Barcelona drew 1–1 with Real Madrid at home and lost the Spanish Super Cup 2–4 on aggregate, but the post-match public reaction was somewhat surprising. Many media outlets focused on Barcelona's first draw in two years rather than the fact that they had lost the Spanish Super Cup.
The Catalan media unanimously declared that Barcelona had performed better in this match than in the first leg, especially defensively. Their arrangements for defending against Yang Yang had been fairly successful. Aside from conceding the goal, Yang Yang had not shown much, and that would be Barcelona's opportunity going forward.
"Barcelona broke the curse of losing to Real Madrid for the past two years. In this match, Barcelona unquestionably showed encouraging progress."
But the overwhelming majority of media outlets, including the column written by Barcelona's godfather Cruyff, continued as before, lambasting Real Madrid for their conservatism and arguing that Ancelotti's use of three defensive midfielders had also been extremely conservative.
Cruyff even sneered, "When will Ancelotti fulfill what he said at his unveiling ceremony and bring attacking football to Real Madrid? In this match, he looked even more conservative than Benitez!"
"Yes, he won the title, but he failed to fulfill the promise he made to the fans."
Media outlets favoring Real Madrid, such as Marca and AS, expressed the view that Real Madrid had failed to defeat Barcelona for the first time in two years, but judging from the course of the match, Real Madrid's performance was still worthy of recognition. Ancelotti had still produced some eye-catching elements. For example, Kaka's repeated runs from deep had been particularly impressive.
"After the match, Kaka was named Man of the Match. During his interview with the media, he said that his runs from deep had all come at the instruction of Head Coach