Mbappé folds Atalanta, Super Cup to Real Madrid

Real Madrid-Atalanta 2-0

The 2024 Uefa Super Cup è ended up in Real Madrid’s trophy case. In Warsaw, the European champions beat Atalanta 2-0, who played it out on equal terms for an hour before raising the white flag in front of Carlo Ancelotti’s super team.

Gasperini’s boys started well and even came close to taking the lead when Militao deflected a De Roon cross against the crossbar. Also on the other side was a woodwork, hit by Rodrygo from the left. In the opening of the second half, Pasalic è also went close to 1-0, denied by Courtois.

After an hour of balance, the Merengues upped the pace and in eight minutes closed the score: at 60' Valverde scored on an empty goal on an assist from Vinicius, and at 58' Mbappé, with a right-footed shot under the crossbar, closed the score, with his first goal in a blanca shirt.