Real Madrid faced off against Atletico Madrid at the Al-Awwal Stadium earlier tonight as they looked to secure a win in the Spanish Super Cup. Los Blancos made a slow start to the game and conceded the opening goal in the sixth minute when Mario Hermoso found the back of the net. However, Antonio Rudiger equalised for Real Madrid in the 20th minute before Ferland Mendy completed the turnaround just nine minutes later. Antoine Griezmann equalised for Diego Simeone’s side in the 37th minute as both Madrid clubs went into the half-time break locked in a 2-2 scoreline.
Rudiger scored an unfortunate own goal in the 78th minute. However, Dani Carvajal came to his team’s rescue when he scored the equaliser in the 85th minute which took the match to extra-time.
Stefan Savic scored an unfortunate own goal as well in the 116th minute before Brahim Diaz put the contest to bed when he scored in the dying embers of the game. The match finished with Real Madrid securing a brilliant 5-3 win after extra time.
Let’s take a look at how each Real Madrid player fared during the contest against Atletico Madrid.
GK: Kepa Arrizabalaga – 5/10
The Spaniard made some solid saves at the back but won’t be pleased after conceding three times in 120 minutes. He also made some poor errors during the game.
RB: Dani Carvajal – 8.5/10
He did his fair share of defending and managed to create two good chances going forward. Carvajal managed to rescue his team by scoring the all-important in the 85th minute.
CB: Antonio Rudiger – 6/10
Rudiger managed to score with a goal header in the 20th minute. However, he also scored an own goal in the 78th minute.
CB: Nacho – 6/10
The Spaniard tried his best to keep things solid inside his half.
LB: Ferland Mendy – 7/10
He worked his socks off at left-back and managed to find the back of the net in the 29th minute.
CM: Federico Valverde – 7/10
Valverde dominated the game in the middle of the park but failed to threaten the opponent’s goal.
CM: Aurelian Tchouameni – 7/10
The Frenchman anchored the midfield relatively well and was good on the ball.
CM: Luka Modric – 6.5/10
He picked up an assist for setting up Rudiger’s goal. However, he ran out of energy in the second half.
CAM: Jude Bellingham – 7/10
Bellingham began the game slowly but managed to give a good account of himself after the half-time interval.
ST: Rodrygo – 6/10
He tried to earn free kicks and lacked quality in the opponent’s half.
ST: Vinicius Jr. – 6.5/10
Vinicius Jr. showed a few flashes of what he can do but failed to register a goal.
Substitutes:
CM: Toni Kroos – 6/10
He added some energy to Carlo Ancelotti’s midfield.
RW: Brahim Diaz – 7/10
Diaz managed to score in injury time.
CM: Dani Ceballos – N/A
ST: Joselu – N/A
ST: Arda Guler – N/A
