Real Madrid win the 50th edition of the European Super Cup. The Spaniards win the final in Warsaw against Atalanta Bergamo 2:0.
In the 68th minute, Kylian Mbappé scored his first goal on his competitive debut for Real Madrid. After a beautiful pass from Jude Bellingham, the 25-year-old Frenchman finished dryly to make it 2-0 in the match between the Champions League (Real) and Europa League (Atalanta) winners.
Mbappé, who was introduced to the Whites just under a month ago but missed the US tour due to his vacation after the European Championship in Germany, had been rather reserved beforehand. As a result, others had to provide the longed-for opening goal. In the 59th minute, Vinicius Junior beat the Swiss-Albanian dual national Berat Djimsiti in the penalty area with a body trick and passed with perfect timing into the middle, where Federico Valverde only had to put his foot down.
Real deserved to win the game, which was refereed by Swiss referee Sandro Schärer. Nevertheless, Atalanta were left to rue two good opportunities: In the 24th minute, a deflected cross from Marten De Roon landed on the crossbar, and shortly after the second half kicked off, Thibaut Courtois made a miraculous save from a Mario Pasalic header.
This victory makes Real Madrid the sole record winners of the Super Cup. The Whites now have six titles to their name, followed by AC Milan and FC Barcelona with five each. Overall, it was the 17th success for a team from Spain, putting them ahead of England (10) and Italy (9) in the national rankings.
In the coaching statistics, Carlo Ancelotti overtook Pep Guardiola again with his fifth Super Cup title (three with Real, two with Milan). The latter had caught up with Ancelotti in terms of titles last year as coach of Manchester City (5:4 win on penalties against Sevilla).
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