Barcelona's season debut was a successful one, as the Blaugrana went to the historically tough Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán and left with a 2-0 first leg victory against Sevilla, which puts the kings of Spain in prime position to win the Spanish Super Cup at Camp Nou. Here's a few takeaways from a key victory from the Catalan giants.
Ideally, I would want Barça to have 80% possession and play beautiful football all the time, but sometimes that isn't possible. Jorge Sampaoli wanted Sevilla to keep the ball and dominate the game, so Luis Enrique said "okay, we'll hit you on the counter, then!