2-3 defeats at Athletic Bilbao after a close-up
Injured returning Messi is sent off for hitting opponents just before the end of extra time
Reporter Gyung-nam Gyeong = Spanish professional football Primera Liga (La Liga) FC Barcelona, where Lionel Messi was sent off, failed to win the Supercopa.
In the 2020-2021 Supercopa final against Athletic Bilbao at the Estadio Olympico de la Cartuja in Seville on the morning of the 18th (Korean time), Barcelona allowed the winning goal in overtime after a 2-2 draw in 90 minutes of regular time. And lost 2-3.
Supercopa, which has the personality of the Spanish Super Cup, is a tournament in which the first and second place La Liga and Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) will participate in the previous season to determine the best team.
In the 2019-2020 season, La Liga winner Real Madrid, runner-up Barcelona, and Kings Cup finalists Athletic Bilbao and Sociedad participated. The King’s Cup failed to compete in the finals of the tournament last season due to a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
Barcelona beat Sociedad in a penalty shootout to the finals, and Bilbao beat Real Madrid in the semi-finals.
Messi, who missed the semi-finals due to a thigh injury, returned to the starter this day and led the attack with Antoine Grizzman and Usman Dembele.
Barcelona’s start was good, winning the Supercopa best (13th inning). In the 40th minute of the first half, when Messi’s shot hit the opponent’s defense and came out, Grizzman, who was in rush, again shot the opening goal.
But Bilbao scored an equalizer in two minutes. Inaki Williams’ pass was ended by Oscar de Marcos, and the match came to the fore.
It was also Grizman who broke the tight balance. In the 32nd minute of the second half, Hordi Alba’s cross was crossed by Grizzman with a left footed shot, giving the team a lead again.
The match, which was likely to end with Barcelona’s victory, became the starting point again with Bilbao’s theater goal just before the end of the second half. At the set-piece chance, Asier Villalibre shook the Barcelona goal with a header.
Bilbao, who led the game by overtime, struck Barcelona in the third minute of the overtime with Williams’ reverse goal.
Barcelona, on the other hand, lost their will to pursue after Messi hit an opponent and were sent off just before the end of the extra time.
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