Real Madrid vs Barcelona 2-5: Supercopa final – as it happened

Sports City is treated to an attacking football exhibition as Barcelona come away with the 2025 Spanish Super Cup.

Real will now shift their focus on the remainder of their season, especially on a day where they not only lost to their biggest rivals but also lost pole position in LaLiga to their cross-town rivals, Atletico Madrid.

Barcelona will hope to use this result to propel their challenge for the top spot in the league. We hope you enjoyed our coverage of today’s encounter. On behalf of Kevin Hand, this is Rohan Sharma signing off.

🏆 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒! 🏆 pic.twitter.com/oNI37RtVUZ

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 12, 2025

We switch focus back to the Premier League, as league leaders Liverpool take on third-placed Nottingham Forest on January 14.

Can Forest repeat their 1-0 victory earlier in the season? We will have that answer for you once coverage kicks off at 15:00 GMT.

Next up, we’re back in Premier League action 👊 #NFOLIV pic.twitter.com/UwvzLfsKao

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) January 12, 2025

Barcelona have even less time to recover from today.

They face Real Betis on January 15 in their Copa del Rey round of 16 fixture.

The Super Cup Kings pic.twitter.com/JCwTGilg3t

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 12, 2025

The Madridistas have little time to lick their wounds.

They next take on Celta Vigo in the Copa del Rey round of 16 match on January 16.

Defeat in Spanish Super Cup final.#RealMadrid

— Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@realmadriden) January 12, 2025

Click here for a comprehensive match report to add all our live updates throughout the game.

Barcelona boss Hansi Flick spoke with Barca One after the match: “I am very happy to have won our first title with Barca [Barcelona]. We have worked very well. Today, I can only congratulate the team. We defended and attacked together.

“I feel very proud of the players, the club and the fans. It was a great game. We responded well to Real Madrid’s first goal and then continued to play very well.

“When Szczesny was sent off, it wasn’t easy. What I’m most proud of is the way we defended. I’m very happy with many things, but especially with this one.

“The way we played is important. Today we made mistakes and that’s what we have to reduce. When you have the ball, everything is easier.”

“The goal of the big clubs is to win titles, and that is why we work hard. Now we must show, in every game, how good we are. It’s not easy to play with 10 men against Real Madrid. We have two great goalkeepers.”

Speaking with Barca One after the match, Barcelona forward Robert Lewandowksi examined the match: “In our heads, we always want more. Today we are very happy, but in three days, we have another match.

“Until December, we played very well, and during Christmas, we were analysing all the bad things we did that month.

“It is very important to be mentally strong. It does not matter who we play against. It does not matter where we play – we always want to win.

“We can celebrate today but tomorrow, we have to start preparing for the next Copa del Rey match. We don’t have much time.”

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARÇA 💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/SaCh5VoHLM

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 12, 2025

15 – @FCBarcelona have conquered their 15th #SupercopaDeEspaña, making it the most successful team in the competition. It is the second time that have won it under the new format after the one it claimed in the 2023 edition, also against #RealMadrid. Title. pic.twitter.com/gufFV4lf5v

— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 12, 2025

2 – @FCBarcelona have scored at least 4 goals in back-to-back ‘Clásicos’ for the first time in history in all competitions (4-0 in LaLiga and 1-4 today) and it is the first time this has happened in this meeting since @realmadrid get it in 1963 (5-1 and 4-0). Unleashed. pic.twitter.com/UIvXo2hEEo

— OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 12, 2025

When they scored their third goal, it was their seventh in two games against Real Madrid this season.

It’s noteworthy when you consider that it matched how many they had scored in their previous six matches combined before that.

What’s that up in the sky? pic.twitter.com/556r6IQYOM

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) January 12, 2025

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti dissected his side’s performance with Movistar: “We defended badly and that cost us the game. They found their goals quite easily.

“We’re sad, like all our fans. It’s disappointing and we don’t have to hide that. We have to look forward – there’s nothing else we can do.

“He [Kylian Mbappe] was the best [Madrid player].” Ancelotti offered at the end.

It wasn’t the walk that Carlo Ancelotti or his players wanted to make but the looks on all of their faces were more a reflection of the manner of the defeat, rather than the loss of the Supercopa itself.

It’s back-to-back El Clasico thumpings for Los Blancos now.

It’s trophy that has risen in relevance in Spain, with the expansion to a four-team competition, and Barcelona have won back the title from their fierce rivals.

Barcelona right-back Jules Kounde spoke with Movistar after the match: “It’s really nice. It had been a season since we [last] won a trophy. It’s always special, and on top of that, in a Clasico against Real Madrid.

“We had a lot of calm and patience, knowing that if we applied the plan, we would win. I’m very proud and happy with the team.

“Right after the red card [of Wojciech Szczesny], we got together and said we were going to have to suffer [and] sit back. But we had a big advantage [of a three-goal lead] and this can’t escape us.”