Defender Dani Carvajal scored a fine solo goal a minute from the end of extra time as Real Madrid beat Spanish rival Sevilla in a dramatic Super Cup.

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Champions League victors Real stood out when Marco Anensio scored with a blasting long-run strike.

Europa league victors Sevilla leveled through Franco Vazquez and Yevhen Konoplyanka’s penalty gave them the lead after Sergio Ramos fouled Vitolo.

Ramos made it 2-2 to drive extra time before Carvajal won it doubtlessly.

The past Bayer Leverkusen player scored after an able continue running into the discipline reach to win Zinedine Zidane his second trophy since being assigned Real supervisor in January.

Sevilla, who beat Liverpool in last season’s Europa League last, have appeared in the past three Super Cups and lost each one of the three.

Jorge Sampaoli, who accepted control after Unai Emery was assigned Paris St-Germain director, scanned set for a fine win before Ramos made it 2-2 with a header three minutes into stoppage time to drive an additional 30 minutes.

Real were missing key players, with Cristiano Ronaldo having been hurt playing for Portugal in the Euro 2016 last, while Welshman Gareth Bale and Germany’s Toni Kroos had enhanced breaks by virtue of their incorporation at the same rivalry.

“We were trailing for most of the second half, yet Madrid never surrender and a goal in 90 minutes allowed us to twist up champions,” Carvajal, 24, said.

“Today we had an extensive measure of players missing yet we have a magnificent squad of homegrown players.”

Real Madrid, who have not won La Liga since 2012, start their 2016-17 campaign away to Real Sociedad on 21 August, while Sevilla are at home to Espanyol a day earlier.

 

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