How Real Madrid beat Sevilla 3-2 in the European Supercup final

Real Madrid beat Sevilla 3-2 in the European
Supercup final in rainy Trondheim on
Tuesday thanks to a brilliant individual last
minute of extra-time clincher from Dani
Carvajal.
Sevilla had been on the verge of victory
leading 2-1 deep into added time, before
Sergio Ramos equalised in the 93rd minute
with the last kick of normal time, leaving the
losers to taste a double dose of pain when
Carvajal grabbed the late, late winner.
Marco Asensio had given Madrid the lead
with a brilliant strike before Franco Vazquez
equalised shortly before half-time.
Ramos had loked set to be the villain of the
piece when he conceded a penalty that
Yevhen Konoplyanka's slickly converted in
the 72nd-minute, which looked set to win it
for Europa League champions Sevilla.
The Andalucians could have little to
complain about over Carvajal's winner, as he
flew into the box and clipped the ball past
two defenders and the 'keeper with a lovely
flick from the outside of his right boot.
"The goal came from trying and trying again.
Dani Carvajal's strike was spectacular, he
deserves it more than anyone," Madrid's
Lucas Vazquez said told UEFA after the
game.
"Sergio Ramos is the first to never give up
and he is always there in important
moments. It is brilliant to have him. We
have got a lot of depth and a side to take
on all comers."
Zinedine Zidane's Madrid were not at full
strength, with neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor
Gareth Bale, nor Toni Kroos, involved and
both Luka Modric and Karim Benzema
coming off the bench in the second half at
the Lerkendal Stadion.
"We were trailing for all of the second half,
but Madrid never give up and a goal in 90
minutes allowed us to become champions,"
Carvajal told UEFA after the game.
"Today we had a lot of players missing but
we have a great squad of homegrown
players."
Having just sold Jese Rodriguez to Paris
Saint-Germain, Madrid started with Alvaro
Morata in attack, back at the club from
Juventus.
The 20-year-old Spain international Asensio,
back from loan at Espanyol, was also
included from the off and he put Real ahead
midway through the first half with a
tremendous left-foot strike that swerved into
the top-left corner from 25 yards.
However, Sevilla responded well and Daniel
Carrico forced a good save from Casilla --
standing in for Keylor Navas -- before the
equaliser arrived.
Vitolo controlled a Luciano Vietto cross, and
while he could not get the shot away,
Vazquez did, sticking out his left boot to
volley low into the bottom-right corner.
Argentine playmaker Vazquez was signed
from Palermo during a close season of much
change at Sevilla, who lost coach Unai
Emery -- the mastermind of their three
consecutive Europa League triumphs -- to
PSG.
Grzegorz Krychowiak, Ever Banega and
Kevin Gameiro have all moved on to PSG,
Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid respectively,
while captain Coke has signed for Schalke.
Vazquez was one of three new faces to
start for Sevilla, the others being Japanese
international Hiroshi Kiyotake and Vietto,
brought in from Atletico.
After an Isco effort was deflected narrowly
wide early in the second half, Vietto made
way for Konoplyanka and he scored from 12
yards to put Sevilla in front after Ramos had
penalised for bringing down Vitolo in the
box. That looked set to be the winner until
Ramos appeared unmarked six yards out in
the third minute of added time to head
home a Lucas Vazquez cross with
goalkeeper Sergio Rico, blocked by one of
his team-mates, unable to get across to
block.