the 2011 uefa super cup will bring together two former winners fc barcelona and fc porto in the annual contest staged at monaco's stade louis ii on friday 26 august.
fc barcelona and fc porto will compete for the 2011 uefa super cup in a match staged at monaco's stade louis ii from 20.45cet on friday 26 august.
barcelona made it to the annual showpiece for a record eighth time by winning the uefa champions league. although they will move one ahead of the mark they previously shared with ac milan of seven appearances, the italian side have lifted the trophy five times to barcelona's three, the most recent of which was in 2009. meanwhile, the azulgrana's tally of four losses is a record.
additionally, if barcelona win for the second time under coach josep guardiola, he will emulate the personal feats of raymond goethals, sir alex ferguson, arrigo sacchi, louis van gaal and carlo ancelotti.
porto will make their fourth appearance in the contest, having been the sole portuguse team to pick up the uefa super cup in 1987 when it was still a two-legged affair. the dragons then lost one-off games at stade louis ii in 2003 and 2004. they will hope to follow club atlético de madrid, who beat fc internazionale milano as the first winners of the rebranded uefa europa league to advance to monaco.
the day before the match, barcelona and porto will also have an interest in the uefa champions league group stage draw, which coincides with the uefa club football awards taking place in the principality. the uefa europa league draw is held on the friday.
the spanish champions claimed the trophy for the fourth time thanks to goals from lionel messi and cesc fàbregas against nine-man porto.
lionel messi and cesc fàbregas scored late in either half as fc barcelona defeated nine-man fc porto at stade louis ii to win the uefa super cup for the second time in three editions and a fourth overall.
fresh from becoming the first recipient of the uefa best player in europe award, messi was the epitome of coolness on a sweltering night in monaco as he seized upon fredy guarín's back pass, jinked his way past helton and rolled in the 39th-minute opener.
the portuguese champions were still in the contest until the 86th minute, when rolando collected a second yellow card and porto's first red. barça wasted little time capitalising, substitute fàbregas finishing delightfully before guarín was dismissed in the final minute for a sliding challenge on javier mascherano.
both coaches had talked up the fixture and chances came and went during a lively opening spell. hulk had already curled a free-kick over from a promising position when víctor valdés dived to his left to tip behind an angled shot from joão moutinho.
the first true opportunity fell to pedro rodríguez in the tenth minute. so clinical when scoring a delightful goal in the uefa champions league final, the spanish international could only loft an effort on to the roof of the porto net when free in the area after an andrés iniesta pass had been deflected into his path via the heel of jorge fucile.
hulk was the next to flash a shot across goal − earning due applause for a series of speedy step-overs in the build-up − and helton then took no chances with a rising xavi hernández shot from outside the box.
as the half wore on, so did barcelona's influence, the pressure telling when guarín, boxed in in his own half, prodded a hopeful ball backwards that was gratefully collected by the unmarked messi. the rest was inevitable.
porto had little choice but to come out and attack after the break, yet save for a fierce shot from distance from guarín, rarely troubled a barça defence shorn of regular centre-backs carles puyol and gerard piqué. instead, there was more space for josep guardiola's side to counter and from one end-to-end foray david villa could have made the game safe but his low shot lacked punch and helton smothered at his near post.
two minutes later, as the hour approached, the goalkeeper charged off his line to deny pedro as the striker attempted to bring a messi pass, which had dissected the dragons' defence, under control. the real drama was saved for the closing stages, fàbregas − eight minutes after replacing pedro − keeping his cool as porto lost theirs to control a messi chip on his chest and fire emphatically into the net with a first-time volley.
it would have been 3-0 had helton not denied man of the match iniesta in added time, leaving porto to ponder a third uefa super cup defeat since 2003.
teknik direktör olarak süper kupa'yı daha önce 2009'da kazanma başarısı gösteren barcelona teknik direktörü guardiola, ikinci kez bu kupayı kazandı. guardiola, süper kupa'yı 2. kez kazanan 6. teknik adam oldu.
süper kupa'yı daha önce raymond goethals (anderlecht 1976 ve 1978), arrigo sacchi (milan 1989 ve 1990), alex ferguson (aberdeen 1983 ve manchester united 1991), louis van gaal (ajax 1995 ve barcelona 1997) ve carlo ancelotti (ac milan 2003 ve 2007) teknik direktör olarak ikişer kez kazanmıştı.
