to make the scoreline a little respectable.
