Atalanta defeated 2-0 in Warsaw, the Super Cup goes to Real Madrid – Football – Ansa.it

An equal half and the deadly Valverde-Mappé double flash in the second half, on the wings of incredible technical superiority and individuality of Real Madrid who will win the record sixth European Super Cup leaving Milan and Barcelona at 5.

The miracle failed for Atalanta due to fatigue in strength and they came close to taking the lead with Pasalic making it two in 8 minutes after returning to the pitch without recovering and regaining their rest, poor as they were from Zaniolo, Scamacca, Scalvini, Koopmeiners and Touré. In the 6th minute, Lookman’s push to Militao cancels out Zappacosta’s quick cross by De Ketelaere, and 7 minutes later Lookman puts it in the center from the outside left only to find the gloves of Courtois in his ball. Carbajal-Valverde’s action on the right was much more dangerous and in the quarter of an hour he freed Mbappé to shoot, but Hien resisted with his body. The Bergamo side, who initially looked to give possession to their more illustrious opponents, pressed and ended up taking the field, up to De Roon’s crossbar in the 25th minute with a cross. from a tight angle a header was swung by Militao and complimented by Zappacosta’s throw-in, as well as Ederson’s accurate effort from the outside after Lookman’s pass was shorthanded by Tchouameni.

In the 34th minute the Ederson-Lookman clash broke up with Rudiger going back and forth in a more open and less tactical final half, with Madrid’s players still defending in 4-4-2, on to follow with the upper shoulder. a confrontation between Bellingham, who does not stop and is reserved, and the goalkeeper Musso on the strike of Vinicius. Then the nervous Vinicius, at another clear advance from De Roon, stomps him on the leg and ends up in the villains notebook. It’s back-and-forth at the end of the half, but as Lookman is backed up in the corner by the defence, Rodrygo gets a chance to score by tapping in a delicious left-footed ball from for Vinicius before he passes him.

The second half begins with Pasalic coming close to taking the lead by heading in De Roon’s cross: Courtois’ volley saves the Merengues. It’s the 2nd minute and the first sight of the game’s target sounds the alarm for the strongest. It’s 1-0 in the air and Musso enjoys a very short clearance: Mendy gets back with a header on the wing, Bellingham designs Vinicius towards the back and the comfortable ball comfortably pushed into the goal from zero meters by Valverde. Musso temporarily avoided doubling Ancelotti’s men by heading Vinicius’ shot over the crossbar in the 16th minute, Bellingham’s melee shot was deflected by Ruggeri.

The Englishman is released, he tries again on his own in the 21st minute finding the foot of the Argentine goalkeeper and then, to close the game, Mbappé who puts his right foot in the 23rd minute under the corner above for his first visit with the merengues. In the 27th minute Courtois headed down Bakker’s cross with Tchouameni’s help, then Ruggeri’s cross to the foot of fellow new substitute Godfrey was blocked by Militao on the half-hour mark with Rodrygo close to scoring. hat trick after receiving it from Mbappé midway through. 1 ‘from the 90th minute Godfrey misses the goal that Ruggeri won for him, and then Gasperini gives the opportunity to the youngsters Palestra and Manzoni, both born in 2005, the second overall championship.

The shapes

Real Madrid
Courtois, Carvajal, Militao, Rudiger, Mendy, Valverde, Tchouameni, Rodrygo, Bellingham, Vinicius, Mbappé

Atalanta
Musso, Djimsiti, Hien, Kolasinac, Zappacosta, De Roon, Ederson, Ruggeri, Pasalic, De Ketelaere, Lookman

L. Percassi, because there is already a big impact

“To be here today against the most important club and the strongest team in the world is already a real victory.” So Luca Percassi, CEO of Atalanta, at the pre-match of the Super Cup -Europe in Warsaw with Real Madrid: “We won it on the pitch and all the boys deserve good luck. Amazing nights happen in our history, tonight is something else. real feeling Percassi mentions the two most serious absences due to injury and the issue of the transfer market which controls: “Scamacca and Scalvini, who were out due to unfortunate events, would deserve been there. As for Koopmeiners, we really like it. to him, we are sorry that he is not here to do what he has always done.” And again, on the fight with Juventus that came to an agreement with the player: “We know what Teun gave us and the he got from Atalanta. A young player can still make mistakes in his career and this is one of the issues”.