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The Real Madrid won their twelfth Spanish Super Cup this Sunday by beating Athletic Bilbao 2-0 thanks to goals from Luka Modric, Karim Benzema and a penalty saved by Courtois almost at the end of the match after a handball inside the box by Militao that ended with a red card for the Brazilian.
For the third time this season, Real Madrid was able to beat the Basques after victories 1-0 and 1-2 in La Liga and all thanks to Modric’s momentum. The Croatian was essential in midfield from the first minutes and thanks to him Madrid were able to get ahead on the scoreboard.
A boarding school for Rodrygo at 37′ on the left It ended with Modric’s unstoppable shot from the edge of the box to put Real Madrid ahead.
The domain was extended by Benzema at 51′ in the second half when he exchanged a penalty kick committed by a handball inside the box for a goal central Yerai.
Since then, Madrid controlled the pace of the game without problems, but it seemed that the night was coming to the meringues after a hand inside the Militao’s area ended with the expulsion of the defender and penalty charged by Raúl García. However, Courtois’s saving leg saved the penalty even though he had been tricked by the Spaniard.
The penalty saved by Courtois at 88′ ended up cooling things down and Real Madrid was able to lift its twelfth Spanish Super Cup and its first trophy of the season.
With the victory Marcelo became, along with Paco Gento, the Real Madrid player with the most titles won at the institution, with 16.