Barcelona have secured a place in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup in Yokohama, Japan, after a Luis Suarez hat-trick helped the team to a 3-0 victory over Chinese champions, Guangzhou Evergrande on Thursday.
The European champions will now play South American champions, River Plate of Argentina, in Sunday’s final.
The 28-year-old forward was the only player of Barcelona’s lethal trio to make the game, after Lionel Messi was declared unfit for the game few hours before kick-off.
The other member of MSN, as they are popularly called, Neymar, had sustained a groin injury in training while preparing for the last UCL group-stage game against Bayer Leverkusen last week and missed the club’s 2-2 draw against Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday.
The Uruguayan was presented with the Man of the Match award for his breath-taking performance.
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