Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-2 in the Spanish Super Cup final. The tournament took place in Saudi Arabia.

Among the winners scored goals: Rafinha (36th and 72nd minutes) e Roberto Lewandowski (45+4). The losers excelled Vinicius (45+2) e Gonzalo Garcia (45+6). Barcelona was sent off Frankie de Jong (90+1). For Vinicius it is the first goal in 19 matches, including the national team. The striker last scored on October 10 for the Brazilian national team in a friendly match against South Korea (5:0).

Barcelona coach Hans-Dieter Flick he won his eighth final as head coach. The German specialist has never lost a title match. In five of them he led the German Bayern, in three – Barcelona. Flick has coached the Catalan club since May 2024.

The Spanish Super Cup has been held as a mini-tournament since the 2019/20 season. Usually the champion and vice-champion of the country, as well as the winner and finalist of the national cup, take part in it. However, last season Barcelona won both tournaments and Real Madrid became the silver medalists in both competitions, so the teams that took third and fourth place in the last national championship participate in the current Spanish Super Cup.

In the semi-final, Barcelona beat Athletic (5:0), Real Madrid beat Atlético (2:1). The Catalan and Madrid clubs played in the final of the tournament for the fourth time in a row. In 2023 and 2025 Barcelona was stronger (3:1, 5:2). in 2024 – Real Madrid (4:1).

The Spanish Super Cup has been held since 1982. The tournament record holder for number of victories is Barcelona (16). Real Madrid is in second place in this indicator with 13 titles.

Bayern defeated Wolfsburg with a score of 8:1 in the home match of the 16th round of the German championship.

Among the winners scored goals: Luis Diaz (30th minute), Michele Olise (50, 76), Rafael Guerreiro (68), Harry Kane (69) e Leon Goretzka (88). The losers scored the only goal Djenan Pejcinovic (13). Wolfsburg players scored their own goals twice.

Bayern leads the German league table with 44 points. Wolfsburg is in 14th place with 15 points. In the next round, Bayern will play away against Cologne on January 14. Wolfsburg will host St. Pauli on the same day.

Defender of the Russian national football team Igor Diveyev called the decision to move from Moscow CSKA in St. Petersburg “Zenith” the most difficult in life. He talked about it in his Telegram channel.

On January 11, Zenit announced the transfer of Diveev. The contract with the defender is valid until the end of the 2028/29 season.

“I want to thank the club, which has become my home,” Diveev wrote. “I never thought that a simple boy from Ufa could realize all his dreams here: to rise so high, become a player of the national team, win the Russian Cup and the Super Cup, wear the captain’s armband, charge the whole team with a “bomb” in the locker room and receive the love and respect of a whole army of fans throughout the country. No matter what you think about my transfer, I will always be proud that I became part of the history of a great club. But a footballer’s career is full of decisions difficult. And this decision is probably the most difficult of my life. When the club offered me an exchange I understood that the time had come to move on and the time had come for change.”

“Thank you to the fans, teammates, coaching staff, management and all the club’s employees: you are forever my family, who have shaped me as a player and as a person. I am a professional who will give my all on the pitch playing for a new team, but CSKA it will always be part of me,” he concluded.

Diveev’s transfer should be part of the agreement between Zenit and CSKA. Argentine striker Luciana Gonda, who has been playing for Zenit since 2024, will soon be added to the squad of the military club. The Universal Twenty Two agency, which represents the striker’s interests, confirmed to Sport Express that on Sunday she signed a contract with CSKAcalculated until the end of the 2029/30 season.

Diveev is 26 years old, he played CSKA as of 2019, during this period the player won the Russian Cup twice and the national Super Cup once. Also, together with the club, he became a silver and bronze medalist of the Russian championship. Before moving to CSKA defended the colors of Ufa. The defender played 19 matches for the Russian national team, scoring 1 goal. He took part in the European Championships, which took place in the summer of 2021.