Real Madrid win sixth UEFA Super Cup
UEFA Champions League holders Real Madrid opened the new European season with a 2-0 victory over UEFA Europa League winners Atalanta in the UEFA Super Cup in Warsaw.
In defeating Atalanta, Los Blancos, their players and their coach also set a number of new records in the showpiece tournament, UEFA.com reported.
Prior to this match, Madrid were level on five with Barcelona and Milan as the teams to have won the most Super Cups. However, Wednesday's triumph takes Los Blancos clear at the top, the La Liga side having lifted the trophy in 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2022 and now 2024. They have lost on three occasions: 1998, 2000 and 2018.
The evergreen duo of Carvajal and Modrić are now the two most successful players in Super Cup history, having featured in each of Madrid's five wins since 2014. The duo have surpassed Dani Alves, Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos and Paolo Maldini, who each appeared in four Super Cup wins.