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1. 🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo – 450
2. 🇫🇷 Karim Benzema – 324 ⬆️
3. 🇪🇸 Raul – 323#SuperCup pic.twitter.com/hcSssdvBhB— Soccer on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) August 10, 2022
Full time: Actual Madrid 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Actual Madrid win the Tremendous Cup for the fifth time, equalling the document of Milan and Barcelona. David Alaba and Karim Benzema scored to present them a snug victory towards a keen however toothless Frankfurt.
It was an pleasing sufficient sport, and there have been no issues with the brand new offside expertise. I don’t know what else to inform you.
90 min Three minutes of added time.
87 min Kolo Muani, who has been vigorous since approaching, is fouled by Alaba down the Frankfurt proper. Lenz’s free-kick is overhit and Courtois permits it to float behind for a goalkick.
87 min “I like these meaningless however significant matches, the last word instance being the third-place playoff on the World Cup,” says Kári Tulinius. “They begin haphazardly till competitiveness takes maintain of the gamers, who go hell-for-leather in an uncoordinated means, as a result of they didn’t concentrate in coaching. Then, in the direction of the tip, the crew that’s dropping abruptly remembers that it’s a pleasant and begins not caring one bit. There aren’t any spectacles prefer it in world sport.”
86 min In the intervening time, Rudiger is enjoying at right-back.
85 min: Triple substitution for Actual. The brand new signings Aurelien Tchouameni and Antonio Rudiger are approaching together with Dani Ceballos. They substitute Vinicius, who was as menacing as ever, Kroos and Carvajal.
81 min Kroos drives broad from 25 yards after an excellent break from Madrid, which began with a thumping problem by Casemiro on Knauff simply exterior the world.
79 min That early probability for Kamada apart, Frankfurt haven’t actually threatened to attain. They’re an excellent aspect however Madrid are a category above.
76 min A change for Madrid: Eduardo Camavinga replaces the ever wonderful Fede Valverde.
74 min Right here’s that aim from Karim Benzema.
74 min “With that second aim, the Tremendous Cup is unquestionably a Dundee-l,” says Peter Oh. “Actual have gotten high quality from A-Z. Sorry Simon McMahon, it’s the most effective I might do.”
73 min It’s all Madrid now, with Vinicius and Benzema more and more rampant. They are surely a devastating mixture.
72 min Tuta makes a significant interception to cease Valverde’s cutback reaching Benzema in entrance of aim. Valverde was launched by a cultured disguised cross from Rodrygo on the precise.
69 min One other change for Frankfurt: Lucas Alario replaces Almamy Toure.
68 min That aim was Benzema’s 324th for Madrid, which places him above Raul and into second on the all-time listing. Cristiano Ronaldo is high with 450-odd.
67 min Rodrygo replaces Luka Modric.
GOAL! Actual Madrid 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt (Benzema 65)
The good man will get his first aim of the season. It was made by his skilled bestie Vinicius, who minimize inside from the left and picked out Benzema on the sting of the world. He allowed the ball to run throughout his physique and sidefooted a shot that went straight by means of Trapp. It wobbled barely however Trapp ought to nonetheless have saved it; possibly he was unsighted.
There’s a (semi-automated) examine for offside, however the aim stands.
64 min That’s higher from Frankfurt. Knauff, their often dynamic proper wing-back, wanders into the world from the precise and pokes a shot that takes a slight deflection and is saved to his left by Courtois.
64 min “Night Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “I’ve been pondering of a option to shoehorn a reference to Dundee United’s Europa Convention League third qualifying spherical second leg towards AZ Alkmaar tomorrow into tonight’s weblog, however I can’t consider one. It will have been simpler if it was Barcelona v Borussia Moenchengladbach to be trustworthy. Perhaps you or another person might help?”
Speaking of which, you already know there’s a 1987 documentary on BBC Alba proper now? It’s good, I watched it a number of years in the past.
63 min Though Frankfurt are having extra of the ball than within the first half, Madrid are the crew who appear like scoring. Since they took the lead they’ve been very snug.
61 min: Casemiro hits the bar! Kroos and Modric mixed to search out Casemiro, 22 yards out, and he cracked a first-time shot that clonked off the highest of the bar.
60 min Valverde stretches to hit a shot that takes a deflection and is comfortably saved by the leaping Trapp.
58 min: Two adjustments for Frankfurt Mario Gotze, the exact same, and Randal Kolo Muani substitute Sebastian Rode and Jesper Lindstrom.
57 min Frankfurt have had extra of the ball since half time. Lindstrom wriggles away from Casemiro and tries to play a one-two with Rode on the sting of the world; Militao nips in to clear.
55 min Mendy’s cross from the left finds its means by means of to Vinicius, whose shot takes a deflection, probably off Benzema, and is effectively saved along with his legs by Trapp.
53 min Rode’s imaginative by means of cross is miscontrolled by Lindstrom, who was offside anyway.
51 min Casemiro makes a few necessary challenges on Lindstrom within the area of 5 seconds.
48 min Toure strikes ahead from the again and tries to search out Borre within the space. Militao will get between him and the ball and ushers it out of play.
46 min Peep peep! Madrid start the second half, with no adjustments on both aspect. There are a number of new signings among the many subs, together with Antonio Rudiger, Aurelien Tchouameni and Mario Gotze.
Half-time studying
Half time: Actual Madrid 1-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Peep peep! The top of an pleasing first half in Helsinki. Madrid lead by means of David Alaba’s tap-in after 37 minutes, and the scoreline feels about proper. Frankfurt began brightly, with Kamada lacking a good chance, however Madrid imposed themselves because the half progressed. See you quickly for the second half.
43 min Right here’s that Alaba aim.
42 min Benzema has a shot blocked, then Casemiro’s long-range follow-up is saved by Trapp. Madrid look minded to place this to mattress earlier than half-time.
41 min: Benzema misses an incredible probability! It needs to be 2-0 to Madrid. The possibility got here when Kroos, on the precise, angled a beautiful cross again in the direction of Benzema on the sting of the world. He took it fantastically in his stride solely to punch a drive simply broad of the far publish.
40 min It was a little bit of a comfortable aim for Frankfurt to concede, however it’s what it’s.
GOAL! Actual Madrid 1-0 Eintracht Frankfurt (Alaba 37)
David Alaba offers Actual the lead from the nook! Kross curled it in the direction of the penalty spot, when Benzema received the ball within the air and looped it again in the direction of Casemiro close to the byline on the entrance publish. He headed it again throughout aim, taking Trapp out of the sport within the course of, and Alaba tapped it into the empty internet from a number of yards.
