Winner of the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday evening against Athletic Bilbao (2-0), Real Madrid received unexpected congratulations, to say the least, from FC Barcelona. The Catalan club hailed Madrid’s victory via a post on their official Twitter account after the final. “Congratulations to Real Madrid for the victory in the Supercup”, could we read in the tweet.
Real, who won against Bilbao in the final thanks to goals from Karim Benzema and Luka Modric, eliminated FC Barcelona in the semi-finals on Wednesday, winning 3-2 after extra time. The Merengues are on a series of 5 consecutive victories against Barça. The next Clasico will take place on the 29th day of La Liga, on March 20. A tweet that in any case displeased Barça supporters, who did not hesitate to go down in flames with the choice to congratulate the sworn enemy after this new title …
Congratulations @real Madrid by the title of the Supercopa
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) January 16, 2022