Tbilisi: Barcelona's bid to emulate their record-breaking year of 2009 suffered a blow on the eve of their UEFA Super Cup clash against Sevilla with the loss of Neymar to illness.


Barcelona's Ivan Rakitic. Pic/Getty Images 

The Brazil superstar has been struck down with the mumps and treble-winners Barca say he will be sidelined for the next two weeks. That means the 23-year-old will not only miss today's clash with Europa League champions Sevilla but he will also sit out the two-legged Spanish Supercopa against Athletic Bilbao later this month. If Barca win those two titles then they will be just one step away from matching their incredible success of six years ago when, under Pep Guardiola, they became the first club to win all six major trophies available to them in a calendar year.