Last wednesday, Barcelona won the
Catalan Super Cap played against city rivals Espanyol, the game ended with a
draw and finished on penalties with a score of 4-2.
Both teams scored only once during the 90 minutes, with Gerard Piqué scoring the first one for Barcelona and Arbilla making the one for Espanyol.
This was the first Catalan Super Cup
played at Estadi Montilivi in Girona, and there, Luis Enrique put on the pitch
9 players from the first team, showing that he took this game very seriously.
For Barcelona, Pedro was wearing the captain armband.
Luis Suarez was the indicated to led
the attack for Barcelona and he had the first chance to score of the evening
after just 8 minutes thanks to a cross from Sergio Roberto.
Masip showed
through out the game that he was worth of the first team with a great not to
one when facing Espanyol’s left back Victor Alvarez.
The first half of the game was
clearly dominated for the members of Barça team but they were unable to add
more goals to the scoreboard. It was in the second half when Arbila was able to
draw the match with just five minutes played, after a free kick that stormed
into the top corner of the net.
The scary penalty shots arrived
after 90 minutes of game and Xavi, Grimaldi, Halilovic and Rakitic were able to
score for Barcelona and Sandro missed the show, for Español, Victor Sanchez and Jordan found
the net while Arbilla and Abraham missed their respective penalty shots.
This is the first time that the
Catalan Super Cup has been resolved in the penalty shots as they used to be a
tournament which included smaller times, but now, with the number of matches
for both big teams, it ended up being a one-off final between Barça and their neighbors Espanyol.
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