Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao face in the grand final of the Spanish Super Cup. The blaugrana surpassed in the penalty shootout to Real society, with a great spectacular Ter Stegen, while “the lions” surpassed the Real Madrid by 1-2, thanks to a double of Raul Garcia.
He Barça tied to a goal against the set of Imanol Sheriff, thanks to the many of Frenkie De Jong, which advanced to the set of Koeman in the first half, but was matched by Mikel Oyarzabal in the second half, by a penalty committed by the Dutch player himself, by hand. The match lasted until extra time, which had a high level especially in the second half.
On penalties, again Ter Stegen was differential, since in extra time he also left a great stop to a lack of Januzaj. In the shoot he stopped two pitches, Bustinza and Oyarzabal, in addition to another penalty marked to the post, which in the end gave the pass to Barça, who could not count on Messi, due to injury.
The great unknown for Sunday is whether the Argentine star will be able to arrive at the appointment to face the Athletic Bilbao by Marcelino García Toral. The Bilbao team left a great image to prevail over the Real Madrid by Zinedine Zidaneespecially in the first half.
The lions came out with a high pressure that suffocated at the exit of the Madrid ball, which led to the error of Lucas Vazquez in a loss of the ball that was taken advantage of with speed by the Athletic. This led to Raul Garcia to a heads up against Courtois who did not forgive.
The domain of Athletic in that first half he went ahead and this led to another error of Lucas Vazquez, who in his right back position did not have his best day. He committed a penalty and converted it Raul Garcia, with which he put the 0-2 and signed his particular double.
He Real Madrid I needed to react urgently and Marco Asensio He was the one who took the baton of the team in the second half, with two shots to the post and another brushing the square. The white team squeezed especially from minute 60 and earned the goal, which was achieved by Karim Benzema near the final quarter of the match.
From then on, and although the Athletic had two occasions in the second half to sentence the game, thanks to a header from Muniain to put the 0-3, and a heads up of Asier Villalibre for 1-3, who was brilliantly saved by Courtois, he Real Madrid He was the one who pressed to achieve the tie, which he sometimes deserved.
However, Iñigo Martinez defended his area brilliantly and the Athletic Bilbao managed to resist the final chance and will be in the final against him Koeman's Barcelona. The culés will look for the title with zeal, like the lions, in which both technicians look for their first title like trainers of the new project that they direct, respectively.
When do you play Barcelona – Athletic?
The game is played today, Sunday January 17, at 21.00 hours
Where to see Barcelona – Athletic?
The encounter can be seen through WE GO (8 and 45), platform dial Movistar Plus. You can follow all the information about the match live on the website of Sports world.