Real Madrid took a giant step towards being crowned the winners of this year's Spanish Super Cup after thrashing hosts Barcelona 3-1 in the first leg of the cup. Goals from Ronaldo and Asentio plus an own goal from Gerald Pique granted Real the advantage. Needless to say, Barcelona are still reeling to the departure of one of their star men, Neymar Jr to PSG almost two weeks ago; their continued pursuit of liverpool ace Philipe Coutnino and Borussia Dortmund's wonderkind, Dembele, continues to distabilize the squad. It is hard to see the Catalonians pulling a comeback, but with Barcelona, anything is possible. Its the perfect opportunity for
Real Madrid will be without their star man, Christiano Ronaldo after he was banned for five matches for pushing the referee in that Game-given their appeal is unsuccessful. However, the team from the Capital has won decisive matches without Ronaldo before. As with the first encounter, we expect a flurry of goals in this one. None of these two teams have strong defenses not to concede and both of them have lethal strike forces.