Barcelona beat Sevilla 2-1 to lift their 13th Spanish Supercup

Barcelona captain Lionel Messi (centre) lifts the Supercup after their 2-1 victory over Sevilla in Morocco on Sunday night. Pic/AFP

Barcelona battled back to defeat Sevilla 2-1 and win the Spanish Supercup on Sunday with Ousmane Dembele hitting a sensational winner to help 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. There was still time for late drama when Barca goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen brought down Aleix Vidal in the area as the Sevilla youngster closed in on an equaliser. But Ben Yedder hit a weak penalty which was saved by Ter Stegen.

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No. of Spanish Supercups Barcelona have won in the last nine seasons

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Record number of trophies Lionel Messi has won as a Barcelona player

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