Barcelona staged a historic comeback on Sunday, to thrash bitter rival Real Madrid 5-2 in a Spanish Super Cup final edition of El Clasico held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Barcelona had brushed off Athletic Bilbao 2-0 whiles Madrid edged out Real Mallorca in the semifinal games en route to the finals.
Wonderkid Lamine Yamal went on a typical slalom run of his own and slotted his perfectly executed shot past Thibaut Courtois to equalize Mbappe’s early goal.
Forward Robert Lewandowski scored from the penalty spot after Eduardo Camavinga hacked at Gavi and brought the number six down in the box.
Brazilian Raphinha head connected excellently with a Jules Kounde cross on 39 minutes to give Barca a two-goal advantage, before he sets up Alejandro Balde to secure a 4-1 scoreline at half time.
The Blaugranas came roaring out of the traps following the interval, with Raphinha scoring his second of the night upon cleverly dribbling on the other side of a set of hapless white shirts to make it 5-1 just on the 48th minute.
Barcelona were reduced to 10 men after Wojciech Szczesny was shown a straight red for fouling Mbappe outside the 18-yarder and Rodrygo scored from the resulted freekick to get Madrid’s second.
The victory means Barcelona have held on for a record 15th title in the competition and won back the cup which Madrid last year under Hansi Flick’s predecessor Xavi Hernandez.
This becomes first title for the German as Barcelona head coach wining back-to-back El Clasicos in just four months but has also maintained a 100 percent record cup finals—seven games, seven wins.
