Defeat Atletico Through Drama Eight Goals, Madrid To The Spanish Super Cup Final

Real Madrid celebrated their goal in the match against Atletico Madrid in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup. (X/@realmadrid)

JAKARTA - Stefan Savic's own goal in an eight-goal drama brought Real Madrid to beat Atletico Madrid 5-3 in the semifinals of the Spanish Super Cup at Al-Awwal Park Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, January 11 in the morning WIB. Madrid advanced to the final.

Madrid must work hard to face the tight resistance from one city rival, Atletico. And, Madrid Derby is no less hot and colored by the high emotions of the two capital teams.

In that match, the two teams that both played openly made them attack each other. What happened was that the Madrid duo scored each other so that the match had to be completed extra time because the final score drew 3-3.

Both teams fought tirelessly for 120 minutes. Madrid, who then came out victorious and advanced to the final to face the winner between Spanish La Liga champions Barcelona against Osasuna as runner-up in the Copa del Rey.

Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti admits the match against Atletico was tight and spectacular which led to the creation of eight goals.

Only he felt he couldn't enjoy the game because of the incredible tension.

"It's a spectacular game. But we can't enjoy this match," said Ancelotti.

"We feel tremendous fatigue. The reason is we are two teams that are both strong and give everything for the sake of winning," he said again.

Ancelotti deserved fatigue due to tensions throughout the match. How not, Atletico's offensive game made the Los Merengues defense chaotic.

The game has only been running for a few minutes, winger Samuel Lino has almost broken into Madrid's goal. Luckily, this Brazilian player's kick was saved by goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.

But Kepa failed to anticipate Mario Hermoso's strong header which welcomed Antoine Griezmann's corner in the sixth minute. Conceding with a quick goal did not make the morale of the Madrid players collapsed. They quickly rose.

As a result, in the 20th minute, defender Antonio Rudiger equalized to 1-1. A goal came after the header of the German national team player who welcomed Luka Modric's corner failed to be saved by goalkeeper Jan Oblak.

Only nine minutes later, Ferland Mendy was able to turn things around. Mendy's close-range shot made Madrid 2-1 up.

The match became even more exciting because Atletico continued to play openly to equalize the score. This time, Griezmann scored a beautiful goal in the 37th minute.

The French national team striker took control of the ball and beat Madrid with individual action before unleashing a long-range shot that changed the score to 2-2.

Entering the final minute of the first half, Madrid played more aggressively by pressing the opponent's defense. Rodrygo recorded almost having his name on the scoreboard.

However, the Brazilian's close-range shot was brilliantly broken by Oblak. The score remains 2-2 at halftime.

Madrid and Atletico did not change the game in the second half. Madrid had a chance through striker Vinicius Jr. who welcomed Dani Carvajal's free kick. But Oblak brilliantly thwarted Vinicius' attempt.

Atletico finally took the lead with an attack that led to Rudiger's own goal in the 78th minute.

Starting from Atletico's attack on the left and then goalkeeper Kepa was about to hit the cross from the opposing player. But the ball hit Rudiger and slid into the net itself.

Madrid tried to get up. Two consecutive attacks were recorded through Vinicius and Jude Bellingham were still well saved by Oblak.

But he was helpless when Dani Cavajal's strike which greeted the rebound ball shook Atletico's net.

The goal, which was created in the 85th minute, changed the score to 3-3. Shortly after the match was over and continued with the extra time round.

In this round, Madrid appeared more confident and calm. Their attack through Joselu paid off in the 116th minute.

Joselu's header was then about to be anticipated by Savic. But his efforts made the ball soar past Oblak so he couldn't reach the ball that passed him.

Furthermore, Brahim Diaz solidified Madrid's lead to 5-3 in the 120+2 minute. Starting from a counterattack, Diaz chased the ball and was followed by Oblak who also attacked.

Oblak lost quickly in a sprint battle with Diaz. When entering the opponent's area, Diaz fired a shot into the empty goal.

The ball slid without a chance at all. A score with eight goals was created ending Atletico and Madrid's struggle to qualify for the Spanish Super Cup final or Supercopa de Espana.