As expected, as the organizers of the Spanish Super Cup in Riyadh had hoped, Barcelona and Real Madrid will meet again in the trophy match. Atlético came close to upsetting their city rival, but fell after extra time (3:3, 3:5), while Osasuna endured an almost hour-long clash with Barcelona, but after Roberto Lewandowski’s goal in the 59th minute, they failed to score. back in the match. Moreover, Arasate’s team succumbed once again in the stoppage time to end 2:0 in favour of the Catalans, who will defend the cup won a year ago in the new El Clasico on Sunday.Xavi’s team did not play a perfect match, if Ante Budimir had concentrated better or had a bit more luck in certain situations, the result would probably have been different. However, they achieved their goal and won, and 16-year-old Lamin Yamal will remember tonight’s duel for the longest time because of his second goal for Barcelona’s A team. He gave the first one to Granada in the championship draw 2:2, and now crowned Joao Felix’s nice breakthrough in the third minute of stoppage time. Both of them entered the game from the bench, with Yamal already replacing the injured Raphinha in the first half. The Brazilian suffered a muscle injury in his left leg, and it is hard to believe that he will be ready for Sunday’s final, and by the way, he is already the third Barcelona player in 2024 who had to go to the infirmary.Both teams entered the game openly tonight. In just ten minutes of play, we saw some very good chances on both sides. Lewandowski, Christensen and Ferran Torres threatened on one side, later Budimir on the other side. Despite this, the nets were empty in the first half. After returning from rest, the game continued in the same rhythm, but after fifteen minutes, Barcelona’s players were the ones who managed to find a way to the net of the opponent’s goal. Lewandowski did it after Ilkay Gundogan’s pass, although Osasuna will complain to the referee Alejandro Muniz because he didn’t previously call Christensen’s foul prior to this attack. Osasuna’s players tried to equalize afterwards, they had their chances, but they failed to avoid their fifth consecutive defeat against Barcelona.SPANISH SUPER CUP – SEMIFINALSWednesday Real Madrid – Atl.Madrid 5-3 (2-2) AET/Rudiger 20, Mendy 29, Carvajal 85, Savic 116 og, Diaz 120+2 – Hermoso 7, Griezmann 37, Rudiger 78/Thursday Barcelona – Osasuna 2-0 (0-0)/Lewandowski 59, Yamal 93/
