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Real Madrid Beats Rival Atletico In Eight-Goal Thriller To Book Place In Super Cup Final

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Real Madrid nosed ahead four minutes from the end, with Joselu heading Carvajal’s cross at Savic, who deflected the ball beyond the scrambling Oblak and into his own net.

Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid 5- 3 after extra-time in a pulsating battle in Saudi Arabia to reach the Spanish Super Cup final on Wednesday.

Mario Hermoso and Antonio Rudiger changed early headed pretensions before Ferland Mendy transferred Madrid ahead at the Al- Awwal Park colosseum in Riyadh.

Antoine Griezmann levelled with a corner thing for Atletico to come their each- time leading arranger and Kepa Arrizabalaga’s own thing transferred the Rojilbancos ahead, but Dani Carvajal smashed Madrid position and forced extra-time.

With the game heading towards penalties, Stefan Savic’s own thing nudged Madrid ahead, and Brahim Diaz wrapped up the palm on the counter-attack with Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak stranded out of position.

In Sunday’s final Madrid will face either Barcelona or Osasuna, who meet Thursday in the other semi-final.

Diego Simeone’s Atletico is the only platoon to beat Madrid this season, in September, and it started explosively with Samuel Lino testing Arrizabalaga shortly before it took the lead.

Hermoso headed in the nature after six twinkles from Griezmann’s corner as Rodrygo failed to challenge him in the air.

Rudiger levelled for Madrid in a analogous fashion as he escaped Savic and jounced Luka Modric’s corner home.

Madrid, unbeaten in 20 matches, was in the ascendance and full- reverse Mendy capitalised with a deft flicked finish from Carvajal’s low cross.

Griezmann headed into Arrizabalaga’s hands before pulling Atletico position in a gripping first half, turning down from Modric before driving home from the edge of the box.

The thing took him ahead of the late Luis Aragones as Atletico’s all- time top arranger with 174 pretensions.

Rodrygo nearly put Madrid ahead again before the break after leading Atletico’s defence on a jocular cotillion , but Oblak sidestepped his trouble and seized the loose ball before it could spin over the line.

Saudi observers, despite substantially supporting Real Madrid, mocked Los Blancos midfielder Toni Kroos, on as a alternate half cover, after he criticised players moving to the country from European football last summer in hunt of riches.

Oblak made a fine save to baffle Carvajal before Atletico took the lead with 12 twinkles remaining.

Arrizabalaga collided with Alvaro Morata as he tried to catch a cross, and the ball bounced into Madrid’s thing off the on- loan Chelsea breach.

Madrid protested, contending for a possible foul by Morata, but the officers saw no violation.

Still, Carvajal struck with five twinkles to go, rattling a answer into the top corner after Jude Bellingham’s trouble was cleared off the line.

The game tensed in extra-time, no longer as end- to- end, neither platoon was suitable to sculpt out clear chances with the abandon they managed during the opening 90 twinkles.

Ultimately, Madrid nosed ahead four twinkles from the end, with Joselu heading Carvajal’s cross at Savic, who veered the ball beyond the scrabbling Oblak and into his own net.

With Atletico hopeless for a democrat, Oblak was caught out of position, and Diaz beat him to the ball and steered into the empty net from distance to seal the palm.

Spanish champion and reigning Super Cup winner Barcelona will be aiming to set up a reprise of last season’s Clasico final by beating Osasuna on Thursday. Know More Latest Football News…

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