Messi, Suarez fire Barcelona to third Club World Cup victory

An opener from Lionel Messi and a brace from Luis Suarez was enough to seal Barcelona’s Club World Cup title. The Spanish giants defeated River Plate 3-0 today at Yokohama to claim their 3rd global crown.

Ex Liverpool star, Luis Suarez who has been nothing short of exceptional for the team, scoring four braces in all competitions,  this season was awarded the Golden Ball – the best player of the tournament.

He also broke another record today. His two goals took Barcelona’s goal total for the calendar year to 176 as against 175 recoded in 2012.

 “The most important thing was to take the trophy, that was the only objective we had” The Uruguayan said.

Luis Suarez makes history in the Club World Cup

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Luis Suarez is balling! 

The Barcelona player’s hat-trick in Barcelona’s 3-0 semifinal win over Guangzhou at the Club World Cup today did not only ensure that Catalans are in the Club World Cup final (against Argentine giant River Plate) the Uruguayan also went down into the annals of history as the first player to score a hat-trick in the history of the FIFA World Club. He was awarded Man Of The Match.

He has now scored 19 goals in his last 17 games for Barcelona.

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