Carlo Ancelotti post-match press conference | Spanish Super Cup final 2024

The Italian coach sat down in front of the press after Real Madrid secured their 13th Spanish Super Cup in an emphatic win against Barcelona.

Real Madrid squashed, seasoned and fried Barcelona in Saudi Arabia as Vinicius Jr’s first-half hat-trick was too much for the Catalans to contain. Carlo Ancelotti’s game plan worked to perfection as Los Blancos came at their arch-enemies time and time again, threatening them in behind their defence who, by the end, looked like they were wearing their shirts, shorts and boots on backwards as they stumbled over the finish line a man down.

Vinicius was played through for the first two goals as the Benny Hill theme tune accompanied Barcelona’s atrocious attempt at holding a high line; the blaugrana were two down after 10 minutes with Real Madrid finding space in behind normally only describable using astronomical units of measurement.

“I didn’t expect the goals to come so early”, said Ancelotti at full-time, “but we took advantage of the high line. Vinicius was inspired on the counter-attack, it was a tough game. The result is too big considering how Barcelona played”, he added, modestly.

The implosion continued as Ronald Araujo pleaded with the referee that he really didn’t grab Vini Jr’s chest as the Brazilian winger fell to the ground before slotting away the subsequent penalty. Lewandowski’s effort cut the gate before the strike from the spot but the blaugranahope was merely a flash in the pan.

The second half was more of the same without the goals, until Rodrygo hit home under Iñaki Peña following a move that made Madrid rip the head off a devastated Xavi’s side like Saturn Devouring His Son.

After the game, Ancelotti called the win “very good” before, in typical Madrid manager