In the early morning of August 15 (Vietnam time), Real Madrid - Champions League champion, and Atalanta - Europa League champion, played the European Super Cup match in Warsaw, Poland.
The wait is not only for the first trophy awarded in the European Cup season but also for Kylian Mbappe's debut in the Real Madrid shirt.
The French striker has only focused for a short time, but coach Carlo Ancelotti still ranked him as the No. 9 starter. The trio of Jude Bellingham, Vinicius Junior, and Rodrygo support the back in the 4-2-3 formation. -1.
On Atalanta's side, coach Gian Piero Gasperini placed Ademola Lookman - the player who scored a hat-trick in the 2023-2024 Europa League final, and newcomer Charles De Ketelaere as strikers in the 3-4-1-2 formation.
Real Madrid is rated much higher, but the Italian representative also showed that their victory over Bayer Leverkusen to win the Europa League was not due to luck.
In a defensive stance and confident organization when they had the ball, Atalanta had dangerous plays, including once the ball hit the crossbar.
Real Madrid did not easily overcome the opponent's defense and in the entire first half, they only had 1 more shot than their opponent (3/2) and no goals.
However, in the second half, Los Blancos accelerated the pace of attack and Mbappe showed that, even though he was new to his teammates, class was shown in playing well. Aside from a few shots where Mbappe tried to show off his individual skills, he basically combined well with his teammates.
The result of that was the first goal in the new shirt in the 68th minute, with an impressive combination with Bellingham.
But 9 minutes earlier, Federico Valverde opened the scoring after an easy shot from close range when Vinicius escaped and crossed smoothly.
Real Madrid won the European Super Cup for the sixth time, surpassing Barcelona and AC Milan. Meanwhile, Mbappe personally had a good start in the Royal team shirt, bringing great excitement to Madridistas.
People still do not forget that Real Madrid did not spend any money to get the signature of the 25-year-old striker.
