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Real Madrid win Supercopa as Zidane says 'Valverde did what he had to do'

Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos scored the decisive spot-kick as theybeat Atletico Madrid 4-1 on penalties to win the Spanish Super Cup.

The Real captain sent Jan Oblak the wrong way to secure the trophy after a goalless 120 minutes in Saudi Arabia.

Saul Niguez and Thomas Partey missed their penalties for Atletico.

Real Madrid had ended the game with 10 men after Federico Valverde was sent off in extra time for fouling Alvaro Morata when he was clean through.

Real coach Zinedine Zidane said of Valverde afterwards, "He has taken the trophy as the MVP and I'm glad for him. He has done a great job, like everyone else. He sure wants to share it with all his teammates.

"In the end he has done what he had to do. It is a cheeky foul but it had to be done at that time. He has done well. In the end the important thing is that he has apologised to Morata because they know each other very well."

Zidane added: "We win today, we have to enjoy it, be happy. We have the trip, rest and then now, again to play. We can't think of relaxing. We are happy, we have to enjoy, but there is a lot of League, Champions, Cup ... Very long in everything."

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