After an Isco effort was deflected narrowly wide early in the second half, Vietto made way for Konoplyanka and he scored from 12 yards to put Sevilla in front after Ramos had penalised for bringing down Vitolo in the box.
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Real Madrid will go in search of their third UEFA Super Cup crown on Tuesday, when the 2015-16 Champions League winners go up against reigning UEFA Europa League champions Sevilla in Trondheim, Norway.
“I have no thoughts about it. Pogba is a United player, and that’s it”.
“We have many players and I am not going to say that I am asking for another midfielder”.
But then, in the 120th minute, right back Dani Carvajal won the ball near the half-way line and made a ludicrous run through Sevilla’s defense, sauntering through four opponents before poking the ball behind Sergio Rico.
Ronaldo has not played since spraining his left knee during Portugal’s 1-0 extra-time win over hosts France in last month’s Euro 2016 final and Real have not yet set a date for his comeback.
“Whenever I play against Sevilla, it’s a special game”.
But Sevilla rallied and equalized through Fernando Vazquez in the 41st minute.
Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane introduced Benzema as a 62nd-minute replacement for Alvaro Morata and both the newcomer and Ramos went close in quick succession, but it was Sevilla who took the lead for the first time with 18 minutes remaining.
“You have to congratulate Sevilla on their great performance”, said Zidane, who became just the fifth coach to win the Super Cup having also hoisted the trophy aloft as a player.
“Today we had a lot of players missing but we have a great squad of homegrown players”. The UK sports book has posted its pre-match odds and it looks like Real, even without their star players are favored to win at 1.85, while Sevilla is at 4.20.
The defender spoke after the game and he tried to explain why he’s the chosen one in the finals: “It’s very important to give everything always”.
A Daniel Carvajal extra-time victor handed Zidane his second title as Real coach.
“It was my first [goal] for the club”.
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Yet again, Real Madrid has shown their ability to know when they have struck gold with a player from their youth academy and Marco Asensio is yet another.
