🇧🇷🇪🇸 Barça duo continue rich vein of form to hit Supercopa opener

Tonight’s Supercopa de España final in Jeddah has been as advertised in the wake of absolute bedlam to end the opening 45 minutes of action at Alinma Stadium.

As Barcelona and Real Madrid go into the interval level at two-all, the manner in which the bitter rivals so often entertain the footballing world remains unmatched

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First, a calm and collected finish from Raphinha, his ninth goal contribution against Los Blancos in a Barça shirt, opened the goal fest in the 36th minute.

And then, absolute chaos.

Vinícius Júnior made amends for an earlier missed chance to pull Real Madrid back level with a moment of sheer individual brilliance to bank his first goal since October, only for the Brazilian’s equaliser to be cancelled out by a typical striker’s finish from Polish legend Robert Lewandowski.

Not to be denied, Xabi Alonso’s men would battle back once more through Spanish starlet Gonzalo Garcia, who continued his own recent run of form in front of goal to make it two-all.

If this is what we have already witnessed, how many more magical moments are set to come when play resumes?

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