2015 UEFA Super Cup in Tbilisi, Georgia - FC Barcelona beats Sevilla to win the Title Tuesday June 11,2015

 

After 15 editions of the fixture at AS Monaco FC's Stade Louis II between 1998 and 2012, the venue for the annual meeting of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League winners now changes every year

Following on from Prague's Stadion Eden and the Cardiff City Stadium, Georgia are now set to hold their first UEFA football showpiece after previously hosting the 2013 UEFA Futsal Cup (in which FC Barcelona were beaten semi-finalists)

FC Barcelona beats Sevilla 5-4

 

Squads

Barcelona 

Ter Stegen; Dani Alves, Piqué, Mascherano (Pedro), Mathieu; Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta (Roberto); Messi, Suárez, Rafinha (Bartra) 

Luis Enrique, Barcelona coach

Sevilla 

Beto; Coke, Rami, Krychowiak, Tremoulinas; Krohn-Dehli, Banega; Reyes (Konoplyanka), Iborra (Mariano), Vitolo; Gameiro (Immobile)

Unai Emery, Sevilla coach

Goal Scorers

For FC Barcelona - Messi (7', 16'), Rafinha (44'), Suárez (52'), Pedro (115')

For Sevilla - Banega (3'), Reyes (57'), Gameiro (72' p), Konoplyanka (81')

 

Lionel Messi scored twice and set up the winning goal as Barcelona started the season in dramatic style by beating Sevilla 5-4 after extra time to lift the UEFA Super Cup on Tuesday.

The action-packed, all-Spanish match was won when Pedro, linked by British media with a move to Manchester United, scored from close range after a shot by Messi rebounded in the 115th minute.

 

Pedro also came off the bench in the 2009 Super Cup final against Shakhtar Donetsk to score in the 115th minute and secure a 1-0 victory for Barca after they had won their first treble.

In the final seconds of extra time, Sevilla defender Adil Rami had a golden chance to send the match to penalties but missed an open goal from close range.

Earlier, Sevilla had battled back from 4-1 down to 4-4 as Barcelona's fitness was tested in their first competitive match of the season - Europe's curtain-raiser between the winners of the Champions League and the second-tier Europa League

FC Barcelona's first success in the competition since 2011 means they join Italian side AC Milan in winning it five times(had won earlier in the years -1992,1997,2009 and 2011)

The stats you need to know

• Pedro has scored two European Super Cup goals, both in extra-time, both in the 115th minute and both winners.
• Sevilla are the only team to have scored four goals in a game against Barcelona with Luis Enrique as manager.
• Luis Suarez has scored or assisted in his three finals for Barcelona.
• Lionel Messi has scored two direct free-kick goals in the same game for the first time in his career.
• Messi has scored 10 goals in his last six games against Sevilla. 
• Lionel Messi's two goals takes him level with Cristiano Ronaldo on 80 in all UEFA club competitions.
• Messi also increased his career UEFA Super Cup goal tally to a record three, equal with Arie Haan, François Van der Elst, Gerd Müller, Oleh Blokhin, Radamel Falcao, Rob Rensenbrink and Terry McDermott.
• Éver Banega's third-minute goal was the fastest ever in the UEFA Super Cup
• Daniel Alves is now level with Paolo Maldini on four UEFA Super Cup wins.
• Daniel Alves also equalled Maldini's record of appearing in five editions of the UEFA Super Cup
• Luis Enrique is the fourth man to lift the UEFA Super Cup as coach and player after Josep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and Diego Simeone. Of those, only Enrique (in 1997) scored.
• The 9 goals scored is the most in any UEFA Super Cup fixture