Valverde: Barcelona had the game under control and Atletico turned it around Supercopa | Barcelona Believes Vidal wasn't offside

Barcelona had a one-goal lead with nine minutes to go in the Supecopa de Espana semi-final against Atletico Madrid, but couldn't manage to grab the win.

Ernesto Valverde has stressed that this is the second time that something similar has happened, as Espanyol also scored a late equaliser last Saturday to prevent the Blaugrana from getting all three points in the league.

"It was an intense game in which I think we were growing as it was progressing," he said after the match.

"In the first ten or 12 minutes they were better, but I think we should have taken the lead before going into the break.

"The goals that [Atletico] scored surprised us.

"It seemed that we had the game under control and they have turned it around in [the last] two games."

Gerard Pique scored Barcelona's third goal in the game, but it was disallowed after being reviewed by VAR for offside on Arturo Vidal who assisted the Catalan centre-back.

"Being able to see the images on the monitor, I don't think it was offside on Arturo Vidal," Valverde added.

"It looked like he was a millimetre or two [ahead].

"It's very difficult to have a perfect line between two players.

"VAR is supposed to be more fair."

Atletico will face Real Madrid in the final and Valverde made clear that they both deserve to be there despite Barcelona being the reigning league champions and Valencia last year's Copa del Rey winners.

"[Atletico and Real Madrid] have played good games," he noted.

"Both are great teams and they went as far as possible."