This final of the Spanish Super Cup, dominated by Barça (5-2), will have erased some records as old as the world – or almost – which Real Madrid would have done without. To cite two, the White House had not conceded four goals in the first half against the Catalan enemy since 1943, and had never conceded four goals (or more) in two Clasicos in a row. Because yes, that’s now two humiliations in a few months, after the disaster at the Bernabeu in La Liga (0-4 in October). “It’s one of the worst nights in contemporary Real”, summarizes the daily As this Monday morning.
“Mbappé showed the path, no one followed him”
Perhaps the worst part of all this is that this time, no one expected such a gap between the two teams. The Madrilenians had been doing much better in recent weeks, they had regained the lead in the championship and seemed to be on the right track, with Kylian Mbappé increasingly on his feet. This last observation is still true, and that is all there is to save from this evening in Saudi Arabia.
“It was divine, the only beam of light in the middle of this power outage,” continues As. Kylian grabbed a flashlight and showed the others the way. But no one followed him. » The performance of the French striker, first scorer of the evening in an action which brought back good memories of 2022, is welcomed by everyone, Carlo Ancelotti in the first place.
“Anything to remember from this match? No, we are not going to keep anything apart from the match that Mbappé played, reacted the Madrid coach. He had a great match, he did some very good actions, he scored. For the rest, we must forget and look forward. »
The Italian appeared stunned after the match, incredulous about the defensive lightness of his team. “We can lose matches, but not in the way we played in the first half (…) Our match was not good from the first minute. I thought that after the exclusion of Szczesny we would be able to come back, but even with numerical superiority we did not manage to find solutions,” he regretted.
His defense was abandoned throughout the match against the speed of Yamal and Raphinha in particular. Aurélien Tchouaméni experienced an ordeal, like Eduardo Camavinga, who caused a penalty before being replaced at half-time. “Barça was superior in all areas of play,” notes the newspaper Marca. Ancelotti emerges even more affected than during the 0-4 at the Bernabeu. Like Xavi a year ago, he has no answer to his rival’s superiority. That’s how it is. »