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Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-1 on Sunday in Saudi Arabia to win the Spanish Super Cup, with goals from Gavi, Robert Lewandowski, and Pedri giving them the victory.
Barcelona dominated the game in every facet, and they scored by capitalising on three errors made by Real Madrid.
By switching from his usual 4-3-3 formation to one with just Lewandowski up front and Ronald Araujo at right back in an effort to slow down Real’s explosive winger Vinicius Jr., manager Xavi Hernandez caught everyone off guard.
“We strengthened the midfield to look for taking over that area and Araujo was really good stopping Vinicius counters, we left them with no options and felt very comfortable,” captain Sergio Busquets said.
“We knew that it was an opportunity that we had to seize, we are going through a time of changes in the club and in the dressing room and this win will strengthen us to continue fighting for more titles.”
Real Madrid, who had no shots on goal in the first half, spent the majority of the second half in a panicked state as they tried to avoid suffering a worse loss.
But once more, Barcelona scored thanks to a costly error. In the middle of the field, substitute Dani Ceballos lost the ball, and Gavi ran forward and crossed for Pedri to shoot point-black into the open goal.
In extra time, Karim Benzema netted a consolation goal for Real by converting the rebound after Marc-Andre ter Stegen stopped his initial attempt.
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