Real Madrid will face Barcelona or Real Betis in the Spanish Super Cup final on Sunday as Thibaut Courtois saved crucial penalty to secure the final spot.
Karim Benzema gave Real Madrid a deserved lead from the penalty spot in the first half. He drew the foul himself after teasing Comert into a clumsy challenge.
Valencia then caught their opponents off guard at the start of the second half when Samuel Lino scored within a minute to level the match.
Los Blancos pushed for a winner but Mamardashvili made five saves throughout the match to give Valencia a chance.
In extra time, Real Madrid continued to apply pressure on the Valencia goal, but the goalkeeper was once again able to stop good efforts from Vinicius Junior and Toni Kroos.
In the penalty shootout, Real Madrid scored all four of their penalties but Valencia missed two of theirs. Comert skied his over the bar before Gaya's tame penalty was saved by Courtois, sending Real Madrid into the finals.
Match Events
5' Militao's header over the bar
10' Rodrygo's shot wide out
14' Benzema's shot wide out
15' Valverde's long shot wide out
18' Cavani's header stopped
30' Vinicius' shot wide out
39' Penalty Goal! Real Madrid 1-0 Valencia (Benzema)
45' Courtois makes decent save
46' GOAL! Real Madrid 1-1 Valencia (Samuel Lino)
52' Nacho's header wide out
87' Benzema's header over the bar
Match Report
Four perfect penalties were enough to send Real Madrid into Sunday’s Spanish Super Cup final denying Valencia who took the game to 120 minutes but missed two of their spot-kicks.
Valencia keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili was superb over the 120 minutes but he could get nowhere near Madrid’s kicks in the shoot-out and so it will be Madrid who face Barcelona or Betis in four days.
Edinson Cavani stepped up first and beat Courtois but Karim Benzema was just as ruthless with his kick past Mamardashvili to make it 1-1.
Up stepped Eray Comart and sent his kick over the top and when Luka Modric made no mistake it gave Madrid a 2-1 advantage.
Ilaix Moriba nonchalantly rolled in his kick but Toni Kroos passed his into the back of the net and it was 3-2.
Hugo Guillamon scored for Valencia and Marco Asensio netted for Real Madrid leaving Jose Gaya having to score to take it to Madrid’s last kick. It was straight at Courtois and when he blocked it Carlo Ancelotti’s side were through.
It had not been pretty but Madrid supporters will celebrate the fact that they are still on for a possible six trophy season. With the European Super Cup already won, and the World Club Cup and Spanish Super Cup available to them to accompany a league, cup and Champions League treble it remains a possibility.
Madrid had started well when on form Benzema gave them the lead six minutes before the break. He won a penalty when fouled by Comart, and slotted coolly past Mamardashvili in the Valencia goal.
It was his fourth goal in three games since the World Cup went sour for him before it had even begun, and he was a popular scorer because in the half full King Fahd stadium most spectators were supporting Madrid and most of them seemed to be Benzema fans with some holding number nines above their heads.
It was what Madrid deserved. Benzema had come close to opening his account before and Valverde had also missed a chance.
Valencia’s best opportunity came when Courtios saved from Cavani. They were improving and a minute after the break they leveled when Samu Lino ran in behind Lucas Vazquez at the back post to volley Toni Lato’s deep cross past Courtois.
Lucas’ night got even worse when he twisted his knee and ankle on the hour and had to be replaced by Dani Carvajal. Eder Militao was the next to fall, replaced on 73 minutes by Ferland Mendy. He had been hit in the head by a Lino shot and appeared dizzy as he left the field. It was turning into a heavy-legged, slow, injury interrupted affair and Lino was the next to go off with what looked like a muscle problem in his right calf.
Benzema had a shot saved and Vinicius went on a mazy run inside the area but overrun the ball as Madrid tried to win it in normal time. Mamardashvili also blocked another Vinicius shot from close range.
Madrid seemed desperate to avoid more minutes and Valverde’s long shot almost won it six minutes into added time but Mamardashvili saved once more.
The Valencia keeper was at it again at the start of added time when he dived full-stretch to push Vinicius’ shot out for a corner. The 22-year-old Georgian then produced another save this time from Kroos.
Not to be outdone by his rival Courtois produced the next shot stopper keeping out Fran Perez’ goalbound effort and it was enough to take the game to spot-kicks where the Belgian made that block to keep out Gaya’s penalty and send Madrid through.
Line-ups
Real Madrid XI: Benzema, Kroos, Courtois, Nacho, Rudiger, Vazquez, Valverde, Militao, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Eduardo Camavinga
Subs: Modric, Hazard, Carvajal, Mariano, F Mendy, Vallejo, Asensio, Ceballos, Andriy Lunin, Luis López, Mario Martín
Valencia XI: Cavani, Gaya, T.Lato, Eray Cömert, Kluivert, Almeida, Samuel Lino, Yunus Musah, Correia, Giorgi Mamardashvili, Cenk Özkacar
Subs: Iago Herrerín, Gabriel, Foulquier, Diakhaby, Marcos André, Cristian Rivero, Hugo Guillamón, Hugo Duro, Ilaix Moriba, Jesús Vázquez, Fran Pérez, Cristhian Mosquera