{"id":82346,"date":"2026-09-08T03:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/82346\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T03:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T03:11:14","slug":"fc-barcelona-fc-barcelona-defeated-fc-porto-fc-porto-portugal-to-advance-to-the-final-of-the-ibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/82346\/","title":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona (FC Barcelona) defeated FC Porto (FC Porto Portugal) to advance to the final of the Ibe.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p refid=\"1\">FC Barcelona (FC Barcelona) defeated FC Porto (FC Porto Portugal) to advance to the final of the Iberian Super Cup.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"2\">Barcelona defeated Porto 39-37 in the semi-finals of the 2026 Iberian Super Cup at Instituto Firal de Vigo in Vigo, Spain on the 4th. The two teams exchanged quick attacks throughout the game, but Barcelona kept the gap open in the first half to the end.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"3\">It was tight at the beginning of the game. The two teams fought 3-3 until the fifth minute, but Barcelona immediately scored three consecutive points to take a 6-3 lead. In a fast tempo, Barcelona gradually took the lead in the game.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/news-p.v1.20260908.b4e941371baa4f7c8a5299dfdb1a2f8c_P1.jpg\" orgwidth=\"600\" orgheight=\"406\" alt=\"Photo 2026 Iberian Super Cup Barcelona vs Porto, Photo Source = Barcelona\"\/>                      \uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300                Photo 2026 Iberian Super Cup Barcelona vs Porto, Photo Source = Barcelona      <\/p>\n<p refid=\"5\">Barcelona went on a 10-4 run midway through the first half, increasing the accuracy of its attack. In particular, Abel Serdio Frade led the attack by making all three shots, and goalkeeper Viktor G\u00edsli Hallgr\u00edmsson also defended the lead by making more saves.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"6\">Porto tried to chase down, but they couldn&#8217;t catch up easily with Barcelona&#8217;s attack. Barcelona&#8217;s Alex G\u00f3mez, Dika Meme and Dani Fern\u00e1ndez continued to score and finished the first half with a 21-15 lead.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"7\">Porto fought back strongly in the second half. Porto put pressure on Barcelona by closing the gap until 24-21 in the fourth minute of the second half. However, Barcelona immediately responded with three consecutive goals, securing a six-goal lead again, 31\u201325.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"8\">Porto did not back down easily. Porto followed up with 34-31 again, and Barcelona coach Carlos Ortega, who felt a sense of crisis, asked for an operational time. Barcelona blocked Porto&#8217;s further pursuit with Antonio Mart\u00ednez&#8217;s six-goal performance.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"9\">The tension continued until the end of the game. Porto followed 38-36 with one minute left in the end, trying to make a final turnaround, but Barcelona&#8217;s Einar Olafur Sm\u00e1rason scored a decisive goal to seal the match. In the end, Barcelona won 39-37 to reach the final of the Iberian Super Cup. Barcelona will advance to the finals for the fifth consecutive time in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"10\">At Barcelona, Dikka Meme, Dani Fernandez and Ian Barruffet scored six goals each, while Alex Gomes and Antonio Martinez also added six goals each. At Porto, Antonio Martinez and Guilherme Borges scored six goals each.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"11\">Barcelona will face Sporting CP Portugal for the Iberian Super Cup, which beat IRUDEK Bidasoa Irun Spain 31-29 in the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p refid=\"12\">[Kim Yongpil, MK Sports Reporter]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona (FC Barcelona) defeated FC Porto (FC Porto Portugal) to advance to the final of the Iberian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14250,92,2074,24735,1726],"class_list":["post-82346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-antonio","tag-barcelona","tag-iberia","tag-martinez","tag-portugal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}