Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Barcelona wallop Real Madrid to win Spanish Super Cup

Barcelona beat arch-rivals Real Madrid 3-1 in an El Classico final at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday night.

• January 15, 2023
Winner of Spanish Super Cup, Barcelona
Winner of Spanish Super Cup, Barcelona

Barcelona are the winners of the 2023 Spanish Super Cup after beating arch-rivals Real Madrid 3-1 in an El Classico final at the King Fahd Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sunday night.

Spanish protege Gavi opened the scoring for Barcelona in the 33rd minute of the game thanks to an assist by Robert Lewandowski before the youngster reciprocated the deed when Lewandowski doubled the lead just moments away from the halftime whistle.

Barcelona resumed as the better side in the second half and Ousmane Dembele almost found the back of the net in the opening 10 minutes of the restart but his effort from close range was saved by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.

In the final quarter of the match, another Spanish youngster, Pedri, easily tapped the ball into an open net to extend the Blaugrana’s advantage before Karim Benzema grabbed a consolation goal for the Los Blancos in the added time.

At fulltime, Barcelona walked away with a comfortable victory to clinch the Super Cup, their first trophy since the Copa del Rey triumph in the 2020/21 season. It is also Xavi’s first silverware as Barca’s manager.

We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.

More from Peoples Gazette

farmers

Agriculture

FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology

The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices

Katsina State

Politics

Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku

“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”

NationWide

Tinubu seeks Senate confirmation of Yuguda as AMCON chairman

Mr Tinubu said that Mr Yuguda’s nomination was necessitated by the exit of the immediate past chairman of the corporation’s board.

Nigerians evacuated from South Africa

Diaspora

Use profit of South African companies in Nigeria to compensate xenophobia victims, Oshiomhole tells Tinubu govt

Mr Oshiomhole stated, “This does not require any further investigation because the facts are self-evident.”

World

Egypt accuse FIFA of fixing World Cup after controversial Argentina defeat; demands referee

“The referee was really not fair. Not fair. The referee was not fair,” Zico stated.

NationWide

Defence diplomacy strengthens Nigeria’s security, says CDI

Mr Undiandeye said defence diplomacy also contributed to global peace and collective security while advancing the national interests of participating countries.

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde (Photo Credit: Twitter)

States

Security agents, Oyo govt intervene as Yoruba, Hausa clash claims two lives in Ibadan

Mr Lawal said the state government would not allow hoodlums to turn the incident into a tribal war.

Africa

Energy chamber woos African countries, investors to South Africa October summit 

The event is projected to attract long-term investors to the continent.