Barca facing a mountainous 4-0 deficit against Athletic Bilbao in the first leg had hoped they could resurrect a miraculous win like the one they had over Sevilla in the 2010 Super Cup. A 3-1 loss in the first leg was turned into a 5-3 victory on aggregate as Leo Messi sparked off a four goal burst. However, it was not to be though Messi did score as the opposition defense proved to be tough to crack. Gerard Pique was sent off for arguing with the linesman.
Aritz Aduriz scored the equalizer for Atletico in bizarre fashion. The only blemish for the Super Cup winners was sub Kike Sola was sent off in the 85th minute.