Spanish Super Cup final: Real Madrid hold their nerve to beat Atletico; Sergio Ramos stars

Real Madrid beat city rivals Atletico Madrid 4-1 in a penalty shootout to win the Spanish Super Cup in Jeddah following a goalless draw after extra time on Sunday night. Captain Sergio Ramos calmly dispatched the decisive penalty to seal the first trophy of the season for Real Madrid. 

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Spanish Super Cup Final: Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid highlight

Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid both took a cautious approach in a tense final in Saudi Arabia. Diego Simeone's side opted to sit back and hit Real on the counter. While Los Blancos had more of the ball they failed to test Jan Oblak much throughout the regulation time. Real midfielder Federico Valverde could have given his side the lead in the second half but accidentally headed the ball to his own knee. Valverde was later sent off in the 115th minute for bringing down Alvaro Morata, who was through on goal. However, Zinedine Zidane's men survived the last few minutes to force a penalty shoot-out. 

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Daniel Carvajal, Rodrygo, Luka Modric and Sergio Ramos all scored for the Los Blancos, while only Kieran Trippier could find the back of the net for Atletico Madrid. Saul Niguez hit the post and Thomas Partey had his penalty saved in another penalty shoot-out loss for Simeone's men.

This is the 11th Spanish Super Cup for Real Madrid and also their first since Zinedine Zidane returned to the Spanish Capital last March after leaving the post in 2018.

Spanish Super Cup Final: Player Ratings

Real Madrid

Thibaut Courtois (GK) - 7/10

Daniel Carvajal - 7/10

Raphael Varane - 6.5/10

Sergio Ramos - 7/10

Ferland Mendy - 7/10

Federico Valverde - 5.5/10

Casemiro - 6/10

Toni Kroos - 6.5/10

Luka Modric - 6/10

Isco - 6/10

Luka Jovic - 5.5/10

Substitutes: Rodrygo - 6/10, Mariano Diaz - 6/10, Vinicius Junior - 5.5/10

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Atletico Madrid 

Jan Oblak - 6.5/10

Renan Lodi - 5.5/10

Jose Gimenez - 6.5/10

Filipe - 6/10

Kieran Trippier - 7/10

Saul Niguez - 6.5/10

Thomas - 5.5/10

Hector Herrera - 5.5/10

Angel Correa - 6.5/10

Joao Felix - 6/10

Alvaro Morata - 6/10

Substitutes: Vitolo - 6.5/10, Marcos Llorente - 5.5/10, Stefan Savic - 5.5/10

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