<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/el-clasico-showdown-barcelona-real-madrid-set-for-supercopa-de-espana-2025-final-in-jeddah-23463260" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Barcelona</strong></a> hammered rivals Real Madrid 5-2 in a wild Spanish Super Cup Clasico final in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to win the first trophy of the Hansi Flick era.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Kylian Mbappe put Madrid ahead but a dominant Barcelona hit five in response before their goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was sent off in the second half.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Madrid were hoping to avenge their 4-0 home defeat by Barcelona in October&rsquo;s La Liga Clasico but instead were left battered and bruised by their arch-rivals in Jeddah.</p>
<p><strong>Also Read:&nbsp;</strong><strong><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/we-didnt-get-what-we-deserved-mikel-arteta-23464332" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">We didn&rsquo;t get what we deserved: Mikel Arteta</a></strong></p>
<p><img title="The dejected Madrid players" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2025/jan/madrid-liss-carlos-a_e.jpg" alt="The dejected Madrid players" width="1280" height="720" /><br /><strong><em>The dejected Madrid players</em></strong></p>
<p>After Mbappe&rsquo;s opener, <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/football/article/barcelona-forward-lamine-yamal-out-for-up-to-a-month-because-of-ankle-injury-23448233" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Lamine Yamal</strong></a> levelled and Robert Lewandowski sent Barcelona ahead from the penalty spot, with Raphinha bagging a brace and Alejandro Balde also on target. Rodrygo Goes pulled one back for Madrid with a free-kick but they could not capitalise further on their numerical advantage in a humiliating defeat for the European champions.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;I think today is a good day because we beat one of the best teams in the world, for the second time this season, Real Madrid, and this is unbelievable,&rdquo; Flick told reporters. &ldquo;We won a title here and we are really happy... today is a day to look positively at this team.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said his team&rsquo;s poor defending was the main reason for the heavy defeat. &ldquo;We defended badly and that cost us the game &mdash; they found their goals quite easily,&rdquo; Ancelotti told Movistar.&nbsp;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re sad, like all our fans, it&rsquo;s disappointing and we don&rsquo;t have to hide that,&rdquo; added the veteran manager.</p>
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