Madrid, finalist on penalties

In the first of the semifinals of Spanish Supercup The Madrid was able to lose Valencia, who fought with great dignity until the penalties, and expect the rival (Barca or Betis) for next Sunday’s final in the same scenario as tonight’s clash: the King Fahd Stadium. Of course, despite being qualified thanks to Courtoiswho finished as MVP after being decisive in the penalty shootout, the Madrid He again left many doubts about his game and on top of that he added two new injuries: Lucas and Militao.

without the injured Praise and Tchouameni (who stayed in Madrid) and the headdresses Mendy Y carvajal, ancelotti just not surprised by the defense, bet Luke as right back and Nacho on the left, but decided to leave the bank to that Camavinga took his place and cross He sacrificed himself to play center midfielder. surprised too gattuso within Valenciawho opted for the middle pair Cenk Comertleave the bench Gabriel Paulista Y Hugo Guillamón and improvised a proper band with lato as an extreme, in addition to dispensing to diakhabi in midfield.

In the beginning, the bet fell on the side of ancelottiwell the Madrid managed to overcome the area of ​​Valencia in the first quarter of an hour based on a quick transition and had four dangerous occasions: a header from militarya shot of Rodrygo who didn’t take advantage of a great pass from Valverdea genius action within the area of Benzema that he failed to hit and a shot from outside the area of Valverde that grazed the right post of Mamardashvili.

However, he once survived that rival storm, the Valencia, with the ball barely at his feet, gets past it and decides to step forward. In just seven minutes, ché managed to finish three times in the merengue area and, unlike Madrid, two of them were between the three sticks. The most obvious, a head of Cavani after a large cross from the left of as that is disrupted Courtois with forgiveness But when he is better Valenciaa quick move, with a long pass of military ended in a penalty as a Benzema. is himself Benzema who managed to launch the maximum penalty and did not fail to make it 1-0. Before the break, the referee forgave the second yellow of Camavingawho committed the same foul as the first one that earned him a yellow, but this time he saved it.

Draw after restart

the talk of Catusso at the break it had an effect on his team, because in the first minute of the restart, latowho had been weak as a right winger in the first half, put an unreachable threaded cross in Courtois Y same linenwho won behind the Lukewent all in to tie the game.

four were injured

The goal is to leave the player completely out of place Madridwho did not react until the last phase of the game and, in particular, in stoppage time, when they appeared Benzema Y Vinicius, lost until then. In addition, the match entered a period of continuous delay due to injuries that affected the level of play presented. Luke he had to leave in the 64th minute after spraining his ankle, the scorer same linen fell to Valencia and militarywho in 1954 received a ball in the head after a shot from Kluivert and 20 minutes later he threw himself on the ground and was replaced. ancelotti he has to use the headdresses carvajal Y Mendy. Within Valencia the scorer fell same linen Y Almeidait is already in extension.

Mamardashvili exhibit

With the Valencia playing very comfortable, the Madrid decided to give signs of life to 88 with a shot from Benzema that left high for small and discounted, Mamardashvili He was the hero of the night. Georgian goalkeeper Valencia made two saves at the buzzer, first on a cross shot from Vinicius and then there is a shot from the front of Valverde. Not content with this, at the end of the first part of extra time he was hurt again by a powerful shot from cross from the front.

Courtois respond to the exhibition mamardashivili and at 111 he held on as long as he could and put a miraculous hand to prevent the goal of victory by Valencia after the shooting of the young man Frank Perez son of a rufete. The goalkeepers did their job, but the forwards did not, something that led the game to be resolved in a penalty shootout. There Courtoi appeared decisive, stopping shots from Cómert and Gayà, and his team qualified for Sunday’s final.

Data sheets

Real Madrid,
Courtois; Lucas (Carvajal, 68′), Militao (Mendy, 74′), Rüdiger, Nacho; Kroos, Camavinga (Modric, 46′), Valverde (Ceballos, 106′); Vinicius, Rodrygo (Marco Asensio, 84′) and Benzema
The
Valencia,
Mamardashvili; Correia, Cenk, Cömert, Gayà; Musah (Foulquier, 95′), Almeida (Guillamón, 116′), Lato (Ilaix, 95′), Samu Lino (Fran Pérez, 82′), Kluivert (Hugo Duro, 73′) and Cavani.
The
Thethe objectives: 1-0, Benzema (l.), 38′; 1-1, Samu Lino, 46′
Theviewers: 50,492 in King Fahd International.
TheReferee: Hernández Hernández (Canary Islands Committee). He advised Camavinga (28′), Kluivert (31′), Cavani (93′), Almeida (98′), Nacho (109′)