Real Madrid 2-5 Barcelona: Player ratings as Raphinha stars in Clasico thumping

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·12 gennaio 2025

Real Madrid 2-5 Barcelona: Player ratings as Raphinha stars in Clasico thumping

Barcelona claimed their first trophy of the season on Sunday night, romping to a 5-2 victory against their fiercest rivals Real Madrid in the Supercopa de Espana final.

A scarcely believable first half was bookended by blistering breakaways from both sides. Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe broke the deadlock with a sumptuous individual goal after just five minutes. Yet, by the time Alejandro Balde completed a forward thrust in the last of ten added minutes to the first half, Barcelona led 4-1.

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Lamine Yamal's precise poke into the far corner after 22 minutes cancelled out Mbappe's early opener. Robert Lewandowski fired Barcelona in front with a penalty in the 36th minute shortly before Raphinha headed the Catalans into a 3-1 lead.

The Brazilian needed just three second-half minutes to nab Barcelona's fifth of an evening to savour. Bursting behind Madrid's reshuffled backline, Raphinha had already beaten Aurelien Tchouameni but found time to chop past the makeshift centre-back for the fun of it before picking out the bottom corner.

Madrid, as they have so often proved, would not go gentle into that good night. Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was sent off for a mistimed lunge on Mbappe shortly before the hour-mark. From that very free-kick, Rodrygo found the top corner to reduce the deficit to 2-5.

Barcelona's ten men clung on to their advantage, holding out to lift the first title of Hansi Flick's tenure while Madrid were left to lick their wounds.