FC Barcelona achieved a difficult victory at the expense of its counterpart, Real Betis, by a penalty shootout, 4-2, in the match that was held between them on Thursday evening at King Fahd International Stadium, in the semi-finals of the Spanish Super Championship for the current season 2023, which will be held from 11 to 15 January. 4 teams participating.
The two teams resorted to penalty shoot-outs after the positive tie with a score of 2-2 during the activities of the original and additional runs of the match. The goals of the match came from Robert Lewandowski and Ansu Fati for FC Barcelona in the 40th and 93rd minutes, respectively, while Real Betis scored Nabil Fekir and Morne in the 73rd and 101st minutes.
Real Madrid secured qualification for the championship final Spanish Super After beating Valencia on penalties to face Barcelona in the final scheduled for next Sunday.
The Spanish team, Barcelona, sought to win in order to qualify for the final match, in search of crowning the title that has been absent from its coffers since its last victory in the 2018 edition at the expense of its counterpart, Seville, with two goals to one.
The Catalan team failed to qualify for the final match of the 2020-2021 season against its counterpart, Athletic Bilbao, with three goals to two.
Barcelona faced Betis with high spirits, after achieving a difficult 1-0 victory over Atletico Madrid, during the match that brought the two teams together at the “Wanda Metropolitano” stadium, in a fiery summit in the 16th round of the Spanish League championship, the current season 2022-2023.
This is the third version of the Spanish Super Cup hosted by Saudi Arabia, after the 2020 version that was held in Jeddah, and the Spanish team Real Madrid crowned its title, after winning the final match against Atletico Madrid, while the city of Riyadh hosted the second version that was held in early 2022. It was also crowned by Real Madrid, after its victory over Athletic Bilbao.
Real Madrid was crowned the last Spanish Super Cup after defeating its counterpart, Athletic Bilbao, with two goals free of charge, in the confrontation that brought them together at the “King Fahd International” stadium in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Barcelona is at the top of the La Liga standings, with 41 points, three points ahead of Real Madrid, who is in second place with 38 points.
Barcelona leads the list of clubs most crowned with the Spanish Super Cup title throughout history, with 13 times out of a total of 26 previous participations.
While Real Madrid comes in second place after winning the title 12 times, and Athletic Bilbao and Deportivo La Coruna teams share third place in the list of winners with 3 titles each, and Atletico Madrid comes in fifth place in the list of the most crowned with two titles, then a single title for each of, Valencia, Seville, Real Zaragoza, Real Mallorca, and Real Sociedad.
