Dani Carvajal scored one, assisted one, and provided a teasing ball for the third, settling a frantic Madrid derby in the Spanish Super Cup final. Both teams trailed at various points, but Los Blancos had enough attacking impetus in extra time to seal a 5-3 win.
Atleti opened the scoring, with a familiar face as a provider. Antoine Griezmann whipped a dangerous corner into the box, which a wide open Mario Hermoso headed into the net. Antonio Rudiger equalised 10 minutes later in remarkably similar circumstances, meeting a Luka Modric corner to tie the game at 1-1.
Los Blancos took the lead soon after, a deft flick from Ferland Mendy carrying Dani Carvajal’s cross in. Atleti once again had an answer, Griezmann embarking on a winding run before tucking the ball pass. a sprawling Kepa Arrizabalaga.
The second half was a scrappier affair, the Rojiblancos defending deep and inviting Madrid pressure. And it worked. They nicked an admittedly ugly goal, Morata forcing a calamitous mistake out of Kepa, who punched a lofted cross into his own player and into the net.
But Los Blancos had an answer once again. Carvajal provided it battering a rebound home after a frantic passage in the Atleti box. And neither side could find a decisive fourth in regular time.
The right-back was at the centre of a freakish winner, his teasing ball evading Joselu before loping in off the corner of a sprawling Stefan Savic to end a chaotic tie in an appropriately mad fashion. A late Brahim Diaz goal — a finish into an open net after Jan Oblak was sent up for a corner — completed the craziness and sent Madrid into the Supercopa final.
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