Even with a 4-0 lead from the first leg of the 2015 Spanish Super Cup, Athletic Bilbao knows that if any club can overturn that deficit, then it's FC Barcelona. The Catalan giants are set to host the second leg of the competition at the Camp Nou on Monday, August 17, and both teams know that it's going to be tough.

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Bilbao crushed the reigning La Liga and European champion at the San Mames stadium last Friday. Needless to say, it was a big upset. BeIn Sports says that last Friday's first leg match was only the second time that Bilbao has triumphed over Barcelona since 2006. It was a shock but credit must be given to the solid performance given by the Basque team.

The hero of the match was Aritz Aduriz, who scored a stunning hat-trick in the second half. He sealed the deal after Mikel San Jose opened up the scoring with an impressive long-range shot in the the 13^th minute. However, despite the massive lead, Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde knows that the Cup is not yet in their hands.

"It's been a magical night here in San Mames," he said, after the historic thrashing. "We're going to see if we're capable of defending it on Monday, there's still a lot ahead of us," he concluded.

Barcelona will certainly want to save face after having been humiliated in the first leg. In front of their home fans on Monday, they will need to keep Bilbao from scoring. If they can do that, they also need to score at least 4 goals in regulation time in order to force an extension.  If they let in even a single away goal from Bilbao, then the deficit would likely be insurmountable.

As for the predicted lineups, the Barcablaugranes website predicts that Bilbao wouldn't be making many changes to their first leg line-up. As for Barcelona, changes would obviously have to be made. With Neymar still out with the mumps, the other key players would have to start. Messi needs all the help he can get in the offensive line. Iniesta and Rakitic, who both came in as substitutes in the firt leg, would likely be on board from the opening whistle. The same could be said about Gerard Piquet who was rested last Friday.

Javier Mascherano is likely to hold the fort beside Pique in the backline. They need to keep Bilbao from scoring, and Mascherano believes that the Barca fans at the Camp Nou could be the 12^th man that they need to pull off a miracle. 

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