Vinicius Jr scored a first-half hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Barcelona to win the Spanish Super Cup.
The winger scored twice in the first 10 minutes to put Carlo Ancelotti's side in control in Saudi Arabia.
Robert Lewandowski pulled one back for Barca with a superb volley but Vinicius converted a 39th-minute penalty to restore Los Blancos' two-goal lead.
Rodrygo then added a fourth in the second half before Ronald Araujo was sent off to complete Barca's misery.
Vinicius, who has recently returned from tearing a hamstring in November, celebrated his opener with Cristiano Ronaldo's famous 'SIU' goal celebration inside Al Nassr's King Saud University Stadium - where the former Real Madrid man currently plays.
He said: "The celebration was dedicated to Cristiano Ronaldo, because he is my idol and now he plays here."
Victory was Madrid's third straight in El Clasico and gave them a 13th Super Cup success - one behind Barcelona's record 14 wins.
Jude Bellingham was key to the opening goal, playing the ball in behind the high line of Barcelona for Vinicius to race on to and round goalkeeper Inaki Pena to score.
Three minutes later it was Rodrygo timing his run in behind to perfection to expose Xavi's side before crossing for Vinicius to slide in at the back post.
Barca responded well and got themselves back into the game when Alejandro Balde's cross was only headed out to the edge of the box, allowing Lewandowski to thump in a first-time finish.
But just a few minutes later, the referee adjudged that Vinicius had been pulled down in the box by Araujo as he tried to get on the end of a cross.
Complaints from Barca were ignored and the 23-year-old Brazil international confidently slotted home the spot-kick to complete his second Madrid hat-trick.
With Barca throwing players forward to try and get back into the match after half-time, Madrid continued to threaten on the break and Rodrygo capitalised on some sloppy defending to stroke in the fourth.
It got worse for Barcelona as Araujo's frustrations got the better of him and he scythed down Vinicius to earn himself a second yellow card with 20 minutes remaining.
Bellingham had a shot cleared off the line as Madrid went in search of a fifth but Barca avoided any further punishment in the closing stages.
"We have not shown the level required for a match like this," Barcelona Xavi said.
"We played our worst game. We weren't comfortable at any point. Madrid hurt us on the counter. I apologise to the fans because it was hard for us to compete and we showed our worst side."
Line-ups
Real Madrid
Formation 4-3-1-2
- 13Lunin
- 2Carvajal
- 22RüdigerBooked at 62mins
- 6Nacho
- 23Mendy
- 15ValverdeSubstituted forCeballosat 86'minutes
- 18Tchouaméni
- 5BellinghamBooked at 43minsSubstituted forJoseluat 86'minutes
- 8KroosSubstituted forModricat 81'minutes
- 11RodrygoSubstituted forDíazat 77'minutes
- 7Vinícius JúniorSubstituted forCamavingaat 82'minutes
Substitutes
- 10Modric
- 12Camavinga
- 14Joselu
- 19Ceballos
- 20García
- 21Díaz
- 24Güler
- 25Arrizabalaga Revuelta
- 28Martín
- 32Paz
- 36Tobias da Silva
Barcelona
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 13Peña Sotorres
- 4AraújoBooked at 71mins
- 23Koundé
- 15Christensen
- 3Balde
- 22Gündogan
- 21F de Jong
- 7F TorresSubstituted forJoão Félixat 61'minutes
- 8PedriSubstituted forYamalat 61'minutes
- 20RobertoBooked at 39minsSubstituted forLópezat 61'minutes
- 9Lewandowski
Substitutes
- 14João Félix
- 18Romeu
- 19Roque Ferreira
- 26Astralaga
- 27Yamal
- 30Casadó
- 31Kochen
- 32López
- 33Cubarsí
- 38Guiu
- 39Fort
- Referee:
- Juan Martínez Munuera
- Attendance:
- 23,977
Match Stats
- Possession
- Home43%
- Away57%
- Shots
- Home18
- Away12
- Shots on Target
- Home9
- Away7
- Corners
- Home3
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home8
- Away12
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It’s the 16th El Classico of the season, Barca are top of the league on 24 points Real are 2nd and bottom of the league on 22 points so it’s all to play for !
Only Real Madrid games have a nearly full or full stadium.
The other teams play in front of half empty stadiums, even Barcelona (unless they are against Real). I guess the average Saudi fan lost interest in them after Messi left lol! Even tonight was like a 'home' game for Real.