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Genuine Madrid have done it once more. Regardless of a detached pre-season in which they neglected to win a solitary match on visit in the United States, Los Blancos have commenced the new battle with yet another trophy by beating Manchester United 2-1 in the UEFA Super Cup.
Jose Mourinho was correct: Real truly are on another level.
Madrid met United in California a month ago in a match that completed 1-1, with the Premier League side winning in an amusing punishment shootout, yet before that match, the Portuguese administrator stated: "You endeavor to remunerate the distinction in quality with a specific strategic association and with that you can win in football.
"It's conceivable a group is on a specific day superior to the entirety of the parts. In any case, the parts are astonishing, their connection with the ball is astounding. Along these lines, we do whatever it takes not to contrast ourselves with them."
It appears something of a pessimist contention from a coach who has won everything at club level, particularly considering his United side cost more than the one handled by partner Zinedine Zidane in the UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday in Skopje.
As indicated by Marca , United's XI for this match in Macedonia was purchased for an aggregate of €413 million, while Madrid's cost €273m - and that included €100m on Gareth Bale alone.
On the pitch, nonetheless, it was Madrid who looked more agreeable than their opponents - even with Cristiano Ronaldo on the seat.
It was no vintage indicating either from the European champions. Casemiro's opening foal was hardly offside, while Romelu Lukaku missed several extraordinary shots for United.
In any case, Mourinho's prior evaluation was right - Real have better players and are just slicker with the ball at their feet.
It was not very far in the past that Mourinho was being touted for a conceivable come back to the Santiago Bernabeu. At the point when Carlo Ancelotti was hacked out in the late spring of 2015, the Portuguese was one of the names in the casing before Rafa Benitez was selected as coach and he was specified again when the Spaniard was sacked in January a year ago.
Be that as it may, Real have proceeded onward from that point forward. Furthermore, that was maybe summed up as Sergio Ramos was informed that his previous mentor had said how the safeguard had never played a Champions League quarter-last before his landing in the club in 2010.
"It's actual what he said," Ramos answered. "When he arrived, we began to move beyond the quarter-finals and now we have won three Champions Leagues." Indeed. Furthermore, two of those have come in the previous two seasons, with Zidane as mentor.
The previous France awesome now has six trophies in his short time as Madrid manager, double the number won by Mourinho in his three-year residency at the Bernabeu. What's more, in great Jose style, the Portuguese surrendered away his sprinters decoration after this match.
"They had a time of dominancy in the primary half," Mourinho - who has never beaten Madrid in an aggressive match - said after the game. "We had a time of dominancy in the second half. We gave them a decent battle. My young men leave baffled yet hopeful and pleased.

"I'm content; we as a whole are," was Zidane's response. "We play to win these sorts of games, they are vital. We played an extraordinary game. We endured a smidgen toward the finish of the second half yet we played with character.
"It was troublesome toward the end. They place us in a bit a trouble with the long balls however we did well."
That was most likely not implied as a burrow at Mourinho, but rather it was valid. Elaborately, the Portuguese was never the correct fit at Real and his football is still to some degree negative now and again.
It stays to be perceived how that will work out in the more extended term at Old Trafford, especially in the greatest rivalries.
Thus, while United made a round of it at last and missed shots, Madrid were useful for their win when it made a difference most to demonstrate that, even after a poor pre-season, they have proceeded onward since Mourinho's days.
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