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Watch: Messi's towering header adds gloss to Barca's Supercopa stroll

Albert Gea / Reuters

Barcelona's pint-sized prophet, Lionel Messi, somehow managed to lift himself higher than anyone else in the Sevilla backline to nod his side into a 3-0 lead in the second leg of the Supercopa de Espana on Wednesday.

The header meant that the Catalonians held a 5-0 advantage over the Andalusian outfit, and were cruising towards their 12th victory in what has become the traditional curtain-raiser of the Spanish season.

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