Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid highlights, RMA 5-3 ATM, Spanish Super Cup semifinal: Los Blancos win eight-goal thriller to book place in final

An eight-goal thriller at Al-Awwal Park and at the end of extra-time, Real Madrid secures a place in the Spanish Super Cup final with a 5-3 win against arch-rival Atletico Madrid. 

Carlo Ancelotti’s men will face the winner of the second semifinal between Barcelona and Osasuna. That means we can potentially have an El Clasico for the Super Cup final. 

Oblak was way off his line in midfield to help his team in attack but a loss in Atletico possession saw the goalkeeper in a footrace with Brahim Diaz. Diaz won the race and shoots from miles out to put the ball inside the empty net in what is surely the last kick of the match. 

He gets a yellow card for celebrating by taking his shirt off but he would not mind. Ironically, this was the only booking throughout the entire 120 minutes of football. An unusual occurence considering it was the Madrid derby. 

Oblak had come up for an Atletico Madrid corner but Real manages to preserve its lead. The Los Blancos are moments away now from securing a final spot. 

Correa almost scores an equalizer for Atletico as he smashes a left-footed drive. Kepa dived at full stretch and fortunately saw the ball sail out for a goalkick. 

Real Madrid doing what it does best - steal the match right at the end. Carvajal crosses low inside the box and Joselu manages to graze the ball with his head and guide it towards goal. Savic tries to stop it, but the ball takes a touch off his boot and creeps inside the net. Oblak could do nothing about it.

Real Madrid sub: IN- Guler OUT- Valverde

Kroos stands over a Real Madrid freekick but he opts to cross instead of shoot from 30 yards out. Rudiger looked interested to get at the end of the cross but Griezmann clears the ball with a header. 

Atletico Madrid sub: IN- Azpilicueta OUT- Llorente

Real Madrid subs: IN- Joselu, Ceballos OUT- Vinicius, Rodrygo

The second and last 15 minutes of extra-time is underway. If scores are level after this, the match would be decided on a penalty shootout. 

The first 15 minutes of extra-time is over and scores are still level at 3-3

Atletico Madrid sub: IN- Galan OUT- Koke

Bellingham tries to find Diaz with a cross to the far-post but Hermoso does well to hook away the ball to concede a corner. 

Carvajal goes down with a cramp but he looks like he would be able to continue. It was his goal that sent the match to extra-time. 

Valverde tries to find a teammate with a pullback but he cannot. Witsel gets the ball but he delays in his clearance, which leads to him being dispossessed. Real Madrid tries to capitalize on the situation but Atletico finally gets the ball away. 

Atletico Madrid sub: IN- Correa OUT- Morata 

The first 15 minutes of extra-time kicks-off at the Al-Awwal Park)

Scores level at 3-3 at the end of regulation time. 30 minutes of extra-time to be played now and if scores are still level, the match will be decided on a penalty shootout. 

Vinicuus’ cross almost finds Bellingham but Oblak gets to the ball first and holds on to it. 

A nervous spell of pressure for the Atletico as it just cannot get the ball away. Real Madrid keeps coming back. 

Brahim Diaz shows quick feet to get the better of Hermoso inside the box and then shoots low at the far-post. However, the effort is not on target. 

Atletico Madrid sub: IN- Witsel OUT- De Paul

Five minutes of added time at the end of the second-half!

Bellingham tries to connect with the ball courtesy of a bicycle kick but fails to do so. 

Just when one thought, Atletico had stolen it late in the match, Real Madrid comes back roaring into the match. A six-goal thriller till now and by the looks of it, we will have 30 minutes of extra-time and possible penalties. 

The goals will not just stop coming in this match. Vinicus makes a darting run inside the box and goes low with his shot. Oblak saves it and the rebound falls to Bellingham. Bellingham shoots but Hermoso keeps it out with a fantastic goal-line clearance. But Atletico could not clear its lines and the loose ball is lashed inside the net by Carvajal. 

Real Madrid subs: IN- Diaz, Camavinga OUT- Tchouameni, Mendy

Atletico has just found a lead with a scrappy goal but they won’t find. Riquelme’s cross inside the box is not dealt with properly with Rudiger. Morata made a nuisance of himself there and somehow bundles the ball inside the line. 

It seems like Kepa had the last touch, which means that it is an own goal by the Real Madrid keeper. He protests vociferously to the referee for a possible foul along with the other Madrid players but the goal stands. 

Toni Kroos is being met by loud jeers everytime he touches the ball because of his previous comments on the Saudi Pro League, saying players choose the league because of money rather than ambition. The German seems to be unbothered by all of it. 

Carvajal sees Vinicius inside the box and tries to find him with a short cross. The Brazilian peeled away from Molina at the back-post but could not get to the ball. 

Atletico Madrid is caught napping as Vinicus takes a quick freekick. He finds Carvajal with a good cross and the Spaniard, with the all the time and space, shoots first time. But Oblak does well to stop the shot.

A clever idea by Vinicius as he lobs the ball over the Atletico defence to find Rodrygo inside the Atletico box. However, the Brazilian cannot bring the ball under his control and the ball goes out for a goalkick. 

Atletico Madrid subs: IN- Riquelme, Molina OUT- Lino, Saul

Real Madrid sub: IN- Kroos OUT- Modric

Griezmann has all the time and space as he crosses the ball inside the box but Rudiger gets it away with an acrobatic clearance. 

Real Madrid launches a counter-aattack as Vinicius finds himself in space. He glides past his marker and makes his way inside the box. He goes for a cross towards the middle but sends it straight to Oblak. 

