2021 Supercopa de España Final
# 2021 Supercopa de España Final

The 2021 Supercopa de España Final decided the winner of the 2020–21 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. The match was a clásico between Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao.

Athletic Bilbao won the match 3–2 after extra time to win their third Supercopa de España title.

## 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 | 4 (1983, 1984, 2009, 2015) |

* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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 | Barcelona | Round | Athletic Bilbao | 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.

### Details

| 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) Assistant referees: Angel Nevado Rodríguez (Extremadura) Javier Martínez Nicolás (Murcia) Fourth official: José María Sánchez Martínez (Murcia) Reserve assistant referee: Diego Barbero Sevilla (Andalusia) Video assistant referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Las Palmas) Assistant video assistant referee: 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. |
