The 2015 UEFA Super Cup was a football match between Spanish teams

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and

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on 11 August 2015 at the

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, Georgia. It was the 40th

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, an annual tournament contested by the winners of the

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and

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. Barcelona were appearing in the Super Cup for the ninth time, they had previously won and lost the competition four times each. Sevilla were appearing in the competition for the fourth time, they had won once and lost twice. The two sides had met before in the competition in 2006, when Sevilla won 3–0. The teams had qualified for the competition by winning the two seasonal European competitions. Barcelona won the

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, defeating Italian Juventus 3–1 in the

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. Sevilla qualified as winners of the

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. They beat Ukrainian team Dnipro 3–2 in the

. Barcelona won the game 5–4 after extra time to claim their fifth Super Cup title, tying

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's record. Their ninth Super Cup appearance was also a record, two ahead of Milan.

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's fourth Super Cup win and fifth appearance matched

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's records, while

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became the fourth man to lift the UEFA Super Cup as coach and player after Pep Guardiola,

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and

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. The nine goals scored was 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.

Venue

The

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was originally announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 5 March 2014, but the venue was changed to the

. 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 The Georgia national football team ( ka, საქართველოს ეროვნული საფეხბურთო ნაკრები, tr) represents the country of Georgia in men's international football matches, and it is c ...

and

FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi ( ka, დინამო თბილისი, ) is a Georgian professional football club based in Tbilisi, Georgia, that competes in the Erovnuli Liga, the top flight of Georgian football. Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the mos ...

Teams

Match

Summary

Sevilla took the lead in the third minute through a curling free kick from

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, awarded for a foul on

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Javier Mascherano Javier Alejandro Mascherano (born 8 June 1984) is an Argentine professional football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Argentina national under-20 team. As a player, he played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder, most not ...

. Barcelona equalised in a similar manner four minutes later, when

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scored from a free kick following

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's foul on

Luis Suárez Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Pistolero'' ('The Gunman'), he is ...

, and then took the lead through another Messi free kick in the 16th minute, after Banega fouled former Sevilla midfielder

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. 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

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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

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, and

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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

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squared the ball across the goal area for

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to score. Messi almost had a hat-trick of free kicks in the 89th minute, but his attempt hit the crossbar. Barcelona introduced

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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

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in 2009.

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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. With nine goals shared between the two teams, this was the highest scoring Super Cup.

Details

Statistics

Broadcasters

The match was shown on

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in Spain.

References

External links

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