avrupa süper kupası fikri ilk olarak 1972 yılında hollandanın de telegraaf gazetesi muhabirlerinden olan anton witkamp tarafından ortaya atılmıştır. bu fikri yansıttığı zamanlar tam da hollanda kulüp futbolunun özellikle de ajax'ın altın yıllarını yaşadığı zamanlardı. witkamp'ın asıl amacı avrupa'nın en iyi futbol takımını belirleyecek yeni bir şeyler bulmaktı. witkamp'ın fikri o zamanki adlarıyla avrupa şampiyon kulüpler kupası ve avrupa kupa galipleri kupası şampiyonlarının karşılasması olarak hayata geçecekti ki uefa başkanının izin vermemesi yüzünden gerçekleşemedi. bunun nedeni de kupa galipleri kupasını o sezon kazanan glasgow rangers'ın taraftarlarının olumsuz hareketleri yüzünden avrupa kupalarından bir yıl boyunca men edilmesiydi. uefa desteklememesine rağmen kupa maçı de telegraaf gazetesinin finansal desteğiyle iki maç üzerinden oynandı ve ilk avrupa süper kupasını kazanan takım ajax oldu. daha sonra bu kupa uefa tarafından desteklenmeye başladı. super cup'ı kazanan ilk ve tek türk takımı galatasaray'dır.galatasaray kupayı finalde avrupa devi real madrid'i yenerek almıştır.galatasaray maçın 90 dakikası 1-1 bittikten sonra altın gol oynanırken jardel'in golü ile kupaya ulaşmıştır.
barcelona added yet another trophy to their roll of honour under josep guardiola, their second win in three years and fourth overall, as they became the first club to take part eight times.
fresh from becoming the first recipient of the uefa best player in europe award, lionel messi was the epitome of coolness on a sweltering night in monaco as he seized upon fredy guarín's back pass, jinked his way past helton and rolled in the 39th-minute opener. the uefa europa league winners were still in the contest until the 86th minute, when rolando collected a second yellow card and porto's first red. barça wasted little time capitalising, substitute cesc fàbregas finishing delightfully before guarín was dismissed in the final minute for a sliding challenge on javier mascherano.
guardiola said: "to win all the titles these guys have in the last three years you need plenty of things, but one of them is a player who can drag everyone along. we have leo, and when you add the others then they are amazing."
guardiola da 2. kez kazandı teknik direktör olarak süper kupa’yı daha önce 2009′da kazanma başarısı gösteren barcelona teknik direktörü guardiola, ikinci kez bu kupayı kazandı. guardiola, süper kupa’yı 2. kez kazanan 6. teknik adam oldu.
süper kupa’yı daha önce raymond goethals (anderlecht 1976 ve 1978), arrigo sacchi (milan 1989 ve 1990), alex ferguson (aberdeen 1983 ve manchester united 1991), louis van gaal (ajax 1995 ve barcelona 1997) ve carlo ancelotti (ac milan 2003 ve 2007) teknik direktör olarak ikişer kez kazanmıştı.
37. uefa süper kupası, porto’yu 2-0 yenen barcelona’nın oldu. monaco’daki finalde, şampiyonlar ligi şampiyonu barcelona ile uefa avrupa ligi şampiyonu porto karşılaştı. rakibine 2-0 üstünlük sağlayan barcelona, kupayı müzesine götüren taraf oldu.
ispanyol ekibi barcelona’ya kupayı getiren golleri 39. dakikada messi ve 88. dakikada fabregas attı. portekiz ekibi porto’da 86. dakikada rolando ve 90. dakikada guarin kırmızı kartla oyundışı kaldı.
öte yandan barcelona, süper kupa’yı 4. kez müzesine götürme başarısı gösterdi. ispanyol ekibi 1992′de almanya’nın werder bremen takımını 1-1 ve 2-1′lik skorlarla geçerek, 1997′de de yine bir alman takımı olan borussia dortmund karşısında 2-0 ve 1-1′lik skorlarla kupaya uzanmıştı.
barcelona, 2009′da ise ukrayna’nın shakhtar donetsk ekibini 1-0′la geçerek, süper kupa’yı kazanmıştı.
barcelona: victor valdes, dani alves, javier mascherano, adriano correia (dk. 63 sergio busquets), eric abidal, xavi, andres ıniesta, seydou keita, david villa (dk. 60 alexis sanchez), lionel messi, pedro (dk. 80 cesc fabregas)
teknik direktör: pep guardiola
porto: helton, jorge fucile, rolando, cristian sapunaru, nicolas otamendi, fredy guarin, joao moutinho, cristian rodriguez (dk. 68 silvestre varela), josef de souza (dk. 77 fernando belluschi), kleber (dk. 77 fernando), hulk
