The Super Cup match was a great opportunity for Real Madrid to start the new season by winning another trophy.
The current winner of the Champions League was considered a clear favorite in the confrontation with inferior Eintracht in the class.
In addition, the team had a chance to win the tournament for the fifth time and repeat the record of Barcelona and Milan.
Plus, the Frankfurters lost many leaders in the summer: Steven Zuber, Dominik Cora, Danny da Costa, Stefan Ilsanker and Martin Hinteregger.
And just a few days before the match, the leading midfielder Filip Kostic, who is close to moving to Juventus, left the club.
To top it all off, rookie defenders Jerome Ongene and Aurelio Buta were injured.
In a weakened squad, the winner of the Europa League was devastatingly defeated by Bayern in the first round of the Bundesliga - 1:6.
Carlo Ancelotti, on the contrary, did not know personnel problems.
All the players came to the game absolutely healthy, and the coach had only to determine the strongest.
For example, it was very curious whether newcomers Antonio Rudiger and Aurélien Tchouameni would enter the field from the first minutes.
As a result, both remained in the reserve, and the specialist opted for proven fighters: David Alab and Eder Militao in the center of defense and Casemiro, Luka Modric and Toni Kroos in the support zone.
The composition of Real Madrid completely repeated the roster for the Champions League final with Liverpool.
However, despite all the problems, the players of the German team were going to give Madrid a fight.
For example, Eintracht coach Oliver Glasner assured that his players are not afraid of the opponent.
There was some truth in his words, because on the way to triumph in the LE, the Frankfurters knocked out another Spanish giant, Barcelona, from the fight.
And in the first half, Eintracht really did not look like a whipping boy.
Real Madrid expectedly had the advantage and had the ball 62% of the time.
However, for a long time, the favorite did not manage to convert it at least in moments.
Ancelotti's wards performed a large number of passes in the center of the field and could not crack the opponent's saturated defense.
On the other hand, we can say that they did not turn on at full power.
The Spanish team quietly waited for their chance.
In general, the speeds were, contrary to expectations from a match of this level, not the highest.
But the Frankfurters relied on fast oncoming attacks, and it justified itself.
They tried to situationally put pressure on the opponent's half and, having made a tackle, quickly delivered a projectile to the attackers.
For example, in the 14th minute after an error by Ferland Mendy, Sebastian Rode threw Daichi Kamada into the gap.
However, the Japanese from outside the penalty struck ingenuously, and Thibaut Courtois saved partners.
He also helped out when Jesper Lindström, having beaten the opponent near the opponent's goal, made a strong shot into the near corner.
The Belgian, from the height of his enormous growth, miraculously managed to take shape and recalled that it was he who became the main character of the Champions League final.
In the interval between these episodes, the first dangerous moment was created by Real Madrid.
The current Champions League winners played an excellent combination.
After a cross from the right flank into someone else's penalty area, Karim Benzema redirected the ball to the lone Vinicius to the left, and he certainly hit into the far corner.
But Kevin Trapp was miraculously backed up by Tut, who in a sliding tackle carried the ball off the ribbon.
Soon the Brazilian ruined another chance.
He moved great from the left flank and struck at the far bottom, but the goalkeeper moved the projectile to the corner with his fingertips.
And in the 37th minute, as was often the case last season, an unexpected goal came to Madrid with a generally equal game.
Standard helped the Spanish team to open an account.
After filing a corner, Benzema won the riding martial arts, Casemiro made a discount on David Alaba, and he carefully shot an empty target.
Having solved the problem, "Real" pressed the opponent to the gate and immediately almost doubled the advantage.
However, Benzema, having received a magnificent pass from the right side, miraculously missed the goal from 15 meters away.
Eintracht was actually doomed.
In the second half, the team could no longer act from defense and wait for a chance in their own half of the field.
She needed to seize the initiative herself and go forward, exposing the rear.
The venerable opponent used this magnificently.
Having made a selection near their own penalty area, the Madrid team quickly delivered the ball forward to Benzema, Vinisus and Valverde, who burst into free zones and created sharpness.
For example, again the Brazilian lacked some luck.
Having received a transfer from a partner, he shot from ten meters, but Trapp rescued despite the rebound from the defender.
Following Casemiro struck a magnificent blow from afar, but the projectile hit the crossbar.
And in the 65th minute, all questions about the winner of the confrontation were finally removed thanks to Benzema.
However, Karim has to thank Trapp for taking the gate.
The German seemed to be not ready for a weak shot, and from his hands the ball flew into the net.
The Frenchman, having scored the 324th goal for Real Madrid, came in second in the list of top scorers in the history of the club, beating Raul.
Now only Cristiano Ronaldo (450) is ahead of him.
After that, the match could be completed.
The German team attacked rather by inertia, not disturbing Courtois at all, unlike in the first half.
The replacement of eminent newcomers did not help either: world champion Mario Gotze and talented French forward Randal Colo Muani.
In turn, Madrid turned on the energy-saving mode and calmly brought the matter to a predictable victory.
Having won the fifth UEFA Super Cup, they caught up with Barcelona and Milan.
Moreover, they managed to win this title for the fourth time in the last eight years.
Previously, they excelled in 2014, 2016 and 2017.