Atletico Madrid put in an excellent performance and pushed Barcelona all the way. Filipe Luis was sent off and Messi smashed a penalty off the crossbar. Arda was also dismissed from the bench. Barcelona crowned Spanish Super Cup winners without winning a match.

Atletico Madrid finalised preparations for the second leg of the Spanish super Cup at the Ciudad Deportiva Dani Jarque, Espanyol in Sant Adria in a closed session.

Convinced they can overcome Barcelona despite the home side being favourite, Simeone offered his thoughts ahead of the Spanish Super Cup final second leg.

Atletico Madrid started preparing the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup against Barcelona after the hefty victory yesterday against Rayo Vallecano.

The midfielder spoke about the final in the Camp Nou against Barcelona at the event of the introduction of the new sports clothing not made by the couturier Roberto Verino.

The company announced the partnership with international brand who will act as official clothing supplier to club.

Tiago passed for through the mixed zone at the Calderon after the 5-0 victory against Rayo. Content with the goal, the midfielder said that the team is working on the same line and is very motivated to do great things this season.

After the big victory, the Argentine admitted that his team is looking comfortable and playing fluidly. The intensity did not decline despite the large score line.

The Vicente Calderon held a minute of silence before the Atlético-Rayo game in memory of deceased Atletico supporters from last season.

In the first home game of this league campaign, Simeone’s men gave their fans a great performance blowing Rayo aside with three goals in the first half (Raul Garcia, Diego Costa and Arda) and two in the second (Tiago and Raul Garcia).