• Narration: So we live the game

In the penalties, as in Milan, and after crossing the extension again, as in the five finals (five) that Madrid and Atlético have played since 2013, the tight final of the new Supecopa of Spain was decided. He fell on the side of the target, that is, Zidane, able to give an unexpected title to his team. The tenth that rises. Who scored the penalty of victory? No need for spoilers: Sergio Ramos, athletic martyrdom. His team aligns the course with great joy, with another memory for the trophy room. Courtois, in the seven meters, stopped what Oblak again did not know in the gallows. Only there he did not succeed, because before he was immense. [Narration and statistics: 0-0 (4-1)]

Simeone did not stop from the initial beep. Voices, gestures, arms, legs, anger at his own, at the referee .... He only looks at him. It is hard not to take pity on the side of his team in the band closest to the bench. The one that falls. Behind him last night, the row of players not summoned and other members of the expedition, in a jacket and tie, accompanied him in the choir. All Atlético, those on the grass and those from outside, started the game with the throttle, nothing to do with their first version of the semifinal against Barça or that of the apathetic Valencia against whites. The rojiblanca pressure drowned his rival, in trouble soon by two assignments of Ramos and Mendy, burdened at the start. In a Joao Felix had the clearest chance of the first part, receiving only on the front and shooting crooked. In the other, Morata resolved with a pool without yellow.

Kroos and Modric looked uncomfortable, without air. He only found some Casemiro space, but on the horizon he saw only his own embedded between the two athletic lines. Valverde, the dynamo of this new Madrid of Zidane, was bored on the right side, more interior than steering wheel. Little damage, because yours is not the short and vertical dribble. Above, Jovic, the French's commitment to this tournament, followed the game with VIP entry. Neither participated, nor sought, nor spent in a very flat Madrid. The forward was saved for the second part. Casemiro and Modric proved that there was a goalkeeper in the opposite frame in two distant shots, both intentionally. Oblak stopped the ball both times as if stroking a cat, affectionate and safe.

Herrera and Thomas were getting bigger, although Atlético, like Madrid, lacks the edge of other greats in Europe. The duel was dense and ugly, of low rhythm and scarce sight. The memory of the first two Super Cup matches was far away. It would be because of the vertigo that causes having the trophy in the band waiting or for lack of lungs, but the two teams circulated without any hurry, avoiding the slits to the maximum. In one case Casemiro slipped to finish off a corner (he touched the crossbar) and in another, Mendy ended up stumbling before Oblak, who again lay down on the ball without ruffling the toupee.

The good rojiblanca presentation got rid of the locker room, already battleships behind. Also comfortable, but without the energy of the beginning. Play many games in one Simeone, using these covered sections to take oxygen, with the risks involved. This time I did not have Messi in front of me or Benzema, therefore, the plan presented less cracks. He almost collapsed at the beginning of the second period, thanks - he reprimands - to Jovic. The boy stormed like a bull, it looked like another. In five minutes he presented more samples than in the half year he has been in Madrid, where he has barely played, everything must be said.

In two balls in depth, he left behind the rival in half. In the first, he took off three defenses while advancing towards the determined goal. In the repetition it was seen that he did not blink in the fight. Maybe he lacked mischief to look for something else in those clash. In the next one, he wore control of the times and quality, to stir in a second, knead twice, and cross it from left-handed close to the left stick of Oblak. There the Argentine coach sighed with relief, quick to throw Vitolo, the soccer player who changed his face against Barça, to the grass. ZZ's answer was Rodrygo. The night was moving. The bleachers did sigh in each set, although far from the atmosphere of Thursday's semifinal. Ramos scared at this point, with an ugly ankle sprain. Losing the captain would not be good news for whites on the way to decisive minutes. He was the owner of the lace.

There was already tension, the complaints to the arbitrator were constant. The final followed with seven knots, now more for fear of defeat than for tactical corsets. Madrid regretted that Valverde made the difficult difficult, only to finish off near the goal line, Oblak milkshake. The bitten ball came from another brave Jovic raid, now on the right wing, but the Uruguayan doubled on the shot, hitting and clearing at the same time. Hands on the head, because by then everyone knew the effect that a goal could have. Same reaction on the athletic side ten minutes to go, for a very clear occasion of Morata, weak in the face to face Courtois. Zidane threw Mariano into war and it was Rodrygo who had it in the 90s, only at the auction inside the area. He was intimidated by the Slovenian goal. The shot traveled meekly to his mittens. In the extension, known land, the appointment shrunk again. The chip movements (Vinicius, Arias, Savic ...) were trying to avoid what seemed inevitable. Courtois corrected his own bad exit with a clearing to the remanguillé. And Oblak recalled that he is a giant with a double stop to Modric and Mariano, two meters away.

Only Morata found a lonely road to Courtois, but Valverde intercepted him in deserved red. He did what he should to guarantee, at least, the penalties to Madrid. It was not wasted by whites, champions of the Spanish Super Cup.

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