UEFA Super Cups

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Lore & Background

Barcelona's ninth Super Cup appearance was a record, two ahead of Milan. Dani Alves's fourth Super Cup win and fifth appearance matched Paolo Maldini's records, while Luis Enrique became the fourth man to lift the UEFA Super Cup as coach and player after Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and Diego Simeone. The nine goals scored were also the most in any Super Cup fixture, and the attendance of 51,940 was a record for a one-off, neutral venue UEFA Super Cup. The two sides had met before in the competition in 2006, when Sevilla won 3–0.

In Their Own Story

Sevilla took the lead in the third minute through a curling free kick from Éver Banega, awarded for a foul on José Antonio Reyes by Javier Mascherano. Barcelona equalised in a similar manner four minutes later, when Lionel Messi scored from a free kick following Grzegorz Krychowiak's foul on Luis Suárez, and then took the lead through another Messi free kick in the 16th minute, after Banega fouled former Sevilla midfielder Ivan Rakitić. Suárez had a goal ruled out for offside shortly after, but Rafinha made the score 3–1 to Barcelona at half time, sliding in from close range after Suárez's effort was saved by Beto. Suárez scored early in the second half, assisted by a pass from Sergio Busquets after the midfielder intercepted a pass in the Sevilla half, but Reyes pulled a goal back for Sevilla five minutes later, following a cross from Vitolo. In the 72nd minute, Vitolo was brought down in the Barcelona penalty area by Jérémy Mathieu, and Kevin Gameiro powered home the resulting penalty kick to make the score 4–3. With 10 minutes to play, two Sevilla substitutes combined for the equalising goal, as Ciro Immobile squared the ball across the goal area for Yevhen Konoplyanka to score. Messi almost had a hat-trick of free kicks in the 89th minute, but his attempt hit the crossbar. Barcelona introduced Pedro in place of Mascherano at the start of the additional half-hour. With five minutes to play in the second half of extra time, he pounced on the rebound from yet another Messi free kick to put Barcelona ahead, just as he had against Shakhtar Donetsk in 2009. Adil Rami had an attempt on goal from the edge of the goal area in injury time at the end of the extra period, but he missed and Barcelona won the Super Cup for a record fifth time.

Reader's Guide

Barcelona qualified for the 2015 UEFA Super Cup by winning the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, defeating Italian Juventus 3–1 in the final. Sevilla qualified as winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League, beating Ukrainian team Dnipro 3–2 in the final. The match was played at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, Georgia. The Mikheil Meskhi Stadium was originally announced as the venue, but the venue was changed to the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena. This was the first UEFA Super Cup hosted in Georgia. The Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena was built in 1976 and renovated in 2011. It is the home stadium of the Georgia national football team and FC Dinamo Tbilisi.

Did You Know?

• Barcelona's 5–4 win over Sevilla was the highest-scoring Super Cup, with nine goals shared between the two teams.
• The attendance of 51,940 was a record for a one-off, neutral venue UEFA Super Cup.
• Dani Alves's fourth Super Cup win and fifth appearance matched Paolo Maldini's records.
• Luis Enrique became the fourth man to lift the UEFA Super Cup as both coach and player, after Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and Diego Simeone.
• The match was originally scheduled for the Mikheil Meskhi Stadium but was moved to the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena.