Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP)

Mercilessly, Real Madrid, sparkling and suffocating, largely dominated Valencia 3-1 in the Spanish Super Cup on Wednesday in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), and thus qualified for the final organized on Sunday (19:00).

The former rebel: thanks to an intelligent direct corner kick struck by Toni Kroos (30) and boxed in his cages by the Valencian goalkeeper Jaume Domenech, late (16th), and a magnificent goal (64th) from the outside of the foot straight come to lodge in the small net signed Luka Modric (34 years), Real Madrid flew over the meeting and obtained his ticket for the final.

Isco, who had not scored since March 31, 2019 in the official match, also participated in the party by unlocking his counter for a recovery in the area (39th). The penalty scored by Daniel Parejo in stoppage time (92nd) did not change anything after the match.

Valencia has hardly seen the light of day in the half-filled stadium of King Abdullah (62,000 seats) in Jeddah, for the first match of this new Formula Super Cup in Saudi Arabia, as Real Madrid stifled it by its high pressure.

From the 5th minute, the French defender Raphaël Varane almost scored his third goal of the head in two consecutive matches, but Jaume Domenech, the Valencia goalkeeper preferred to Jasper Cillessen, this time managed to intervene with a reflex stop on his line.

This will not be the case on the direct corner of Kroos a few minutes later, with an error very similar to that which he had committed against Betis Sevilla in the first semifinal of the last King's Cup in February.

Without his absentees (Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale, Eden Hazard), Real Madrid still offered a very successful match, which already allows him to dream of the Supercup trophy, which he no longer won since 2017 (3-1, 2-0 against FC Barcelona, ​​on return matches).

After this recital, the pressure is now on the next Real Madrid opponent in the final.

It will be a clasico or a derby in the final, since the second semi-final opposes FC Barcelona at Atlético Madrid Thursday evening (20:00).

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