On penalties. La Real had all the chances to reach the Spanish Super Cup final but fell to Barça in the penalty shootout. The 1-1 draw in extra time led to a penalty shootout in which the blaugranas were more accurate.
La Real started the game well. Their first minutes were encouraging. The txuri urdin pressed up top and were in good spirits. The realistas came out all guns blazing with Isak and Portu creating the best chances. Ter Stegen was tested more than once. Later, the blaugranas grew into the game. Dembelé and Braithwaite tried their luck but without success. Then, after a delightful setup from Antoine Griezmann, De Jong opened the scoring with a perfect header. Draw would have been fair but Barça were ahead at the break.
Moments after the restart, Oyarzabal reduced the arrears for the txuri urdin. A hand ball on De Jong in the box and penalty for Real Sociedad. As usual, Oyarzabal made no mistake from the penalty spot. The sides were all square again and from there on, the game became an open party. Gorosabel put in a great performance as he stopped De Jong from getting the ball into Remiro’s net. At that point, both sides started to fade and the game was headed into extra time.
Both sides had chances to score in those thirty minutes, especially La Real. However, the game was going to be decided on penalties. There, Barça were the better side and left La Real without options. Time to rest now. The best is yet to come. Aupa Real!
Match details:
Real Sociedad: Remiro, Gorosabel (Zaldua, min.91)(Bautista, min.120), Zubeldia, Le Normand, Monreal, Guevara (Zubimendi, min.106), Guridi (Barrenetxea, min.81), Merino, Oyarzabal (Cap), Portu (Januzaj, min.103) and Isak (Willian José, min.91).
FC Barcelona: Ter Stegen, Mingueza (Junior, min.114), Araujo, Lenglet, Alba, Sergio (cap)(Pjanic, min.91), De Jong, Pedri (Riqui Puig, min.91), Dembelé, Griezmann and Braithwaite (Trincao, min.78).
Goals: 0-1: De Jong, min.39. 1-1: Oyarzabal (pen.), min.51. Penalties: Bautista: saved by Ter Stegen; De Jong: misses; Oyarzabal: saved by Ter Stegen. Dembelé: goal. Willian José: misses. Pjanic: goal. Merino: goal. Griezmann: misses. Januzaj: goal. Riqui Puig: goal.
Referee: Munuera Montero. Booked Le Normand for Real Sociedad and Dembelé and Mingueza for FC Barcelona.