Dani Carvajal was at his clinical best as Real Madrid overcame Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday.
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The experienced centre-back equalised in the 93rd minute to keep Madrid alive before full-back Dani Carvajal scored the victor in the final minute of extra time.
Following their dramatic win, Marcelo led his team-mates into the post-match press conference where they ambushed a startled, but ultimately delighted Frenchman Zidane.
The past Bayer Leverkusen player scored after an able continue running into the discipline reach to win Zinedine Zidane his second trophy since being assigned Real supervisor in January.
Real looked down and out when they trailed 2-1 with one minute to go in normal time but captain Sergio Ramos took the match into extra-time with a last-gasp header from a cross by Lucas Vazquez in front of a crowd of 21,166.
Zinedine Zidane’s son Luca made his competitive debut this pre season, but it is likely that both of these players will start on the bench.
He said, “You have to congratulate Sevilla on their great performance”. We have players who also weren’t here today; four or five players in fact.
“I’m lucky to have come through the academy at Real Madrid and I remember that when I got here at 14 years of age and stopped next to the Bernabeu, I said that I hoped to one day play here”. Zidane is very different from his predecessors at the Bernabeu, not making nearly any moves in the summer transfer window and showing confidence in his players already on the team.
Real Madrid will be without forward pair Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, midfielder Toni Kroos and defender Pepe for Tuesday’s UEFA Super Cup encounter with Sevilla in Trondheim, Norway.
He added: “Second title (as Real Madrid coach), first of this season and I’m very happy with the effort the guys have made. we deserved this title”. The collective work is what you have to highlight.
The Europa League winners were the dominant force in the second half, and took their lead through Yevhen Konoplyanka’s 72nd minute penalty.
“Today we had an extensive measure of players missing yet we have a magnificent squad of homegrown players”.
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That’s how what is essentially a preseason game, very much utilized by teams to put the finishing touches on their fitness and form, went to extra time – with no sensible justification for not going straight to penalties.
