Barcelona Run Riot In Saudi Arabia, Thrash Real Madrid 5-2 To Win The El Clasico And Spanish Super Cup

Barcelona stamped their authority on their arch-rivals Real Madrid for the second time this season as the Catalans scored 5 goals in response to Real Madrid's 2 to defeat them and win the Spanish Super Cup title. Barcelona and Real Madrid met for the second time in a matter of months with Real Madrid looking for payback after Barcelona had defeated them 4-0 at home. The payback will have to wait as Barcelona once again came out on top and this time in a cup final. 

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Real Madrid came out looking for some payback in the latest “clasico” against Barcelona but ended up being embarrassed again.

Madrid lost 5-2 to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup final at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday. That followed a 4-0 loss at home to Barcelona in the Spanish league in October.

Kylian Mbappé put Madrid ahead early in his second clasico, but Barcelona then ran away with goals by Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha — who scored twice — and Alejandro Balde.

Rodrygo scored for Madrid on the hour mark after Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was sent off early in the second half.

It was the third straight win for Barcelona in 2025 after it lost two games in a row to end last year.

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“The Christmas break helped us reflect on what we had done wrong,” Lewandowski said. “Now we can look forward to the run of games that we have until the end of the season.”

Madrid lost for the first time after a run of five consecutive victories.

“It was a bad night,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said. “It’s a disappointment, we won’t hide it, but it’s soccer ... you have to try to learn from the losses. We have to look forward to what’s ahead.” 

Mbappé had been contained when the rivals met in October but scored a superb goal five minutes into the match at King Abdullah Sports City stadium after picking up the ball just inside Madrid’s half, running at the

defense and then finding the net with a clever finish. But Yamal evened the match with a nice run in the 22nd and Lewandowski, who scored twice in the earlier clasico, put the Catalans ahead in the 36th.

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Raphinha added goals in the 39th and 48th minutes, while Balde scored in first-half stoppage time.

Rodrygo scored from a free kick in the 60th after Szczesny was sent off for a foul outside the area to stop a breakaway. 

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Lewandowski has 26 goals in 27 appearance across all competitions for Barcelona, while Raphinha has scored 19 times and Yamal eight.

Barcelona was able to count on Spain midfielder Dani Olmo after the Spanish government stepped in to provisionally allow the club to register him with the league.

The final came after Mallorca fans said they were harassed by local men who support Madrid after Thursday’s semifinal. Two wives of Mallorca players said they were groped.

The Spanish Super Cup has become a money-maker for the federation and competing clubs since the federation struck a deal in 2019 to hold it in Saudi Arabia. 

(With AP Inputs)