On a day like today two years ago he conquered the Athletic of Madrid your last title. On August 15, 2018 he achieved the European Super Cup, a title that had a special flavor when faced with the eternal rival, the Real Madri
d. A trophy to which the colchoneros arrived as champions of the Europa League and the whites of the Champions League.
Thus the mattress box was removed a thorn that had nailed before the whites in continental tournaments. Not so in the domestic finals, which dominated the Athletic, which was the first in 18 years able to break the Real Madrid in a European final. From the beginning it was seen that the rojiblancos were very serious, with Diego Costa at the helm.
Atlético took 50 seconds to get ahead on the scoreboard. The Hispanic-Brazilian went for a ball that seemed impossible. He overlooked it and made a self-pass to overrun Bouquets and Varane. And with practically no angle, he unleashed a right hand that slipped through the Keylor Navas, which did not see the missile arrive. Golazo.
A good action by Bale was finished off at the far post by Benzema to put the tie and, already in minute 63 ’, Madrid (led by Lopetegui, who took the first blow as a white coach) would go ahead with a penalty transformed by Ramos after the ball hit the hand of Juanfran, who was struggling with Benzema. But Atlético never stops believing, and took advantage of an error by Marcelo in the ball exit to put the tie. Left two belt and put it on Coast, so that he could mark at pleasure. To the extension. Another extension between these two teams, as in Lisbon, Milan or the Bernabeu, in the Copa del Rey 2013.
Red-and-white gale in extra time
And that extra time, the Athletic. With Thomas as a midfielder, and with a huge hunger, the rojiblancos passed over Madrid. Saul made the third with a goal and Koke, the fourth to give the final blow to the eternal rival and take the Metropolitan with another title, the last one that Simeone's team has raised: the European Super Cup.