Champions League victors Real stood out when Marco Anensio scored with a blasting long-run strike.
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Bale is among a number of high-profile absentees for Zinedine Zidane’s side.
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“They [and Madrid] are the two teams of my life and that won’t change”, the stopper said at a Press conference ahead of Tuesday’s European Super Cup against his hometown club Sevilla.
The winners of the Champions League and Europa League faced off in Trondheim, Norway this evening to open the 2016-17 season proper.
Sevilla, down to 10 men after the dismissal of defender Timothee Kolodziejczak, seemed set to hold out for penalties – but then right-back Carvajal ran at a tiring defence and gave Madrid their second Super Cup success in three years.
Madrid went in search of a second goal after the break and wasted chances via Lucas Vazquez, Mateo Kovacic and Isco, while another Ramos header lacked the power to worry Rico.
Real president Florentino Perez called it “a great way for us to start the season, with another trophy”.
However, Sevilla will be pleased that Real could be without numerous stars for the Super Cup encounter, with Cristiano Ronaldo definitely missing out, while Toni Kroos, Karim Benzema and Pepe could also be absent, per Goal’s Ben Hayward. “Everything that Real Madrid play for we must try to win”. Sevilla have been particularly busy over the summer, and attackers Wissam Ben Yedder, Joaquín Correa and Franco Vázquez are among the players who could be handed their competitive debuts.
“I am not anxious about not having the BBC [Benzema, Bale and Cristiano]”, he said.
“I have been lucky to be able to do that and now I have got the opportunity to play an important European game, a final”. He was on loan last season and you can see why Real Madrid brought him back into the fold this year.
That said, Real might benefit from the stability they have derived from an uncharacteristically quiet summer transfer window and the squad has been strengthened by the reacquisition of Alvaro Morata from Juventus after three seasons playing in Italy. We can’t make decisions [like Jese’s to join Paris Saint-Germain] for other players. We never give up and that’s our character, you can always win a game. The good thing about this match is that we knew it was going to be hard, but we never gave up.
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Madrid expect to be officially informed of a one-year transfer ban by Federation Internationale de Football Association by the end of this week meaning they will be unable to sign any new players.
