How Barcelona Defeated Genuine Madrid To Win The Spanish Super Cup In 2023

Barcelona beat Genuine Madrid 3-0 in the last of the 2022-23 Supercopa de Espana, asserting their most memorable prize with Xavi responsible for the club.

The main half hour saw opportunities for the two sides, with each generally productive striker - Karim Benzema and Robert Lewandowski - neglecting to change over valuable open doors.

Gavi opened the scoring in the 33rd moment, opening home a beautiful pass from Lewandowski.

The Post multiplied Barca's lead not long before half-time, rebuffing a Genuine turnover in midfield.

Pedri put the game far off with his group's third in the 69th moment, tapping in a cross from Gavi to cover a deadly counter-assault.

Benzema scored a late reassurance for Genuine in the 93rd moment, however changing the outcome was excessively late.

This is Barcelona's most memorable Supercopa win since August 2018 and their fourteenth in general, the most all-time.

This success was immense for Xavi — for loads of reasons.

Most clearly, the previous playmaker currently has his most memorable prize as Barca mentor. His initial a year in control had brought various frustrations: last year's Supercopa semi-last loss to Madrid, a Copa del Rey exit to Athletic Bilbao, an Europa Association rout to Eintracht Frankfurt, and last harvest time's failure to advance through their Bosses Association bunch.

Yet, presently Xavi can highlight a major success, and one in which his own strategic discernment was vital. Questions about his approaches, group determinations and replacements had been getting stronger around the Camp Nou, where some were contemplating whether the previous playmaker had the experience and nouse to take advantage of the crew that Barca president Joan Laporta and his board had pulled such countless monetary switches to gather.

This is extra significant given the club's as yet dangerous monetary position, and that implies that more troublesome exchange choices should be taken, both during the current month's exchange window and in the late spring.

A prize triumph, in a Clasico against Madrid, will fundamentally reinforce Xavi's position all over — with his players, with his leader and with the fans. The Supercopa may not be the main rivalry there is, however the way of the triumph makes it more probable that Xavi will actually want to follow it with greater prizes throughout the long term and years to come.