Real Madrid are starting their season perfectly.

The club, winners of the Champions League in May, beat Eintracht Frankfurt, winners of the Europa League in May, 2-0 in Helsinki on Wednesday to lift the fifth UEFA Super Cup in their history.

A trophy which is added to the 97 already present in the great wardrobe of Real, the most successful club in the world, in front of the 96 of Barça.

And as throughout the last C1 campaign, it was the inevitable Karim Benzema who delivered the people of Madrid in the 65th minute with a goal at the conclusion of a daring cross from Vinicius in the box, after a first goal from David Alaba from the head, following a delivery from Casemiro on a corner (38th).

With the same eleven as the one lined up at the Stade de France in the Champions League final won against Liverpool on May 28, Carlo Ancelotti won his bet and became the first coach in history to accumulate four European Super Cups. .

Benzema, 2nd top scorer in the history of Real

Karim Benzema therefore resumed at the same pace as the previous season.

The French center-forward, huge favorite for the Ballon d'Or on October 17, became thanks to his goal at the Olympic stadium in Helsinki the 2nd top scorer in the history of Real, ahead of the 323 goals of legend Raul .

This Super Cup also allowed him to equal the 23 titles gleaned by the legend Paco Gento in the merengue jersey, and to lift his first trophy as official captain of the "White House".

"Now he's heading straight for the Ballon d'Or.

Is there still a doubt (on the fact that it is he who will win)?

For me, no more, ”swept Carlo Ancelotti after the match.

His association with Vinicius, very active on the left side, once again sparked on Wednesday evening.

In the 17th, "KB9" let slip a ball sent by Valverde towards the Brazilian, whose recovery was countered by the dazzling return of Tuta.

And in the 37th, the strike of "Vini" grazed the right upright of Kevin Trapp.

The other big satisfaction on the Madrid side is precisely Federico Valverde: the Uruguayan, aligned on the right wing as in the C1 final, has evolved at a very high level, multiplying calls and overflows.

First minutes for Aurélien Tchouaméni

Carlo Ancelotti was even able to offer their first official minutes to Aurélien Tchouaméni and Antonio Rüdiger, the two rookies of the Madrid off-season.

The Frenchman entered in 85th in place of legend Toni Kroos, and the German at the same time in place of Dani Carvajal.

But the people of Madrid, despite their apparent mastery, were however scared at the start: fifteen minutes into the game, Daichi Kamada, preferred to rookie Mario Götze in attack, was served deep, but stumbled against Thibaut Courtois, also very concentrated from the first minutes of the season.

Result: a clean copy for the reigning Spanish and European champion, who resumes his season as he ended it, winning.

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