Barcelona battled back to defeat Sevilla 2-1 and win the Spanish Supercup on Sunday with French World Cup winner Ousmane Dembele hitting a sensational winner to give Lionel Messi a winning start as captain.
It was Barcelona’s 13th Supercup and sixth in the last nine seasons.
However, Sevilla squandered a golden chance to send the match into extra-time when Wissam Ben Yedder missed a last-minute penalty.
Pablo Sarabia gave Sevilla the lead after just nine minutes on a counter-attack. Gerard Pique, who announced his international retirement with Spain on Saturday, levelled three minutes before the interval for Barcelona after he was fastest to respond to a loose ball following a Messi free-kick.
That set the stage for French star Dembele to take the headlines with a 78th minute screamer from 25 yards and again Messi played a crucial role with the key pass.
The result: Sevilla 1 (Sarabia 9) lost to Barcelona 2 (Pique 42, Dembele 78).
German Supercup: Eintracht Frankfurt 0 lost to Bayern Munich 5 (Lewandowski 21, 26, 54, Coman 63, Thiago 85).
