Barcelona became the Champion European Super Cup 2-0 win from Fc.Porto

European Super Cup Match between Barcelona vs Fc.Porto who played at Stade de Louis II, Monte Carlo, Saturday (27/08/2011)

Teams:
Barcelona: Victor Valdes, Dani Alves, Javier Mascherano, Eric Abidal, Adriano, Xavi Andres Iniesta Seydou Keita, Pedro (Cesc Fabregas: 79), Lionel Messi, David Villa (Alexis Sanchez: 60)
Reserves: Olazabel Oier, Cesc Fabregas, Alexis Sanchez, Thiago Alcantara, Sergio Busquets, Andreu Fontas, Jonathan Dos Santos

Fc.Porto: Da Silva Arruda Helton, Cristian Sapunaru, Rolando Jorge Pires da Fonseca, Nicolás Otamendi, Jorge Ciro Fucile Perdomo, Josef Dias Souza (Francisco Reges Fernando: 77), Fredy Guarin, Joao Moutinho, Givaldinho Hulk, Kleber Pinheiro (Fernando D Belluschi: 77), Cristian Rodriguez (Silvestre Varela: 60)
Reserves: Rafael Bracali, Maicon Roque, Fernando Daniel Belluschi, Silvestre Manuel Gonçalves Varela, Manuel Abel Djalma Campos Braume, Francisco Reges Fernando, Steven Defour

Referee: Bjorn Kuipers

The game:
Barcelona had experienced trouble developing the game, especially early in the first half. This, not apart from the game aggressively and straight forwardly applied Fc.Porto. They consistently catch the ball and trying to build an attack.

In the first ten minutes, for example, while Barca failed to create chances, Porto fired two shots, through Guarin and Moutinho. While Guardin missed shot, execution Victor Valdes denied Moutinho.

In the 12th minute, Messi to do the movement that led to the bait to David Villa, who unfortunately is in the off-side position.

Porto fast action sequences and re-set featuring the game aggressively as before. However, Barcelona's calm under pressure and slowly improved performance. However, there is no meaningful opportunity, until Xavi fired a shot in the 37th minute, which can be anticipated Helton.

Messi beat goalkeeper Helton in the 39th minute. Goals stems from Fredy Guarin perform a back-pass to Rolando. However, Rolando does not react as expected, so the ball kept rolling toward Messi, who was still standing in front of Helton. Messi had the ball, and conquer Helton.

Barcelona continued to maintain the pressure but failed to add a goal, until the halftime whistle sounded.

Porto tried to take the initiative to attack in the second half. in the 54th minute Guarin do long-distance shot but successfully blocked by Valdes, Barcelona replied through David Villa but the execution can be stopped by Helton.

Furthermore, Barcelona managed to control the situation. Besides being able to break the opponent's attack, they also managed to damage the defense coordination Porto and apply pressure.

In the 85th minute Rolando received a second yellow card after breaking Messi. Barcelona managed to exploit the situation to add a goal, created Barcelona's second goal by Cesc Fabregas in the 87th minute. Goals stems from the movement of Lionel Messi and give feedback to the middle of the penalty box and finished with a sweet by Fabregas.

In the 89th minute Guarin receiving a second yellow card after the referee judged breaking Javier Mascherano. Not long after, the referee blew the long whistle signaled the end of the game and the final result 2-0 to Barcelona victory. Barca finally become Champion European Super Cup.