On Thursday evening in Saudi Arabia, the second semi-final of the 2020 Spanish Super Cup took place. Two giants of the country fought for a place in the final - "Barcelona" and Madrid's "Atletico".
In a match full of goals and emotions, Diego Simeone's team unexpectedly extended their victory with a score of 3:2 and eliminated the "Barcelona" players from further competition for the trophy.
The first half was active, especially from the side of "Barcelona", but unexpectedly ended goalless.
However, the second half brought a much more intense battle - almost at the beginning of the second half, Koke after a pass from Angel Correa put "Atletico" ahead, but just five minutes later Lionel Messi equalized with a great strike.
In the 62nd minute, Antoine Griezmann headed the ball into the net against his former team and put "Barcelona" in front. Both before and after the goal, "Barcelona" completely dominated possession, but in the 80th minute, events took an unexpected turn.
During that time, "Barca" had scored two more goals, but both were disallowed after a VAR review. The "Atletico" players soon received a gift from their opponents - Neto conceded a penalty, which Alvaro Morata successfully converted to level the score.
Returning unexpectedly to the fight, the "rojiblancos" players punished the Catalans in the 86th minute with a third goal - taking advantage of defensive errors, A. Correa directed the ball into Neto's net. "Barcelona" never recovered after that blow.
On Sunday, two Madrid teams will compete for the Super Cup trophy - "Real" previously defeated "Valencia".
Result:
"Barcelona" 2 - 3 "Atletico" 46' [0 - 1] Koke 51' [1 - 1] L. Messi 62' [2 - 1] A. Griezmann 81' [2 - 2] A. Morata (penalty) 86' [2 - 3] A. Correa
Starting line-ups:
"Barcelona": Neto; Sergi Roberto, Pique, Umtiti, Jordi Alba; Busquets, Vidal, De Jong; Griezmann, Messi, Suarez.
"Atletico": Oblak; Trippier, Felipe, Savic, Renan Lodi; Correa, Thomas, Herrera, Saul; Joao Felix, Morata.
