Athletic Club have won the 2015 Spanish Super Cup after overcoming Barcelona 5-1 on aggregate.
The
Basque outfit romped to victory on home turf last week, with an Aritz
Aduriz hat-trick helping Athletic to a 4-0 win at San Mames.......
Barcelona
had hoped to make an unlikely comeback in the return leg at Camp Nou on
Monday night and went into the interval 1-0 up courtesy of another
Lionel Messi goal after a superb Luis Suarez assist.
However, the Blaugrana’s
task was made all the more difficult with Gerard Pique’s second half
red card, his first dismissal in all competitions since he received his
marching orders against Real Madrid back in January 2013.
Athletic
took full advantage of their one-man advantage when Aduriz drew his
side level on the night with 15 minutes remaining, making it 4 goals in
his last 2 meetings with Barcelona, having bagged 3 in his previous 19.
Substitute
Kike Sola was sent off for a dangerous lunge on Javier Mascherano 5
minutes after coming on, but it needn’t have mattered as Athletic held
out to win the second Supercopa de España in their history, and their
first domestic trophy since 1984.
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