2021 Supercopa de España final

The 2021 Supercopa de España final decided the winner of the 2021 Supercopa de España, the 37th edition of the annual Spanish football super cup competition. The match was played on 17 January 2021 at the Estadio de La Cartuja in Seville, Spain.^[4] The match was a clásico between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao.

2021 Supercopa de España final

The Estadio La Cartuja in Seville hosted the final.
Event	2021 Supercopa de España
Barcelona Athletic Bilbao 2 3
After extra time
Date	17 January 2021 (2021-01-17)
Venue	Estadio de La Cartuja, Seville
Man of the Match	Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao)[1]
Referee	Jesús Gil Manzano (Extremadura)[2]
Attendance	0[note 1]
Weather	Partly Cloudy 10 °C (50 °F) 66% humidity[3]
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Athletic Bilbao won the match 3–2 after extra time to win their third Supercopa de España title.^[5][6]

Teams

Team	Qualification for tournament	Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Barcelona	2019–20 La Liga runners-up	23 (1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Athletic Bilbao	2019–20 Copa del Rey runners-up[a]	4 (1983, 1984,[b] 2009, 2015)

1. Outcome of the 2020 Copa del Rey final was not known at the time of the 2020–21 Supercopa de España being played, reaching it granted qualification to both finalists.
2. Athletic Bilbao won the double in 1983–84, and thus were automatically awarded the Supercopa de España title for 1984.

Route to the final

Barcelona		Round	Athletic Bilbao
Opponent	Result	2020–21 Supercopa de España	Opponent	Result
Real Sociedad	1–1 (a.e.t.), 3–2 (p)	Semi-finals	Real Madrid	2–1

Match

Summary

Barcelona took the lead in the 40th minute through Antoine Griezmann who finished from a rebound after neat interplay between Lionel Messi and Jordi Alba. Athletic Bilbao replied immediately as Óscar de Marcos scored just two minutes later, assisted by Iñaki Williams, to make it 1–1 going to half time. In the second half, Athletic Bilbao had a goal ruled out for a narrow offside in the 55th minute via VAR after Raúl García's header found the back of the net. Griezmann got his second goal in the 77th minute from another Jordi Alba's cross to give Barcelona the lead again, before substitute Asier Villalibre's 90th-minute equaliser, a volley from an Iker Muniain free kick, forced the game into extra time. Athletic Bilbao started well in the extra period and got their third, match-winning goal in the 93rd minute through a curling drive into the top corner from Williams, who was subsequently named man of the match. Barcelona captain Messi was sent off in the final minutes for striking Villalibre as Barcelona ended the game with 10 players on the pitch.^[7]

Details

17 January 2021 (2021-01-17)

21:00 CET

Barcelona	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Athletic Bilbao
Griezmann 40', 77'	Report	De Marcos 42' Villalibre 90' Williams 93'

La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Extremadura)

Barcelona

Athletic Bilbao

GK 1 Marc-André ter Stegen RB 2 Sergiño Dest  46' CB 4 Ronald Araújo CB 15 Clément Lenglet  11'  106' LB 18 Jordi Alba  114' CM 21 Frenkie de Jong CM 5 Sergio Busquets  97' CM 16 Pedri  88' RW 11 Ousmane Dembélé  88' CF 10 Lionel Messi (c)  120+1' LW 7 Antoine Griezmann Substitutes: GK 13 Neto GK 26 Iñaki Peña DF 23 Samuel Umtiti DF 24 Junior Firpo DF 28 Óscar Mingueza  46' MF 8 Miralem Pjanić  88' MF 12 Riqui Puig  97' FW 9 Martin Braithwaite  88' FW 17 Francisco Trincão  106' Manager: Ronald Koeman

GK 1 Unai Simón RB 21 Ander Capa  81' CB 5 Yeray Álvarez CB 4 Iñigo Martínez  95' LB 24 Mikel Balenziaga  83' RM 18 Óscar de Marcos CM 27 Unai Vencedor  81' CM 14 Dani García  67' LM 10 Iker Muniain (c) CF 22 Raúl García  83' CF 9 Iñaki Williams  106' Substitutes: GK 13 Jokin Ezkieta DF 3 Unai Núñez  95' DF 15 Iñigo Lekue  83' MF 6 Mikel Vesga  81' MF 16 Oihan Sancet FW 2 Jon Morcillo  110'  106' FW 7 Ibai Gómez FW 12 Álex Berenguer  81' FW 20 Asier Villalibre  109'  83' Manager: Marcelino

Man of the Match: Iñaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao)[1] Assistant referees:[2] Angel Nevado Rodríguez (Extremadura) Javier Martínez Nicolás (Region of Murcia) Fourth official:[2] José María Sánchez Martínez (Region of Murcia) Reserve assistant referee:[2] Diego Barbero Sevilla (Andalusia) Video assistant referee:[2] Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Las Palmas) Assistant video assistant referee:[2] Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Balearic Islands)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 2]

See also

• 2020–21 Athletic Bilbao season
• 2020–21 FC Barcelona season

Notes

1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.
2. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.