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Spanish Super Cup: Barcelona Vs Atletic Bilbao Today At 9pm

Published by Nairaland on Mon, 17 Aug 2015


Barcelona will try to over turn 4-0 deficit,when the team confront Atletic Bilbao in the second leg of Spanish Super cup on Monday,17th at Camp Nou.Barcelona's hopes of claiming a record-equalling six trophies in 2015 look to be in tatters after they were thrashed 4-0 by Athletic Bilbao in the first leg of the Spanish Supercopa, with Aritz Aduriz scoring a hat-trick.Barca made it four trophies out of four on Tuesday night when they beat Sevilla 5-4 after extra-time to win a thrilling Uefa Super Cup but they were brought crashing back to earth in stunning style at San Mams.Mikel San Jos's breathtaking goal from inside the centre circle gave Athletic a half-time lead and then Aduriz scored three times in 15 second-half minutes.Perhaps concerned about fatigue after the side's midweek efforts in Tbilisi, the Bara manager, Luis Enrique, made five changes to his starting line-up at San Mams with Pedro ' the Manchester United transfer target who scored the Super Cup winner after coming off the bench ' one of those being drafted in.However, it was the Athletic defender San Jos who stole all of the attention in the first half with a brilliant 50-yard shot to put the Basque side, who lost 3-1 to Bara in May's Copa del Rey final, ahead.The Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andr ter Stegen came out of his area to meet a long punt forward by his opposite number, Gorka Iraizoz, but the German's header went straight to San Jos who, from near the halfway line, brought the ball down before smashing his shot over Ter Stegen and into the unguarded goal.That was enough to give the hosts the lead at the break, although they were also indebted to a brilliant one-handed save from Iraizoz on the stroke of half-time to keep out Lionel Messi's free-kick as it curled towards the top corner.Bara, again without Neymar because of illness, picked up where they left off after half-time with Pedro smashing a shot against the crossbar in the 50th minute, before Messi drew another fine stop out of Iraizoz moments later.AdvertisementWith his side on top, Enrique went for the jugular by sending on Andrs Iniesta for Rafinha, but the Spain star had been on the pitch barely 60 seconds when Athletic made it 2-0. Sabin Merino sent in a cross from the left and Aduriz climbed above Javier Mascherano to send a thumping header into the roof of the net.Enrique responded by replacing Sergi Roberto with Ivan Rakitic, but the Croatia schemer could not stem the tide and Aduriz added his second in the 62nd minute when he controlled a pass from Markel Susaeta on his chest before swivelling to send a right-footed shot past Ter Stegen.That made it 3-0 but Athletic were not done yet and Aduriz completed his hat-trick in the 68th minute from the penalty spot after Dani Alves had been penalised from climbing on San Jos inside the box.That consigned Bara to their joint-heaviest defeat in more than a decade and has left them needing a miracle to keep alive their chances of matching the record-breaking sextet of trophies won by Pep Guardiola's side in 2009. 'We lost but nothing is over yet,' Mascherano said. 'We still have a game at home and we have won many games by a big score, although it will be difficult.
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