Vinicius Junior Smashes Hat-Trick As Real Madrid Thrash Barcelona To Win Spanish Super Cup

15.01.2024 - 06:33 sports.ndtv.com

Vinicius Junior struck a first-half hat-trick to fire Real Madrid to Spanish Super Cup glory in a thumping 4-1 win over rivals Barcelona on Sunday in Saudi Arabia.

Robert Lewandowski scored for Barcelona, who had defender Ronald Araujo sent off in the second half on what coach Xavi Hernandez described as the team's "worst" night.

Rodrygo rounded off Real Madrid's rout as they won the competition for the 13th time, avenging last year's final defeat by record 14-time winners Barcelona. "(Vinicius) needed two or three games to get back to his best level, and he's back to it," said Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti.

The Italian has now gone level with Zinedine Zidane on 11 trophies won at the helm of Los Blancos, behind only Miguel Munoz on 14. "I'm happy, but now we've got to go for the 12th," Ancelotti told Real Madrid TV.

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Qatari football club al-Sadd SC’s Spanish coach Xavi Hernandez reacts during Qatar Stars League match between al-Sadd SC and al-Duhail SC, at Thani Bin Jassim Stadium (Al-Gharafah Stadium) in Qatar’s capital Doha on November 3, 2021. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

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