Real Madrid and Barcelona are set to clash in the first El Clasico of the year 2024 in the final of the Spanish Super Cup at Riyadh's King Saud University Stadium on Sunday evening. The Catalan giants are defending champions in the tournament and beat Osasuna in the semi-final on Friday.
Spanish Super Cup: European champions Real Madrid were outclassed by arch-rivals Barcelona after a impressive one-sided outing saw Robert Lewandowski, Gavi and Pedri run riot in Saudi Arabia
In the stands at the King Fahd Stadium in Saudi Arabia, his relatives also embraced each other, unable to hold back tears.
Federico Valverde scored in extra time to give Real Madrid a 3-2 win over Barcelona on Wednesday for its 100th victory over its storied rival and a spot in the final of the Spanish Super Cup.
Iñaki Williams' goal in extra time gave Athletic the lead and a come-from-behind win.
Barcelona's all-time leading scorer has been nursing an unspecified fitness issue that caused coach Ronald Koeman to leave him out of the semifinal on Wednesday against Real Sociedad.
Athletic is looking to win its third Spanish Super Cup title, and first since beating Barcelona in the 2015 final. The Basque Country club also won the competition in 1984.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen made two crucial saves in extra time and then stopped two penalties in the shootout.
Federico Valverde was given marching orders five minutes from the end of extra time in the game played in the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah.
Real Madrid won the shootout 4-1 after the final ended 0-0 after extra time.
Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona 3-2 in extra time to set up a final clash with Derby rivals Real Madrid.
Instead of reaching Al-Ittihad Sports City, Barcelona's team bus set off for the stadium where Real Madrid were scheduled to take on Valencia.
Isco, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric were among the goals as Real Madrid beat Valencia 3-1 in the Spanish Super Cup.
Spain's soccer body said its agreement with Saudi counterparts included a guarantee of "access without restrictions" for female fans to the Super Cup games.
Ronaldo went on in the 58th minute and scored with a beautiful strike to make it 2-1 in the 80th, earning a yellow card for taking off his shirt to flex his muscles at Barcelona's faithful.
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