Ousmane Dembele fired a spectacular winner to seal a 2-1 Supercopa de Espana triumph for Barcelona over Sevilla as Marc-Andre ter Stegen saved a last-gasp penalty in Tangier.
2018/2019 Spanish Super Cup
2-1
Match Events
9' GOAL! Barcelona 0-1 Sevilla (Sarabia)
Goal! Sevilla 1-0 Barcelona . Pablo Sarabia (Sevilla) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luis Muriel.
42' GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Sevilla (Piqué)
Goal! Sevilla 1-1 Barcelona. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
78' GOAL! Barcelona 2-1 Sevilla (Dembélé)
Goal! Sevilla 1-2 Barcelona. Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a set piece situation.
90' Marc-Andre ter Stegen saves Ben Yedder penalty
Match Report
Sevilla president Jose Castro voiced objections over the Spanish season's curtain-raiser being taken away from its traditional two-legged format to be played in Morocco but Pablo Machin's side started the brighter.
Pablo Sarabia followed his three goals in the Europa League preliminary stages with a ninth-minute opener that was cancelled out by Gerard Pique three minutes from half-time.
Dembele put the injury misery that ruined his debut season in Catalonia behind him by blasting in a rasping right-footed strike via the crossbar, although there was a final twist
Ter Stegen brought down ex-Barca full-back Aleix Vidal, only to atone for his clumsiness by holding a tame spot-kick from Sevilla substitute Wissam Ben Yedder.
Line-ups
Barcelona XI: L. Messi, L. Suárez, Piqué, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, M. ter Stegen, Rafinha, Lenglet, Semedo, Arthur, O. Dembélé
Subs: I. Rakitić, Vidal, Philippe Coutinho, Jasper Cillessen, S. Umtiti, Munir, Juan Miranda
Sevilla XI: J.Navas, S. Kjær, G. Mercado, É. Banega, T. Vaclík, F.Vázquez, Escudero, L. Muriel, Sarabia, S.Gómez, Mesa
Subs: Carriço, Nolito, A.Vidal, Ben Yedder, Amadou, André Silva, Juan Soriano