Real Madrid are the kings of Europe!

The Royal club won the UEFA Super Cup after a very dramatic victory against Sevilla. Real Madrid won 3-2 after extra time. This is the third Super Cup for Los Blancos and the fourth lost final for Sevilla. Los Rojiblancos lost their 3^rd final match for The European Super Cup in 3 years!

Zinedine Zidane couldn’t rely on Cristiano Ronaldo, who received an injury in the final of the Euro 2016. Toni Kroos, Pepe and Gareth Bale were also sidelined, while Luka Modric, James Rodriguez and Karim Benzema started from the bench.

However, Real Madrid pressured Sevilla very high in the beginning of the game, which led to a goal for the Royal club. The young talent Marco Asensio scored a magnificent goal from a long distance in the 21^st minute. But, Sevilla played better during the first half and logically equalized 4 minutes before the end of the first half. The new signing Franco Vazquez was the goal-scorer.

Sevilla managed to turn things around during the second half, when the referee gave a controversial penalty, which was scored by Yevhen Konoplyanka in the 72^nd minute. Zinedine Zidane, of course, immediately played his first-choice players Modric, Benzema and James Rodriguez. Real Madrid were lucky to equalize in the very last minute of the game. Again, Sergio Ramos became the hero for Los Blancos, scoring the equalizer in the added time.

The Champions League winners were simply better in the extra time and missed several good goal-scoring chances. Just 2 minutes before the final whistle of the match, Daniel Carvajal dribbled past several Sevilla’s players and scored a terrific goal with a good shot, to bring the trophy to Real Madrid. That was the fourth ever goal for Carvajal with Real Madrid’s colours, but how important it was!

In conclusion, Real Madrid put on display a really good performance and even though they were without a big part of their key players, the Royal club lifted another trophy! Sevilla also showed they are a big club, but were unlucky again.