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Four perfect penalties were enough to send Real Madrid into Sunday’s Spanish Super Cup final denying Valencia who took the game to 120 minutes but missed two of their spot-kicks.
Valencia keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili was superb over the 120 minutes but he could get nowhere near Madrid’s kicks in the shoot-out and so it will be Madrid who face Barcelona or Betis in four days.
Edinson Cavani stepped up first and beat Courtois but Karim Benzema was just as ruthless with his kick past Mamardashvili to make it 1-1.
Real Madrid advanced to a second consecutive Spanish Super Cup final after penalties on Wednesday
Madrid striker Karim Benzema scored his side's only goal from open play in the encounter
Real shot-stopper Thibaut Courtois (black top) impressed with a key penalty save in the match
Up stepped Eray Comart and sent his kick over the top and when Luka Modric made no mistake it gave Madrid a 2-1 advantage.
Ilaix Moriba nonchalantly rolled in his kick but Toni Kroos passed his into the back of the net and it was 3-2.
Hugo Guillamon scored for Valencia and Marco Asensio netted for Real Madrid leaving Jose Gaya having to score to take it to Madrid’s last kick. It was straight at Courtois and when he blocked it Carlo Ancelotti’s side were through.
It had not been pretty but Madrid supporters will celebrate the fact that they are still on for a possible six trophy season. With the European Super Cup already won, and the World Club Cup and Spanish Super Cup available to them to accompany a league, cup and Champions League treble it remains a possibility.
