Kylian Mbappe scored on his debut as Real Madrid claimed the UEFA Super Cup following a 2-0 victory over Atalanta in Warsaw.
Federico Valverde was also on target for Carlo Ancelotti’s side, who lifted the trophy for a record-breaking sixth time.
Mbappe endured a quiet first half at Warsaw’s National Stadium, Isak Hien blocking his 15th-minute shot, while the woodwork denied both teams inside the opening 45 minutes.
The reigning UEFA Champions League holders had to wait until the second half to find the opening goal as Federico Valverde put them in the lead.
Following some great work from Jude Bellingham, Mbappe doubled their lead soon afterwards to wrap up a dominant display.
Eder Militao deflected Marten de Roon’s cross against his own crossbar, before Rodrygo struck the bar at the other end in first-half stoppage time.
Atalanta went close within two minutes of the restart as Thibaut Courtois wonderfully palmed away Mario Pasalic’s header.
But it was Madrid who broke the deadlock in the 59th minute as Vinicius Junior accelerated away from Berat Djimsiti, before squaring for Valverde to tap into an empty net.
Juan Musso did brilliantly to deny Vinicius and Jude Bellingham, but the Atalanta goalkeeper was powerless as Los Blancos doubled their lead nine minutes later, with Bellingham threading a neat through ball for Mbappe to lift into the roof of the net.
Player of the Match – Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)
It was a close call with so many of Madrid’s star-studded line-up impressing, but Vinicius gets the nod.
The Brazilian caused problems for Djimsiti all night, and his turn of pace to leave the Atalanta defender trailing before teeing up Valverde was simply sublime.
That was one of a joint game-leading 20 passes he made in the final third, while he also registered the most dribbles (11) and was involved in the most duels (20) throughout the contest.
Source: Graphic Sports
