Emphatic win for Real Madrid against Barcelona

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p><b>Real Madrid 2 &&num;8211&semi; Barcelona 0 &lpar;Real Madrid win 5-1 on aggregate&rpar;<&sol;b><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema scored brilliant first-half goals as Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0 on the night to register a resounding 5-1 aggregate Supercopa win&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Zinedine Zidane&&num;8217&semi;s side&comma; comfortable 3-1 first-leg winners on Sunday&comma; put Cristiano Ronaldo&&num;8217&semi;s five-game ban behind them by out-playing their arch-rivals again as moments of magic from Asensio and Benzema put them out of sight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Asensio&&num;8217&semi;s superb&comma; swerving early strike set the tone at the Bernabeu and Benzema added a second six minutes before half-time to leave a dispirited Barca staring at a heavy defeat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ernesto Valverde&&num;8217&semi;s side improved in the second period&comma; with both Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez seeing efforts hit the woodwork&comma; but Real were by then in cruise control&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Madrid pair Gareth Bale and Isco&comma; star of the show at Camp Nou three days ago&comma; were left on the bench&comma; while Barca were without injured captain Andres Iniesta and his absence clearly told&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Barca found themselves behind in the fourth minute when Asensio followed up his fine goal in the first leg by slamming home a left-footed shot from 30 yards&comma; which left goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen stranded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Messi had been anonymous for the first 16 minutes&comma; but briefly threatened with brilliant footwork in the box and then his ball across the face of goal eluded Luis Suarez&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Asensio had another shot blocked after combining with Benzema and Toni Kroos fired wide before Lucas Vazquez almost made it 2-0 on the night when his curling shot hit the crossbar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Real did get a deserved second when Benzema pounced ahead of flat-footed Real defender Samuel Umtiti in the 39th minute and turned sharply to fire home a low shot into the bottom corner&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Vasquez fired straight at Ter Stegn and Benzem rifled over the crossbar as Real looked set to add to their score&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Messi burst into life again in the 53rd minute&comma; dancing past two defenders to crash an angled shot against the crossbar and although Barca improved after the break they still lacked real cohesion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Suarez&&num;8217&semi;s diving header came back off the outside of a post after Real goalkeeper Keylor Navas had parried Messi&&num;8217&semi;s stinging drive in the 71st minute and Ivan Rakitic&&num;8217&semi;s effort was blocked&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Real had visibly eased off&period; 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