Barcelona defender Jules Kounde expressed his great happiness over the victory over Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup final, which was held at the Radiant Jewel Stadium in Jeddah on Sunday evening.
Real Madrid opened the scoring early with a goal by Kylian Mbappe, but Barcelona responded with four goals during the first half by Robert Lewandowski, two goals, Rafinha and Alex Balde, and the Brazilian winger added the fifth goal at the beginning of the second half before Rodrigo reduced the gap for Real from a set piece that caused Wojciech to be sent off. Szczesny, Barcelona goalkeeper.
Kounde, who scored the fifth goal in an amazing way, stressed that the players following the instructions of coach Hansi Flick is the secret to the outstanding performance and the great victory, adding in his statements to the “Movistar” channel““A win means a lot. Winning in El Clásico against Real Madrid is always special. We implemented the game plan perfectly, as we did before at the Santiago Bernabeu. We were fully aware of the necessity of pressuring Real Madrid and not giving them any space. We were patient and calm, and Real’s first goal did not change We are confident of winning.”
He continued, “I am very proud of the team, we have learned a lot. Not long ago we were struggling even with the lead. Today we met after the sending off and agreed that we will suffer but we will stay back to defend our lead. We won the title, it will boost our confidence a lot. We needed the win.” We deserved to win it.”
It is noteworthy that Barcelona is entering a decisive and important stage of the season, as it will seek to ensure its qualification to the round of 16 of the Champions League, as well as attempt to reduce the lead difference with Atletico Madrid in the Spanish League table to less than the current 6 points.
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