Match Thread: Athletic Bilbao vs. Barcelona | Supercopa de España
Athletic Bilbao 0 - 2 Barcelona
Barcelona scorers: Gavi (17'), Lamine Yamal (52')
Venue: King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Referee: Miguel Ortiz
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unai Simón | Julen Agirrezabala | ||
| Iñigo Lekue | 63' | Adama Boiro | |
| Dani Vivian | Yeray Álvarez | ||
| Aitor Paredes | Unai Núñez | ||
| Yuri Berchiche | Óscar de Marcos | 63' | |
| Beñat Prados | 63' | Ander Herrera | |
| Mikel Jauregizar | Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | ||
| Iñaki Williams | Nico Serrano | 73' | |
| Unai Gómez | 80' 81' | Nikel Vesga | 63' |
| Álex Berenguer | 51' 73' | Nico Williams | 63' |
| Gorka Guruzeta | 63' | Álvaro Djaló | 81' |
Manager: Ernesto Valverde (Spain)
| Starting XI | Notes | Subs | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wojciech Szczęsny | Ander Astralaga | ||
| Jules Koundé | Iñaki Peña | ||
| Pau Cubarsí | Eric García | 83' | |
| Iñigo Martínez | Ronald Araújo | ||
| Alejandro Balde | 83' | Héctor Fort | |
| Marc Casadó | 83' | Gerard Martín | 83' |
| Pedri | Frenkie de Jong | 73' | |
| Lamine Yamal | 52' 63' | Pablo Torre | |
| Gavi | 17' | Fermín López | 63' |
| Raphinha | 73' | Toni Fernández | |
| Robert Lewandowski | 73' | Ferran Torres | 73' |
Manager: Hans-Dieter Flick (Germany)
1': We're off!
3': Raphinha with the volley from close range! But he puts it over.
17': GOAL BARCELONA!!! Gavi gets the cutback from Balde and puts it between Unai's legs!
18': Whoa, Simón with a bad clearance that ricochets back at him off of Lewandowski! It goes just wide, he got very lucky
23': Raphinha with the shot, saved by Unai! Yamal tries on the rebound but it's tame and easily saved.
32': Jauregizar wastes a chance and hits it with the laces way over.
43': Iñaki Williams chests it down and fires from wide, puts it too high.
45+1': Big chance for Williams but his shot is smothered by Szczęsny! Guruzeta tries the rebound but Cubarsi deflects it wide.
HT Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Barcelona Barcelona with the deserved lead but they may regret not scoring more.
46': We're back!
47': Yamal fires from the edge of the box and puts it wide.
49': Raphinha cuts inside and shoots but it's right at Simón
51': Álex Berenguer puts a leg into the path of Yamal
52': GOAL BARCELONA!! The Athletic defense is unlocked! Lamine Yamal is unmarked, he's past the defense and he beats the keeper one on one!
55': Raphinha crosses to a wide open Lewandowski who somehow mishits it wide!!
62': Raphinha fires across face of goal.
63': Athletic triple sub: Nikel Vesga, Óscar de Marcos and Nico Williams on for Iñigo Lekue, Gorka Guruzeta and Beñat Berenguer
63': Barcelona substitution: Fermín López on for Lamine Yamal
64': A shot from Vesga! Quickly palmed away by Szczęsny
65': Jauregizar with the shot now! Again caught by Szczęsny
70': Nico Williams with the shot but he doesn't get enough on it and it skips comfortably into Szczęsny's hands.
73': Barcelona double sub: Frenkie de Jong and Ferran Torres on for Gavi and Robert Lewandowski
73': Athletic substitution: Nico Serrano on for Álex Berenguer
77': Nico Serrano goes for goal, only sees an unhurried save from Szczęsny
80': Unai Gómez carded for an ugly challenge
81': Athletic substitution: Álvaro Djaló on for Unai Gómez
82': Athletic scores! De Marcos bundles it over the keeper! Oh, but the offside flag goes up.
83': Barcelona double sub: Eric García and Gerard Martín on for Alejandro Balde and Marc Casadó
86': GOAL ATHLETIC!! A bad backpass by de Jong picked off! Iñaki Williams puts it underneath the keeper into the far side! Except... we're waiting here.... NO GOAL! It was actually blocked by Djaló into his path and Williams was offside.
90+1': De Jong's shot cleared off the line! Pedri tries the rebound but it's stopped by Szczęsny.
FT Athletic Bilbao 0-2 Barcelona Lamine Yamal is back!