Barcelona crushed Real Madrid 5-2 in a thrilling Spanish Super Cup Clasico final in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, securing the first trophy of the Hansi Flick era.
Kylian Mbappé gave Madrid an early lead, but Barcelona responded in dominant fashion, scoring five goals despite their goalkeeper, Wojciech Szczesny, being sent off in the second half.
Madrid had hoped to bounce back from their 4-0 defeat to Barcelona in October’s La Liga Clasico, but instead suffered a heavy defeat in Jeddah.
After MbappĂ©’s opening goal, Lamine Yamal equalized, and Robert Lewandowski put Barcelona ahead with a penalty. Raphinha netted twice, and Alejandro Balde also found the back of the net.
Rodrygo Goes pulled one back for Madrid with a free-kick, but the European champions failed to take advantage of their numerical edge, leaving them humiliated by their fierce rivals.
