This Sunday, FC Barcelona won the Spanish Football Super Cup, the 14th in its history, by beating Real Madrid 3-1 in the final, in which the children Pedri and Gavi put on a show.
The result reflects the superiority of the Catalan team, which had Pedri, 20, and Gavi, 18, the ‘engines’ of the midfield, with a direct influence not only on the collective game, but also on two of the goals .
FC Barcelona took the lead in the 33rd minute, through Gavi, after assisting Robert Lewandowski, in a play that resulted from a tackle from Sérgio Busquets.
The midfielder intercepted a pass from Rudiger to Camavinga, after which Pedri assisted the Polish striker, who made the last pass to Gavi.
Before the break, FC Barcelona materialized its supremacy with the second goal, at 45′, from Lewandowski, again in a play started by Sérgio Busquets.
The ‘culé’ captain endorsed the ball to the Dutch midfielder Frank de Jong, whose pass was cleared by Gavi, who offered the goal on a tray to the Polish striker, who barely touched it.
In the second half, the Catalan team ‘checkmate’ their rival in the 69th minute, in a counterattack, again plotted by the two kids, this time with Gavi serving Pedri to the far post, so that he could play at the bottom of the networks .
In discount, the Frenchman Karim Benzema, who was returning from injury, even lowered for the ‘merengues’, at 90+3, in a recharge after saving his shot.
FC Barcelona was already the club that had won the most Spanish Super Cups, now adding 14, two more than its great rival Madrid, which has 12.
This was the first title for FC Barcelona after the departure of Argentine Lionel Messi to Paris Saint-Germain, and also the first achievement for coach Xavi, ending Carlo Ancelotti’s nine-game winning streak.
The Italian coach has not lost a final since August 8, 2010, when he lost the English Super Cup at the service of Chelsea – a 3-1 defeat against Manchester United.
Since then, nine finals, two with Bayern Munich and seven with Real Madrid, in a single game and nine conquests. The exception was the 2014 Spanish Super Cup, then played over two legs.
In the Spanish championship, ‘barça’ leads with 41 points, three more than the madridistas.
Source: TSF
