Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi were instrumental in Barcelona’s comfortable 2-0 victory over Sevilla in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.
Barcelona kick-started a new season with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Sevilla in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup at the Sanchez Pizjuan. While Neymar is in Brazil helping his nation in their bid for Olympic glory, the 23-year-old’s two fellow South Americans in Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez helped engineer the Blaugrana’s triumph on the night.
The two sides now lock horns next weekend at the Camp Nou to settle the tie and claim the rights to the first piece of silverware for the 2016-17 season. Barring an inspired comeback, Sevilla look set to suffer their second Super Cup setback, having already lost out to Real Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup last week.
After a scoreless first half, Luis Suarez broke the deadlock in the 55th minute to give Barcelona the advantage. The Uruguayan made no mistake with the finish after receiving a well chested pass from Arda Turan.
Arda’s elite assist https://t.co/RSTUwuSpD6
— Xess Xava (@zlatanovic_) August 14, 2016
Disastrous 12 months for Arda Turan. Barca can’t even find a buyer.
Pre-season form suggests he could play his way back into Lucho’s plans
— Ed Malyon (@eaamalyon) August 14, 2016
Luis Suarez has now scored 17 goals in his last 10 competitive games for Barcelona.
Impossibly good. pic.twitter.com/ZP1h3BDRUl
— Squawka Football (@Squawka) August 14, 2016
Suarez has the most goals
(35 goals) in 2016.
Messi has the most assists
(23 assists) in 2016.What a players !?? pic.twitter.com/6LCbDFvhPn
— infosmessi (@Infosmessi_) August 15, 2016
Suárez energy reserves could power the entire state of Texas for a month.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) August 14, 2016
The Blaugrana doubled their lead on the night through a goal from Munir El Haddadi. The youngster produced a clinical finish off a beautiful assist from Messi to seal the game and potentially the tie.
.@MessiStats: “Messi has scored or given an assist in each of his last 11 competitive matches against @SevillaFC (12 goals, 6 assists).”
— Quotes on Messi (@MessiQuote) August 15, 2016
Lionel Messi: MotM vs Sevilla – Rating 8.09, Assists 1, Shots 4, Key Passes 3, Dribbles 3, Fouled 5 @FCBarcelona pic.twitter.com/3htNRKkOdi
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) August 14, 2016
.@marca: “Messi uses his precise passing, X-ray vision & ability to feed the ball to his teammates and carve out unmissable opportunities.”
— Quotes on Messi (@MessiQuote) August 14, 2016
Suárez and Messi delivered excellence beyond goals as usual, couldn’t expect nothing more of the best two players in the world.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) August 14, 2016
19 – Lionel Messi has delivered 19 assists in 2016, at least four more than any other La Liga player (all comps). Essential.
— OptaJose (@OptaJose) August 14, 2016
Barça’s second goal tonight, scored by Munir and assisted by Messipic.twitter.com/xUMa0SeH7m
— BWW Videos (@BWWvideos) August 14, 2016
Barca have their second and thankfully Messi isn’t going to have to pretend to retire tonight after having a paddy
— UNILAD Football (@UNILADFooty) August 14, 2016
The fans had much to cheer about their players’ performances on the night. The likes of Denis Suarez and Lucas Digne did well and made a positive impression in the minds of the supporters ahead of the new season.
Can’t stress enough how monumental Denis Suárez will be this season. Created, orchestrated, pressed, dribbled and added energy instantly.
— Sergi Domínguez (@FutbolSergi) August 14, 2016
Denis Suarez is perfection. Incredible how quickly he adapted.
— Josip (@jperkovic93) August 14, 2016
Denis Suárez looks like the player for Barça this season, club needed a sharp energetic midfielder like him and lets Sergi plays as RB.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) August 14, 2016
Great performance from Lucas Digne!! Absolutely amazing going forward and defended very well too!! ??? pic.twitter.com/NnKrqbvdne
— Messi World (@MessiWorId) August 14, 2016
The days of Jordi Alba feeling secure because he was competing with a crippled Adriano are over. Lucas Digne isn’t here to mess around.
— El Maestro (@ElMaestrofcb) August 14, 2016
I am convinced that Lucas Digne is actually Giacinto Facchetti.
— Rafael Hernández (@RafaelH117) August 14, 2016
Let’s just all take a moment to realise how underrated Lucas Digne is. pic.twitter.com/9U8kwRXtgW
— infosmessi (@Infosmessi_) August 14, 2016
