Manchester United failed to add to their trophy cabinet in the heat of Skopje on Tuesday night.
Goals in either half from Casemiro and Isco earned Real Madrid victory in the UEFA Super Cup.
United's £75million summer buy Romelu Lukaku pulled a goal back but it proved to be too little, too late.
The Champions League winners lifted the trophy at the end of the traditional curtain-raider against the Europa League holders.
Here, we rate the players from both sides...
MANCHESTER UNITED
De Gea 6
A couple of decent stops for the cameras, no chance with Casemiro goal
Valencia 6
Relatively sound defensively but never a threat going forward
Lindelof 5
Not convincing for a single moment of the game
Smalling 5
Athletic stuff but too often guilty of poor clearances
Darmian 5
Made a series of mistakes that should have been punished
Matic 8
From the off, always looking to get on the ball. Influential
Herrera 6
Diligent but chased a lot of shadows in the midfield area
Pogba 7
Shocking piece of early selfishness slightly marred his decent display
Mkhitaryan 6
Never mind those tubby-looking pics, looked sharp now and again
Lingard 5
Booked. Never really made any sort of impression on proceedings
Lukaku 6
Missed a second-half sitter but converted another
SUBS
Rashford (Lingard 46) 6
Fellaini (Herrera 56) 6
REAL MADRID
Navas 6; Carvajal 7, Ramos 6, Varane 6, Marcelo 6; Kroos 7, Casemiro 9, Modric 6; Bale 7, Benzema 6, Isco 7