Real Madrid vs Eintracht Frankfurt LIVE: Super Cup result, final score and reaction after Karim Benzema goal
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Champions League winners Real Madrid outclassed Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 on Wednesday to clinch the Uefa Super Cup for a record-equalling fifth time. A first half goal from David Alaba and another from Karim Benzema in the 65th that lifted him to second in Real’s all-time scoring list with 324 goals, wrapped up the title for the Spaniards.
Europa League winners Eintracht had offered some resistance in the first half and had chances to score but were eventually overrun by the Spaniards. The win also means Real’s Carlo Ancelotti becomes the first coach to lift the trophy four times. The Italian had named the same starting 11 that began their winning Champions League final in Paris in May.
Eintracht keeper Kevin Trapp did well to palm a Vinicius Jr effort wide. The keeper, however, misjudged a cross in the 37th and was well out of position when Casemiro headed on for Alaba and the Austrian tapped in from close range for the lead. Real stayed in control after the break, forcing another good save from Trapp in the 55th, knocking away a deflected Vinicius Jr shot before Casemiro rattled the crossbar with a shot from the edge of the box two minutes later. The pressure eventually paid off when Vinicius Jr combined with Benzema -- the pair scored a combined 111 club goals last season -- and the French forward slotted in to kill off any lingering Eintracht hopes of a first ever Super Cup title.
The win brought Real level with AC Milan and Barcelona who have also five Super Cup wins. Follow all the reaction from the Super Cup right here:
Real Madrid win Super Cup as Karim Benzema becomes club’s second all-time highest goalscorer
Champions League winners Real Madrid outclassed Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 on Wednesday to clinch the Uefa Super Cup for a record-equalling fifth time.
A first half goal from David Alaba and another from Karim Benzema in the 65th that lifted him to second in Real’s all-time scoring list with 324 goals, wrapped up the title for the Spaniards.
Europa League winners Eintracht had offered some resistance in the first half and had chances to score but were eventually overrun by the Spaniards.
The win also means Real’s Carlo Ancelotti becomes the first coach to lift the trophy four times.
Real Madrid win Super Cup as Benzema becomes second all-time highest goalscorer
Real Madrid 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt: David Alaba netted the opener before Benzema’s milestone strike sealed victory in Helsinki
FT Real Madrid 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
It was a very competent performance from Real Madrid which will send confidence through the team ahead of their La Liga opener this weekend.
The players are celebrating on the pitch, they’ll be happy with the result tonight.
It’s another trophy in the bag.
FT Real Madrid 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
Inevitable.
Full-time: Real Madrid 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
90+3 mins: There it is. Real Madrid win the 2022/23 Super Cup. They are Europe’s finest time and kick off their pursuit of six trophies this term with a win.
Carlo Ancelotti has done it again. Karim Benzema has done it again. Real Madrid have done it again.
Real Madrid 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
90 mins: Three minutes of added time to play. Real Madrid are on the verge of equalling the record for the most Super Cups won with five,
Carlo Ancelotti is about to become the most successful manager in Super Cup history too.
Real Madrid 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
86 mins: This is going to be the first Super Cup not to go to extra-time since 2017 when Real Madrid last won it after defeating Manchester United 2-1 in Skopje.
Unless Eintracht Frankfurt can score two goals in five minutes of course.
Real Madrid 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
83 mins: Mario Gotze lifts a free kick over the byline as N’Dicka sprints into the box. He jumps towards the ball and just tries to nudge it back into the middle but it’s too far away from him to control and instead he sends it behind for a goalkick.
Real Madrid 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
80 mins: Real Madrid burst forward after Casemiro shoves Knauff off the ball and they’re away on the counter-attack. Rodrygo flies up the right side before passing it across to Benzema. The ball arrives behind him and he has to check his run to collect it.
Benzema then rolls it back inside for Toni Kroos who strikes a first time effort from range and fizzes it wide of the left-hand post.
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