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Barcelona lifted the Spanish Super Cup for a record extending 13th time by coming from behind to beat Sevilla 2-1 in Tangier, Morocco, on Sunday thanks to a stunning shot from the France winger Ousmane Dembélé and a penalty save in stoppage time from Marc-André ter Stegen.

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Sevilla, the King’s Cup runners-up, took a surprise lead in this traditional curtain-raiser to the season when Pablo Sarabia fired home in the ninth minute after Luis Muriel had powered his way through the Barça defence.

The video assistant referee (VAR) was used for the first time in Spanish football to award the goal, which had initially been ruled offside.

Gerard Piqué levelled for Barça shortly before half-time by pouncing on the rebound after Lionel Messi’s free-kick came back off a post.

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When Sevilla’s Franco Vázquez glanced a header against the crossbar in the second half, the competition, which ditched its traditional two-legged format and was also played outside Spain for the first time, looked to be heading for extra time until Dembélé let fly from outside the area and his shot thumped in off the bar in the 78th minute.

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Sevilla still had a golden late chance to force extra time when the former Barça player Aleix Vidal was fouled by Ter Stegen in the 89th minute but the substitute Wissam Ben Yedder struck his penalty softly along the ground and the towering German goalkeeper saved comfortably.

The win makes Messi Barcelona’s most decorated player of all time with 33 trophies, one more than the former midfielder Andrés Iniesta. The Argentinian lifted his first piece of silverware with Barça as club captain.

