Spanish Supercopa final: Messi returns to Barça side to face Athletic

Spanish Supercopa final: Messi returns to Barça side to face Athletic

Dest also comes back into the team as Koeman makes two changes from semifinal win

Lionel Messi has been named in the Barcelona side for Sunday's Spanish Supercopa final against Athletic Club after missing the semifinal win. 

Sergiño Dest also returns to the XI, with Martin Braithwaite and Oscard Mingueza the two players to drop out of the side. 

Messi came off against Granada with a small problem that kept him sidelined for Wednesday's over Real Sociedad. 

However, after training alone on Thursday and Friday, he returned to full training on Saturday and has been named in Ronald Koeman's side to face Athletic. 

Barça side: Ter Stegen; Dest, Lenglet, Araujo, Jordi Alba; Busquets, De Jong, Pedri; Dembélé, Griezmann, Messi.

Athletic side: Unai Smón; Capa, Yeray, Íñigo Martínez, Balenziaga; De Marcos, Dani García, Vencedor, Muniain; Raúl García, Williams

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