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European wrap: Barcelona cruise into Super Cup final

Updated / Wednesday, 7 Jan 2026 22:17

**Barcelona** eased into the Spanish Super Cup final with a 5-0 victory over **Athletic Bilbao** in Saudi Arabia.

Ferran Torres, Fermin Lopez, Roony Bardghji and Raphinha all scored in the space of a blistering 16-minute spell midway through the first half to put Barca in total control.

Raphinha capped a stellar performance with another goal early in the second half as Hansi Flick's side secured a spot in the competition's showpiece match against either Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid.

**Inter Milan** moved four points clear at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 win at **Parma**, where the match was played out in thick fog.

Federico Dimarco's first-half goal and Marcus Thuram's stoppage-time strike secured a sixth straight league win for the Nerazzurri, with rivals AC Milan set to host strugglers Genoa on Thursday.

**Napoli** missed the chance to make up ground after coming from behind to draw 2-2 against **Verona** with second-half goals from Scott McTominay and Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

Pedro's penalty in stoppage time rescued **Lazio** a 2-2 draw against **Fiorentina**, who thought they would be leaving the Stadio Olimpico with all three points after a last-minute spot-kick from Albert Gudmundsson.

Nikola Krstovic scored twice as **Atalanta** won 2-0 at **Bologna** to sit seventh, while **Udinese** closed out a 2-1 away victory over **Torino**.

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