On January 12, the first semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup took place - Catalan “Barcelona” and Madrid “Real” met in Saudi Arabia.

Madrid won 3: 2 and made it to the final.

In the first half, the teams exchanged goals - in the 25th minute, “Real” brought Vinicius Junior forward, and in the 41st minute, Luc de Jong restored the balance.

In the 72nd minute, Benzema played well on the finishing move and Real Madrid took the lead again, but Fati moved the game into overtime with a header in the 83rd minute..

Valverde became the hero of the fight in the first overtime - Real Madrid fled into a counterattack, and the Uruguayan closed the pass from Junior.

Real Madrid win fifth in a row and 100th in El Clasico history.

Barcelona - Real Madrid - 2: 3.

Goals: L. de Jong, 42, Fati, 84 - Vinicius, 25, Benzema, 72, Valverde, 98.

Barcelona: ter Stegen, Alves (Depay, 78), Pique, Araujo, Alba, Gavi (Gonzalez, 78), Busquets, F.

de Jong (Pedri, 46), Ferrand (Abde, 46, Jujla, 110), L. de Jong (Fati, 66), Dembele.

Real Madrid: Courtois, Carvajal (Vazquez, 91), Militao, Nacho, Mendi, Modric (Valverde, 82), Casemiro, Kroos, Asensio (Rodrigo, 67), Benzema, Vinicius (Valverde, 110).

Warnings: Ferran, Alves - Casemiro, Valverde.

The second semi-final of the tournament will be held on January 13 - it will face Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao.

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