SPANISH SUPER CUP
Barcelona fight back for win at the Spanish Super Cup
Tangiers — Barcelona battled back to defeat Sevilla 2-1 and win the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday with French World Cup winner Ousmane Dembele hitting a sensational winner to help give Lionel Messi a winning start as captain. It was Barcelona’s 13th Super Cup triumph and sixth in the last nine seasons. Pablo Sarabia gave Sevilla the lead after just nine minutes on a counterattack. Gerard Pique levelled three minutes before the interval for Barcelona after he was fastest to respond to a loose ball following a Messi free-kick. That set the stage for French star Dembele to take the headlines with a 78th minute screamer from 25m and again Messi played a crucial role with the key pass. There was still time for late drama when Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen brought down Aleix Vidal. Wissam Ben Yedder’s weak penalty was saved by Ter Stegen. The match had endured a controversial build-up when Sevilla threatened to file a complaint against Barcelona if the La Liga champions fielded mor...
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