Real Madrid hammered Barcelona 4-1 to win the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday.
Vinicius Junior bagged a first-half hat-trick to fire Los Blancos to victory in Saudi Arabia.
Robert Lewandowski netted for Barcelona, who had defender Ronald Araujo sent off in the second half on what coach Xavi Hernandez described as the team’s “worst” night.
Rodrygo rounded off Real Madrid’s rout as they won the competition for the 13th time, avenging last year’s final defeat by record 14-time winners Barcelona.
“(Vinicius) needed two or three games to get back to his best level, and he’s back to it,” said Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti.
The Italian has now gone level with Zinedine Zidane on 11 trophies won at the helm of Los Blancos, behind only Miguel Munoz on 14.
“I’m happy, but now we’ve got to go for the 12th,” Ancelotti told Real Madrid TV.
