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Vinicius stars as Real Madrid thrash Barcelona to win Super Cup

Vinícius Júnior scored a hat-trick in the first half as Real Madrid were crowned Spanish Super Cup champions with a 4-1 demolition of bitter rivals Barcelona in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

Real dominated every aspect of the game and toyed with last year's champions who could not handle Vinicius and ended the contest with 10 men after defender Ronald Araujo was sent off for a second booking in the 71st minute after two fouls on the Brazilian.

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