At home, 1–0; away, 1–1; aggregate, 2–1. Real Madrid defeated Barcelona and won the Spanish Super Cup once again.
After winning the treble last season, Real Madrid had just started the new season and had already claimed two more trophies—the European Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup—making a flying start to the campaign.
After the match, the media unanimously praised Yang Yang's performance, believing that he had contributed one goal and one assist across the two matches and played a major role in Real Madrid's victory over Barcelona. What made it more impressive was that he had achieved all this after coming on as a substitute.
AS editor-in-chief Alfredo revealed in his column that Yang Yang's intensive training before the season had already begun to bear fruit.
"Yang Yang is about to turn thirty, yet he has constantly worked hard to maintain his condition and peak form. During this period, he even assembled a team of as many as ten experts to advise him, and followed Real Madrid to Canada for their training camp."
"According to information obtained by reporters from inside Real Madrid, Yang Yang's training intensity has been extremely high. This allowed him to reduce his weight to seventy-nine kilograms, which is why we were able to see such an outstanding Yang Yang in the three Super Cup matches."
"Without a doubt, Yang Yang is approaching thirty, but he remains at the peak of his career. I believe that for quite some time yet, he will continue to be Real Madrid's most reliable scorer and the team's most important attacking weapon."
Alfredo stated that judging from Real Madrid's three official matches this season, the team could gain momentum without Yang Yang but struggled to score. Even against Barcelona, Real Madrid's midfield had begun to hold its own,