Bellingham slips a pass to Rodrygo, who had made a run inside the box. He is sandwiched between two Atletico players and goes down. There is a penalty shout from the Madrid players but the referee immediately denies it. 

Saul crosses from the left in the hope of finding Morata but the latter cannot reach the ball. 

Carvajal gives the ball away to Morata who finds Lino with a good pass. Lino shoots across the face of the goal as the ball fizzes past the post. The first proper chance in this second-half has been created by Atletico. 

Neither team has been able to pose a significant threat on their opponent’s goal till now. 

The referee has been pretty lenient till now. A lot of loose challenges all over the pitch from both teams but no cards shown till now. 

Real Madrid has had a faster start to the second-half compared to Atletico Madrid. Right now, all the attacking is being done by Carlo Ancelotti’s men. 

Scores are level at 2-2 as the second-half of the Spanish Super Cup semifinal between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid gets underway. 

A cracker of a first-half, with scores level at 2-2 as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid break for half-time. 

An unpleasant clash between Rudiger and Koke, in which the latter has come off worse. Rudiger seems to have stamped Koke’s foot while going down. However, that looked purely unintentional, which is the reason why the German does not see a card. VAR also, must have had a look at it for a potential red card. 

Four minutes added at the end of the first-half!

BIG SAVE - Oblak has just produced a blinder of a save to keep the scores level. Rodrygo shows immense control to bring down the ball with his chest from a deep cross. He then gets the better of Gimenez with his dancing left foot. With the goal gaping, he shoots, only to see Oblak get a touch on the ball to keep it out of the net. 

Morata is a lucky man to escape a booking as he brings down Vinicus with a rather cynical challenge near the halfway line. 

What an excellent way to score the equalizer. After getting the ball at the edge of the box, Griezmann turns to get the better of his marker with a chop. He then finds the bottom-left corner with a well-placed shot. 

Morata swings a cross inside the box for Griezmann but Kepa was always the favourite to get to the ball as the Real Madrid catches it with ease. 

Bellingham rolls the ball to Carvajal on the right. Carvajal spots Mendy’s run and sends the ball to him with a grounded cross. Mendy gets a deft touch on the ball to guide it towards the far-corner of the net. Oblak was a mere spectator as the ball went inside the goal. 

Rodrygo shoots at the near-post from inside the box and Oblak does enough to palm the ball away. 

Valverde puts his laces through the ball for a piledriving shot from the freekick. He catches the shot well but could not keep it on target. 

Bellingham goes down after a challenge from Saul but the referee does not blow his whistle but he does seconds after that for a handball. Real Madrid has a freekick in a favourable position. 

What a match this is turning out to be. 20 minutes in and both teams have a goal each. Both goals have come in a similar way - with a header from a corner. 

Luka Modric delivers an excellent cross inside the box, between three Atletico players and Rudiger powers the ball inside the net with a header to score the equaliser. 

A blistering counter-attack from Atletico Madrid. Llorente makes a run down the left and times his pass almost to perfection to find Griezmann at the far-post. By the time Griezmann takes the shot, the angle proves to be too acute and he hits the side-netting. 

Real Madrid with a chance out of nowhere as Vincius finds himself through on goal. He chases the ball but Oblak gets to the ball just in time to send it out for a throw-in. A nervous moment at the back for the otherwise compact Atletico defence. 

Rodrygo goes toe-to-toe with Saul and the latter goes down inside the area in a bid to get past him. Madrid players shout for a penalty but the referee said Saul had a touch of the ball and just stood his ground. 

Vinicius goes down right at the edge of the box and gives a hopeful glance at the referee but he waves play to continue. Savic was the one who had made contact with the Brazilian. 

It is just the start Diego Simeone would have wanted for his men. The goal seems to have given a breath of confidence to the Atletico players, who are moving the ball around with flair. 

Mario Hermoso was completely unmarked as an excellent cross was delivered into the box from the corner by Griezmann. Hermoso had all the time in the world to jump and place the ball inside the net with his head. 

Samuel Lino cuts in and tries to bend the ball into the far corner with a curling effort, but Kepa matches the shot with an acrobatic save. 

A beautiful dummy from Vinicus to open up the Atletico defence but Rodrygo cannot take advantage after a lose touch takes away the ball from him. 

Vinicus Jr shows his lightning-quick pace to make a darting run inside the Atletico box but Savic stops him with an excellent tackle. There was a reaction from the crowd for a penalty but none from the Madrid players. 

Antoine Griezmann’s cross at the Real Madrid back-post almost finds Samuel Lino, who slid in to make contact. However, he could not get to the ball in time. 

The first-half of the Spanish Super Cup between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid has kicked-off at the King Saud University Stadium (Al-Awwal Park) in Riyadh. 

A minute’s silence is held in memory of the late German legend Franz Beckenbauer ahead of kick-off. 

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With Real Madrid enjoying good momentum and Atletico Madrid on a bit of a slump, the city rivals meet in the semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in the first of three matches between the clubs in less than a month. 

After the Super Cup, Madrid and Atletico will clash again on January 18 in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey, and then on February 4 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in their second Spanish league match of the season.

Real Madrid has won its last five games in all competitions and is enjoying an unbeaten run of 19 consecutive matches. The team’s only loss this season came against Atletico in the Spanish league, 3-1 at the Metropolitano stadium, which is where the Copa’s single-elimination game will take place next week.

It’s also where Atletico won 20 in a row across all competitions to tie a club record in a streak that ended with a 3-3 draw against Getafe in the Spanish league in December.

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