VIDEO: Behind the scenes in closing stages of Athletic's win over Madrid

Real Madrid faced Athletic Bilbao in a Spanish Super Cup semi-final match in Malaga on Thursday.

The Basques took the lead after 18 minutes when Raul Garcia scored after a bad pass by Lucas Vazquez. On 38 minutes, Lucas Vazquez gave away a penalty and Raul Garcia made no mistake from 12 yards. Real Madrid fought back in the latter stages of the second half and Karim Benzema scored in the 73rd minute after VAR adjudged him to be just onside. Then, in the 95th minute. Madrid appealed for a penalty for a possible handball by Unai Nunez, but after a long VAR check, no spot kick was awarded.

Enjoy behind the scenes footage of Athletic's players waiting for the VAR check plus the celebrations afterwards in the video above!