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The winner of the El Clasico Nanta match was FC Barcelona. Barcelona, led by coach Han Ji-Flick, overpowered his rival Real Madrid and achieved the feat of winning two consecutive Spanish Super Cups (Supercoppa de España).
Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in the final of the 2026 Spanish Super Cup at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on the 12th (Korea time).
Barcelona, which came up after defeating Asletic Bilbao 5-0 in the semifinals, beat Real Madrid to lift the trophy.
As a result, Barcelona won its second consecutive tournament and 16th career championship, the most ever, widening the gap with second-place Real Madrid (13 times). This is the first time that a winning team has come out for two consecutive years since the 2020 tournament was reorganized into a four-team system.
The upward trend is also scary. With the victory, Barcelona won 10 consecutive games. It has been undefeated since the UEFA Champions League (UCL) defeat against Chelsea in November last year.
In particular, Coach Flick recorded beating Real Madrid in all three finals (two Super Cups, one Copa del Rey) since taking over Barcelona, and continued to win eight finals in his career.
The game was simply a war at the end of the first half. In the 36th minute of the first half, Hafinha scored the first goal by cutting through the corner of the goal with a low shot. Real Madrid responded with a Vinicius Junior equalizer in the second minute of extra time in the first half.
Barcelona took the lead again two minutes later with Robert Lewandowski's shot into the net, but allowed another tie just before the end of the first half. Real Madrid's Dean Haesun's header hit the crossbar and Gonzalo Garcia pushed it in to make it 2-2. In the process, Flick strongly protested, saying the whistle at the end of the first half was called late.
The tight match was decided on Hafinha's toes in the 28th minute of the second half. Hafinya's lobbing shot from the front of the arc deflected off the defender and was sucked into the goal.
Real Madrid, in a hurry, launched a full offensive with Kylian Mbappe, who recovered from his injury. Barcelona faced a crisis in the second half of extra time when Frankie the Dragon was sent off directly for a rough tackle on Mbappe.
Real Madrid, which had a numerical advantage, launched a wave of attacks at the last minute, but the decision was not followed. Marcus Rashford's decisive shot went off the mark, and Alvaro Carreras and Raul Asensio's shots were both headed in front of Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia. In the end, the match ended in Barcelona's 3–2 victory.
After the game, Real Madrid players couldn't calm down their anger. According to local reports, Real Madrid players left the field without staying at the awards ceremony, leaving controversy. Coach Xavi Alonso, who is known to be in a shaky position recently, bowed again due to the defeat against Barcelona.
Meanwhile, the Spanish Royal Football Federation (RFEF) has extended its contract to keep the Spanish Super Cup, which has been held in Saudi Arabia since 2020, in Saudi Arabia until 2029.
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