Genuine Madrid crushed Atletico Madrid 5-3 after extra-time in a throbbing fight in Saudi Arabia to arrive at the Spanish Super Cup last on Wednesday. Mario Hermoso and Antonio Rudiger traded early headed objectives before Ferland Mendy sent Madrid ahead at the Al-Awwal Park arena in Riyadh. Antoine Griezmann evened out with an achievement objective for Atletico to turn into their record-breaking driving scorer and Kepa Arrizabalaga’s own objective sent the Rojilbancos ahead, however Dani Carvajal crushed Madrid level and constrained extra-time. With the game heading towards punishments, Stefan Savic’s own objective under tension from Joselu prodded Madrid ahead and substitute Brahim Diaz wrapped up the success on the counter-assault with Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak abandoned out of position.
In Sunday’s last Madrid will confront either Barcelona or Osasuna, who meet Thursday in the other semi-last.
“Atletico played well overall thus did we, it was a terrific game,” Madrid mentor Carlo Ancelotti told Movistar.
“We won since we had more energy in the last stages … (the substitutes) all conveyed.”
Diego Simeone’s Atletico are the main group to beat Madrid this season, in September, and they began emphatically with Samuel Lino testing Arrizabalaga not long from now before they started to lead the pack.
Hermoso headed in the opener following a short ways from Griezmann’s corner as Rodrygo neglected to challenge him in the air.
Rudiger evened out for Madrid in comparable design as he got away from Savic and gestured Luka Modric’s corner home.
Madrid, unbeaten in 20 matches, were in the ascendency and full-back Mendy promoted with a deft flicked finish from Carvajal’s low cross.
Achievement man
Griezmann headed into Arrizabalaga’s hands prior to pulling Atletico level in a holding first half, getting some distance from Modric prior to driving home from the edge of the crate.
The objective took him in front of the late Luis Aragones as Atletico’s record-breaking top scorer on 174 objectives.
Rodrygo nearly put Madrid ahead again before the break in the wake of driving Atletico’s safeguard on a joyful dance yet Oblak parried his work and got the free ball before it could turn over the line.
Saudi observers, in spite of for the most part supporting Genuine Madrid, scoffed Los Blancos midfielder Toni Kroos, on as a final part substitute, after he scrutinized players moving to the country from European football the previous summer looking for wealth.
Oblak made a fine save to impede Carvajal before Atletico started to lead the pack with 12 minutes remaining.
Arrizabalaga crashed into Alvaro Morata as he attempted to get a cross and the ball bobbed into Madrid’s objective off the on-credit Chelsea plug.
Madrid dissented, arguing for a potential foul by Morata yet the authorities saw no encroachment.
Anyway Carvajal hit with five minutes to go, shaking a bounce back into the top corner after Jude Bellingham’s work was tidied up the line.
The game fixed in extra-time, at this point not as start to finish, neither group ready to cut out clear possibilities with the leave they oversaw during the initial an hour and a half.
In the end Madrid nosed ahead a little ways from the end, with substitute Joselu heading Carvajal’s cross at Savic, who diverted the ball past the scrambling Oblak and into his own net.
With Atletico frantic for a leveler, Oblak was gotten out of position and Diaz dashed forward to beat him to the ball and directed into the vacant net from distance to seal the success.
Spanish heroes and ruling Super Cup champs Barcelona will expect to set up a rehash of last season’s Clasico last by beating Osasuna on Thursday.
Atletico face Genuine Madrid multiple times in less than a month, with their next conflict rapidly showing up in the Copa del Rey next Thursday.
“We get a (opportunity for) retribution and we want our fans behind us in our arena,” Atletico’s Koke informed Movistar.
Anyway Simeone contradicted the midfielder.
“It’s not vengeance, in football there is no retribution,” said Simeone.
“Another take out game will be different to now.”
