Barcelona turned in a stunning performance to thump their great rivals Real Madrid 5-2 and lift the Spanish Super Cup in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

Lamine Yamal, Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Alejandro Balde were all on target before halftime, after French forward Kylian Mbappe put Real in front in the fifth minute. Raphinha grabbed another in the second half while Rodrygo scored for Real.

“A goal for big clubs is always to win titles, that’s why we work hard. But now we have to show it in the next games,” Barca coach Hansi Flick said.

“Real made many mistakes, and we knew how to take advantage of them to control the match.”
Real coach Carlo Ancelotti admitted his side were well below par, especially in the first half.

“In the first half we didn’t play football, we hit long balls and that wasn’t the idea,” Real he said. “I told the players that they can lose games, but not in the way we played in the first half.”

Barca were left with 10 men when goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny was sent off for fouling Mbappe in the 56th minute.