FC Barcelona, who won the Supercopa. random newsFC Barcelona legend Xavi Hernandez has lifted his first trophy as a manager.
FC Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-1 in the final of the 2022-2023 season Supercopa held at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the 16th (Korea time). With this, FC Barcelona collected the 14th Supercopa trophy in his career. Real Madrid, who have won 12 championships, are second all-time.
The Supercopa is a tournament where first and second place in La Liga and first and second place in the Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) take part. Last season’s La Liga runners-up FC Barcelona defeated Copa del Rey champions Real Betis to progress to the final. Real Madrid beat Valencia.
Gaby scored the opening goal in the 33rd minute of the first half. Assisted by Roberto Lewandowski. And in the 45th minute of the first half, Gaby and Lewandowski switched roles to score the second goal. In the 24th minute of the second half, Pedri scored a key goal.
Real Madrid made up for it with a goal in extra time in the second half from Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema.
This was the first victory as a hero manager with a total of 25 trophies at FC Barcelona during his active career. With FC Barcelona, Xavi won 4 UEFA Champions League titles, 8 La Liga titles, 3 Copa del Rey titles, 6 Supercopa titles, 2 UEFA Super Cup titles, and a recorded 2 Club World Cup titles.
After retiring in May 2019, coach Xavi went through the command tower of Al Sadd Qatar and took over the management of FC Barcelona in November 2021.
Meanwhile, Sergio Busquets, who also played with Xavi during his active career, took part in his 45th El Clasico. As a FC Barcelona player, he is tied with Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos (Paris Saint-Germain) for the most appearances in El Clasico.
After the match, Busquets said, “We strengthened the midfield to dominate the midfield. Ronald Araujo did a good job blocking Vinicius Junior’s counterattack,” Busquets said after the match, “he said.
