Barcelona and Athletic Club, the most winning teams in the Copa del Rey , meet this Sunday at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville in the final of the Spanish Super Cup , a duel in which Leo Messi’s physical condition is the great unknown.
The Argentine could no longer play in the semifinals against the Real Sociedad due to muscle discomfort that started in the last league match of Ronald Koeman’s men.
🏆 A new Final for Messi!
😦 The 🔟 of @fcbarcelona would miss the Spanish Super Cup.
🤓Know when was the last time the Argentine missed a final👉🏻👉🏻 https://t.co/10 mmvRXVPY pic.twitter.com/dadEO2HYmB
– Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) January 16, 2021
Messi traveled with the Barça expedition to Seville and everything is pending on their own sensations: the “10” of Barça did not participate in the last group training of the team and it is expected that everything will be clarified after the first practice in Andalusia.
C with Messi or without him, Barça is a totally team different. With him, his overflow allows options to other players, who feel very comfortable at his side, especially Pedri, and lately de Jong ; without him, the team’s work is more important and depends on other circumstances of the match.
Which ones? Dembélé’s one-on-one , De Jong’s second-row arrivals or Pedri’s attacking creativity ; of the will of Griezmann , of the work of Busquets, of the fortress of Araujo and Obviously, from the day on which the immense Ter Stegen comes out.
# Super Cup 🏆
😍 I never get tired of seeing it
💙 TER STEGEN ❤️
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– SPORT Daily (@sport) January 15, 2021
The German led his team to the final. He had great interventions of merit during the match and was decisive in the shootout penalties.
The duel will be the fourth that will measure Barça and Athletic in a Super Cup and the thirteenth in a final. In the nine cups disputed, the Catalans clearly win the total 6-3.
