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Athletic Bilbao beat Real Madrid 2-1 in a semifinal of the Spanish Super Cup. Thus, Athletic will play a final against Barcelona on Sunday, where Raúl García hit the winners twice in the 18th minute and 37th from a penalty. In the 63rd minute the crossbar helped Athletic after a shot by Asensio, his shot again deflected from the crossbar in the 69th minute of the game. Benzema was right in the 73rd minute, and the goal was scored thanks to the VAR system, after an attacker was initially ambushed, and this restored the intrigue in the match.
In minute 4 of the game, Real Madrid took a short corner and Luka Modric crossed into the penalty area, but the ball was well controlled by the Athletic defenders. Six minutes later, a dangerous shot from Hazard was stopped by goalkeeper Simon, who killed the ball on a corner kick. After the performance, Hazard looked for Ramos, but the attack of the “white ballet” failed in its attempt to get the ball into the opponent’s net. Sergio Ramos made a sure shot on Athletic’s goal in the 17th minute of the game.
Raúl García crossed Real’s goal after an error by Lucas Vázquez and sent the ball into Courtois’ net in the 18th minute of the game. Six minutes later, the match’s top scorer Raúl García shot dangerously, but the ball went inches from Courtois’ crossbar. In the 26th minute Asensio shot at Athletic’s goal, but did not find the goal.
Athletic Bilbao got the right to shoot a penalty in the 37th minute after a violation by Lucas Vázquez, and again Raúl García scored the 2-0.
Real Madrid tried to counterattack with a shot from Kroos in the 43rd minute, but there was no danger for Simón.
Muniain fired a dangerous shot in the 54th minute, but the ball went inches from Courtois’ right crossbar. Four minutes later, Asensio tried a shot from the edge of the area, but the ball went over the crossbar.
A good assistant to Athletic goalkeeper Simón was the crossbar after Asensio shot well, but failed to score in the 63rd minute. Again, the crossbar stopped a shot from Marco Asensio in the 69th minute of the game.
Karim Benzema scored the ball in the Athletic net in the 73rd minute of the game, initially the referee did not count the goal due to an ambush, but after checking with the VAR the goal was counted.
Vialibre won in the 80th minute of the game, but Courtois kept the intrigue in the game. Karim Benzema put the ball back into the net in the 82nd minute, but this time it was a definitive ambush from the Real forward.
In added time of the game, Inyaki Williams missed a great opportunity to decide everything in the game, but did not get to sign. In the last 3-4 minutes, Real put pressure on the rival, but it never reached a draw and lost the match.
Real Madrid – Athletic Bilbao 1: 2
Scorers: 0: 2 Raúl García (18, 37 penalty), 1: 2 Benzema (73)
Here are the lineups for both teams:
Real Madrid: Courtois, Ramos, Casemiro, Varane (46-Nacho), Kroos, Hazard (67-Vinicius), Benzema (88-Mariano Díaz), Modric (68-Valverde), Asensio, Lucas Vázquez, Mendi
📋✅ Our initial for the semis 🆚 @Athletic Club! @Liberbank | #RMSuperCopa pic.twitter.com/rjvww0W5oa
– Real Madrid CF (@realmadrid) January 14, 2021
Athletic Bilbao: Simon, Balenciaga (79-Morsio), Martínez, Nunes, Capa (68-Lecou), De Marcos, Dani García, Muniain (71-Berenger), Vencedor (68-Vesga), Williams, Raúl García (79-Vialibre)
ALIGNMENT I #Athletic Clubstarts 1️⃣1️⃣ for tonight #Super Cup semifinal against @Real Madrid#RealMadridAthletic #BiziAmetsa 💭 pic.twitter.com/Ji2jhUbav7
– Athletic Club (@Athletic_en) January 14, 2021
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