Atletico football players after extra time defeat Real Madrid 4:2. For the third time they won the European Super Cup. Previously they won in 2010 and 2012. Real Madrid, the winner of the Champions League, for the first time has played without famous Portuguess Cristiano Ronaldo who recently became the Juventus player for 112 million euros.
Key situations:
1 '(0: 1) - The very first goal was shot in the first minute by Diego Costa who was assisted by Diego Godin, right footed shot from an extremely sharp angle to the bottom right corner. Keylor Navas should have react better.
27 '(1: 1) - Stefan Savić didn't manage to guard Karim Benzema who defeated Jan Oblak with his head and shot a goal for Real.
29 '- Marco Asensio missed a chance to gain another points and scored with his right foot, right next to the post.
63 '(2: 1) - Sergio Ramos made a perfect penalty shot.
79 '(2: 2) - Marcelo unnecessarily wanted to keep the ball in the court, Juanfran took over and passed to Angela Correia. After dribbling Correia staged it well to Diego Costa. Atletico' attacker just added his leg and booom another goal for Atletico.
93 '- It was a perfect chance for Real to score a decisive goal, but Marcelo did not hit the ball after Bale's shot.
98 '(2: 3) - Raphael Varane made a huge mistake. He lost the ball to Thomas Partey and Saul finished the action with a beautiful shot.
104 '(2: 4) - One again Costa contributed to the game. He focused the attention of three defenders, withdrew the ball to Vitolo, then he passed to Koke, and the Spaniard added a leg and defeated Navas.
107 '- Thomas could have sealed Atleti's win, but he ran so fast that he ... stumbled over his own legs.
Certainly it's not how Real Madrid footballers imagined their first official game during the term of office of Julen Lopetegui. The Royals were defeated (2:4). They lost four goals for the first time since November 2015. It was also their first defeat in European Cup final since 2000.
Casemiro was one of the players who commented on the situation in the club. He stated that as a team they should trust their new coach.
You can not hide that Cristiano Ronaldo is the best in the world. This is the past, we can not live this. We need to start talking about the players we have in the squad. We want to create an even stronger team, Ronaldo is a thing of the past - said Casemiro.
Lopetegui started his adventure in Madrid with a failure. The last coach of Real, who lost his first "important" meeting was the German Bernd Schuster and it was in 2007.
It is way too soon to talk about the future of Julen. With this result, we can not determine the work of the trainer - explained Casem
It annoys us that we lost this game, but this is just the beginning of the season. We fully believe in Lopetegui's philosophy - assured Casemiro. There is nothing to say about specific mistakes, because when we win, we win as everyone. When we lose it also as a whole team - he added.
Future of the Madrid's club without CR7 is widely commented after the failure in Tallinn.
After the defeat of the Royal team in Spain, it is said that in the remaining two weeks of the transfer window, the president of Real, Florentino Perez, will start shopping. Casemiro did not want to comment on those rumors.
Gareth Bale said "We don't like losing and because of that we'll come back stronger," He assured that the team will learn from their mistakes and they use their experience as a motivation to perform better.
Diego Costa was definitely one of the heroes of the match. He shot two goals and he was always in a place he should be. The Real defenders did not have an easy life with him. Sergio Ramos did not impress, even though he shot a penalty kick. And it also applies to his teammates: Marcelo didn't do well at 2-2, Raphael Varane - at 2: 3, and Dani Carvajal - at 2: 4. Real looked good in the attack, but the defensive could have been better...
Do you think Real would have a chance to win with Ronaldo?
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