Iqembu leBarcelona elinamandla lisebenzise amaphutha amathathu abizayo lashaya izimbangi zabo iReal Madrid ngo 3-1 futhi lanqoba iSpanish Super Cup eSaudi Arabia ngeSonto.
Emdlalweni owawugcwele izihlabani zebhola, kwakunguGavi osaziwayo owagqama kakhulu.
I-Los Blancos ayikwazanga ukuphatha lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-18 ubudala, igoli lakhe esiwombeni sokuqala limenze waba umshayi magoli omncane kunabo bonke kuSpanish Super Cup, edlula irekhodi lomphathi wakhe wamanje u-Xavi.
UGavi uvulele iBarcelona igoli ngomzuzu ka-33, ngemuva kokudlula ngendlela kuka-Antonio Rudiger kusize iqembu laseCatalan ukuthi linqobe elesithathu. URobert Lewandowski ukhombise ikhanda elipholile ngaphandle kwebhokisi ukuhlela umdlali wasesiswini oshaye ibhola ngobunono ladlula unozinti weReal Madrid uThibaut Courtois.
Umhlinzeki waphenduka umshayi magoli ngemuva kwemizuzu eyi-12 lapho ukuhlasela kweBarca okunqamulelayo kufinyelele umvuthwandaba ngokuthi uLewandowski eshaya umsizi weGavi ebangeni eliseduze.
IReal Madrid ibingenawo amazinyo esiwombeni sokuqala, ibingabhalisanga amashodi ebekuhlosiwe. Ngemuva kwekhefu, kubonakale abafana bakaCarlo Ancelotti behlose ukugcina irekhodi lihloniphekile – kodwa elinye iphutha, kulokhu elenziwe u-Dani Ceballos ongene esikhundleni, labeka amagoli kaGavi egijima, ngaphambi kokubeka uPedri ukuthi enze amathathu.
Owine iBallon d’Or uKarim Benzema ubuyisele iMadrid ngesikhathi sokulimala, kodwa akwanele ukuvimba abafana bakaXavi ukuthi baphakamise indebe yabo yokuqala selokhu banqoba iCopa Del Rey ngo-2021, kanye nesihloko sabo sokuqala seSuper Cup kusukela ngo-2018.