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| Date | 11 August 2015 (2015-08-11) | ||||||
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| Venue | Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena,Tbilisi | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Lionel Messi (Barcelona)[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Willie Collum (Scotland)[2] | ||||||
| Attendance | 51,940[3] | ||||||
| Weather | Clear night 27 °C (81 °F) 49%humidity[4] | ||||||
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The2015 UEFA Super Cup was afootball match between Spanish teamsBarcelona andSevilla on 11 August 2015 at theBoris Paichadze Dinamo Arena inTbilisi, Georgia. It was the 40thUEFA Super Cup, an annual tournament contested by the winners of theUEFA Champions League andUEFA Europa League. 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 in2006, when Sevilla won 3–0.[5]
The teams had qualified for the competition by winning the two seasonal European competitions. Barcelona won the2014–15 UEFA Champions League, defeating ItalianJuventus 3–1 in thefinal. Sevilla qualified as winners of the2014–15 UEFA Europa League. They beat Ukrainian teamDnipro 3–2 in thefinal.[6]
Barcelona won the game 5–4 afterextra time to claim their fifth Super Cup title, tyingMilan's record.[7] Their ninth Super Cup appearance was also a record, two ahead of Milan.Dani Alves's fourth Super Cup win and fifth appearance matchedPaolo Maldini's records, whileLuis Enrique became the fourth man to lift the UEFA Super Cup as coach and player afterPep Guardiola,Carlo Ancelotti andDiego 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.
TheMikheil Meskhi Stadium was originally announced as the venue of the Super Cup at the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 5 March 2014,[8][9] but the venue was changed to theBoris Paichadze Dinamo Arena. This was the first UEFA Super Cup hosted in Georgia.[10] The Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena was built in 1976 and renovated in 2011. It is the home stadium of theGeorgia national football team andFC Dinamo Tbilisi.[11]
| Team | Qualification | Previous participation (bold indicates winners) |
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 Barcelona | Winners of the2014–15 UEFA Champions League | 1979,1982,1989,1992,1997,2006,2009,2011 |
| Sevilla | Winners of the2014–15 UEFA Europa League | 2006,2007,2014 |
Sevilla took the lead in the third minute through a curling free kick fromÉver Banega, awarded for a foul onJosé Antonio Reyes byJavier Mascherano.[12] Barcelona equalised in a similar manner four minutes later, whenLionel Messi scored from a free kick followingGrzegorz Krychowiak's foul onLuis Suárez, and then took the lead through another Messi free kick in the 16th minute, after Banega fouled former Sevilla midfielderIvan Rakitić.[12] Suárez had a goal ruled out for offside shortly after, butRafinha made the score 3–1 to Barcelona at half time, sliding in from close range after Suárez's effort was saved byBeto.[12]
Suárez scored early in the second half, assisted by a pass fromSergio 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 fromVitolo.[12] In the 72nd minute, Vitolo was brought down in the Barcelona penalty area byJérémy Mathieu, andKevin Gameiro powered home the resulting penalty kick to make the score 4–3.[12] With 10 minutes to play, two Sevilla substitutes combined for the equalising goal, asCiro Immobile squared the ball across the goal area forYevhen Konoplyanka to score.[12] Messi almost had a hat-trick of free kicks in the 89th minute, but his attempt hit the crossbar.[12]
Barcelona introducedPedro in place of Mascherano at the start of the additional half-hour.[12] 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 againstShakhtar Donetsk in2009.[12]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.[12] With nine goals shared between the two teams, this was the highest-scoring Super Cup.[13]
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The match was shown onbeIN Sports in Spain.[16]
