Real Madrid eliminated Barcelona and is a finalist for the 2022 Spanish Super Cup

Shubham Bangwal January 13, 2022

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Real Madrid eliminated the Barcelona 3 to 2. The match was historic because it was the first Barsa vs. Merengue that took place outside their territory. The first goal of the match was made by the Brazilian Vinícius del Real at 25 minutes so that at 41 Luuk de Jong tied the game.

In the second half, at 72 Karim Benzema scored the goal that once again put the Madrid team on top. However, when everything seemed to be over, Ansu Fati equalized the score at 83. That is why the game ended in extra time. The person in charge of giving the victory to those led by Carlo Ancelotti was the Uruguayan Federico Valverde after 98 minutes of play.

In this way, Real Madrid will face the winner of the match between Diego Simeone’s Atlético Madrid and Athletic Bilbao. They will meet on Thursday from 4:00 p.m. in search of the definition for the new champion of the 2022 Spanish Super Cup.

Real Madrid eliminated Barcelona, Vinicius in the goal celebration.

Lionel Messi overtook Mbappé as the most popular footballer in France

Lionel Messi, the figure of Paris Saint Germain, became the most popular footballer in France, surpassing his teammate Kyllian Mbappé, by totaling just over a million searches per month on the internet.

According to the company Semrush, a digital marketing specialist, the Rosario crack obtained “the highest popularity ratings” in the European country during 2021, the year in which he left the Spanish League and reached Ligue 1 to join PSG, he pointed out. The team.

Statistics indicate that Messi generated “an average of 1,093,400 searches”, after totaling six million only last August when he was hired by PSG.

Thus he surpassed Mbappé, Karim Benzema, who plays for Real Madrid; the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, from Manchester United; and the Brazilian Neymar, who also works for PSG.

The monthly average of searches for Mbappé in France was 823,100, that of Benzema 634,900; Cristiano Ronaldo’s 503,400 and Neymar’s 490,000.

PSG cancel tour of Qatar and Saudi Arabia

Paris Saint Germain canceled its tour of Qatar and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday due to the current health situation as a result of the resurgence of coronavirus, so Lionel Messi will avoid a long trip in the run-up to the double date of the South American qualifiers.

According to information from the newspaper Le Parisien, the PSG board announced that the tour of Qatar and Saudi Arabia scheduled for next Sunday “will be postponed due to the delicate global health situation.”

The team led by Mauricio Pochettino was scheduled to travel to Qatar and Saudi Arabia after Saturday’s match against Brest in Paris for date 21 of Ligue 1 in France.

The tour included a first stop in Doha with events related to the next World Cup and then closed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a friendly against a combination of players from Al Hilal and Al Nassr, the team led by Miguel Ángel Russo and made up of Ramiro Funes Mori and Gonzalo ‘Pity’ Martínez.

This cancellation represents a relief for Messi, Ángel Di María and Leandro Paredes since PSG has another commitment on Sunday 23 against Reims, again at home, for the 22nd date of the league and then they will have to fly to Buenos Aires to join the Argentine team for face the matches against Chile, in Calama, and Colombia, in Córdoba, for the South American qualifiers.

The Qatar Tour is a traditional event organized by the club bought by capitals of that country in 2011. It was held in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.