Barcelona's captain Carles Puyol raises the trophy after the team defeated Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final second leg soccer match at Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona August 23, 2009. (Reuters Photo)
Barcelona's Zlatan Ibrahimovic (R) smiles with his team mate Thierry Henry after the team defeated Athletic Bilbao in their Spanish Super Cup final second leg soccer match at Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona August 23, 2009. (Reuters Photo)
MADRID, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Lionel Messi scored two second half goals Sunday to help Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 for the Spanish Super Cup trophy.
The Spanish giant, who completed a historic treble-winning campaign last season, secured their eighth Super Cup at 5-1 on aggregate following 2-1 win in the first leg a week ago.
The Camp Nou was desperate for Zlatan Ibrahimovic -- Barca's most expensive ever signing -- to score his first goal in the famous blue and white shirt. He almost did so on the half hour with a spectacular volley.
Messi made it 1-0 four minutes into the second half. In the 68th minute, Messi scored his second goal from the penalty spot after a Bilbao defender was harshly adjudged to have pulled down Daniel Alves.
Four minutes later, Bojan Krkic made it 3-0 after intercepting a naive backpass from Ander Iturraspe.
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