Carlo Ancelotti continues to churn out trophies. Under his leadership, Real Madrid won the fifth UEFA Super Cup in history, a repeat of the tournament’s record.
It was not so easy for Madrid to defeat Eintracht – the Germans defended themselves in an organized manner and snapped back a couple of times very dangerously in the counterattack. Before his goal, the Blancos had no special chances. But a goal scored after a great corner kick changed everything.
“Eintracht”, who loves to counterattack, was forced to act in an unloved way, exposing the zone. In the second half, “Real” began to use it regularly. One of those moments ended with Vinicius’ brilliant flank break, a perfect pass to Benzema and an irresistible strike from the Frenchman. And now that was the verdict. Even after releasing a couple more forwards, Eintracht coach Oliver Glassner could not achieve anything at all …
2022 UEFA Super Cup
Real – A. Frankfurt 2:0 (1:0)
Naked: Alaba, 37 (1:0); Benzema, 65 (2:0)
Real: Courtois; Alaba; Militao; Mendy Fe.; Carvajal (Rüdiger, 85); Casemiro; Kroos (Tchuameni, 85); Modric (Rodrigo, 66); Valverde F. (Camavinga, 76); Vinicius Junior (Ceballos D., 85); Benzema
Spare: Lunin; Nacho; Vallejo; Vasquez Lu.; Asensio; Azar E.; Mariano Diaz
A.Frankfurt: Trapp; Toure Alm. (Alario, 70); Tuta; Ndika; Lenz K.; Lindstrom (Kolo Muani, 58); Sow J.; Rode (Götze, 58); Kamada; Knauff; Borre R.S.
Spare: Grail; Ramai; Smolchich; Hasebe; Hyoge; Chandler; Yakic; Alidu
Warnings: Alario 92
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