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Real Madrid, the Champions League champions, defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 to win the UEFA Super Cup for a record-equalling sixth time and start their season out with a victory.
The title was secured for the Spaniards with goals from David Alaba in the first half and Karim Benzema in the 65th, which moved him up to second on Real’s all-time scoring list with 324 goals.
European League champions Despite having opportunities to score and providing some resistance in the first half, Eintracht was ultimately defeated by the Spanish team.
Carlo Ancelotti of Real becomes the first coach to win the trophy four times thanks to the victory as well.
We had a hard time finding our rhythm against Eintracht because of their tight defences, but we succeeded at the time.
The captain and last season’s leading scorer in the Champions League, Karim Benzema, received special praise from the Italian, who started with the same starting lineup that they used to win the Champions League final in Paris in May.
Despite playing without playmaker Filip Kostic, who is close to joining Juventus, Eintracht shown better discipline than in their 6-1 Bundesliga season opener defeat to Bayern Munich last week.
Three minutes later, Real retaliated, but Tuta blocked Vinicius Jr.’s attempt on the goal line. Kevin Trapp, the goalkeeper for Eintracht, did well to deflect another attempt from Vinicius Jr.
But in the 37th minute, the goalkeeper missed a cross and was in the wrong place when Casemiro headed on for Alaba and the Austrian tapped in from close range.
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