Real Madrid vs Barcelona live updates: Vinicius hits hat-trick in 4-1 El Clasico Spanish Super Cup final rout

Xavi spoke to Spanish TV network Movistar after Barcelona’s dreadful performance: “It’s disappointing. We are sad, but this is football. We played the worst possible game. It started horribly, then we got a bit back to it but the 3-1 (goal) was extremely painful. We have not been comfortable at any time, we have dominated at times, but we missed the chances we got.

“I apologize to the fans because we have struggled to compete. We’ve shown our worst version. But I’ve lived through a lot of defeats in my career and Barcelona always responds. We will fight and come back from this.

“We hope this makes us compete better in the future. Tough days will come. We’ll have to face a lot of criticism, but it’s deserved as we’ve been below the club’s standards.”

This is Real Madrid’s 13th time winning the Spanish Super Cup. They trail Barcelona by just one for the most in the competition’s history.

Since the Super Cup expanded to four teams, Real have won three of five editions.

Nacho’s first trophy as Real captain, Jude Bellingham’s first as a Real player.

Xavi has become the eighth manager in Barcelona history to concede four or more goals in at least two games against Real Madrid.

The last manager to do so was Frank Rijkaard in 2005 and 2008.

After the match, Nacho spoke about needing to calm down Vinicius Jr: “Well, we know what he’s like… he’s a hot player, but a spectacular player.”

Carlo Ancelotti as classy as always on Spanish TV speaking after the win: “The scoreline was a bit harsh, for how Barca had played. Things got a bit heated at the end. I don’t like backheels. I said it to Vinicius and to Bellingham, we did not need to do those.”

Toni Kroos was exceptional again tonight, and the whistles he received from Saudi fans will have just added to his enjoyment.

The German ran the game, as he so often does. He had 76 touches and completed 62 out of 65 passes attempted, along with recording three tackles, two interceptions and one blocked shot, which made for an impressive performance, as usual.

But they do not tell the full story of Kroos’ influence both in keeping Real Madrid moving and stopping Barca completely.

Referee Martínez Munuera blows up right on 90 minutes, putting Barca out of their misery.

I get the feeling that the repercussions for Xavi and Barca might be more significant than the celebrations by Madrid and Ancelotti…

Barcelona are spared having to survive stoppage time without conceding any further goals, as the referee blows the whistle for full time immediately at 90 minutes.

Real Madrid are Spanish Super Cup champions!

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Carlo Ancelotti makes his final two changes, bringing on Joselu and Dani Ceballos for Jude Bellingham and Federico Valverde.

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Real make a further two changes.

Luka Modric comes on for Toni Kroos, who receives one last round of boos from the crowd for criticising Saudi Arabia’s human rights record back in August.

Eduardo Camavinga also comes on in place of hat-trick hero Vinicius Jr.

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There were many doubts about Real’s XI in the run-up to this game, but this victory can serve as a turning point for Carlo Ancelotti.

The Italian manager has already said that Lunin will play against Atlético de Madrid in the Copa del Rey on Thursday, and in the lead-up to today he defended Ferland Mendy. The two of them now seem to be the two most likely to beat Kepa and Camavinga in the starting XI.