18 Aug 2011

Messi fires Barca to dramatic Super Cup win

6:53 pm on 18 August 2011

Lionel Messi volleyed a late winner as Barcelona beat arch-rivals Real Madrid 3-2 at the Nou Camp in a fiery Spanish football Super Cup second leg to secure a 5-4 aggregate victory after the match ended with a mass brawl that resulted in three players being sent off.

The Argentine World Player of the Year capped another marvellous performance with an unstoppable volley to claim the first silverware of the season before the trouble erupted.

Tempers boiled over on the touchline after the Brazilian defender Mercelo hacked down Cesc Fabregas in his first game for Barcelona since moving from Arsenal this week.

Marcelo, Real's Mesut Ozil and Barca's David Villa were sent off.