Barcelona defeats Sevilla 3-0 to win Spanish Super Cup
BARCELONA, SPAIN - AUGUST 17: Arda Turan (C) of FC Barcelona celebrates with his teammates Aleix Vidal (L), Munir El Haddadi (2nd L), Andre Gomes (2nd R) and Samuel Umtiti (R) after scoring his team's second goal during the Spanish Super Cup Final second leg match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC at Camp Nou on August 17, 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Images)
Arda Turan scored two goals before Lionel Messi added a third as Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-0 on Wednesday to win the Spanish Super Cup with a 5-0 victory on aggregate.
Turkey midfielder Turan slotted in the first goal at the Nou Camp from Messi’s through pass in the 10th minute.
Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo then saved Vicente Iborra’s penalty after Samuel Umtiti handled.
Turan chipped in his second shortly after the break, with Messi guiding in a sublime header for the third.
It is the first time Barcelona have won the Spanish Super Cup since 2013.
The two-legged match usually pitches the league champions against the Copa del Rey winners. However, as Luis Enrique’s team won both trophies last season, Sevilla took part as Copa del Rey runners-up.
Both sides begin their La Liga season on Saturday, with champions Barcelona at home to Real Betis, while Sevilla, who finished seventh last May, host Espanyol.
“I feel very fortunate to have these players, they don’t stop surprising me,” Luis Enrique said. “We like winning all the trophies we can. You saw that in the intensity my players displayed.”
“We are in very difficult moment,” Sampaoli said. “We had to play two finals that were like Champions League finals against the best teams in the world in Real Madrid and Barcelona. But we now have one single day of practice to prepare for Espanyol. We have to face the match in the best manner possible.”
