BARCELONA: Barcelona celebrated the arrival of Neymar by thrashing his old club Barcelona 8-0 to win the curtain-raising Joan Gamper trophy.
Perhaps fortunately for the Brazilians the South American Footballer of the Year did not appear until after half-time.
Alexis Sanchez, Pedro and Lionel Messi all scored in the first half with an own goal from Leo and further ,strikes from Adriano, Jean Marie Dongou and Manchester United target Cesc Fabregas (two) wrapped up the scoring.
Barcelona had previously losing to ex-coach Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich before defeating Norway’s Valerenga and drawing with Lechia Gdansk.

Messi started the rout with a composed finish in the eighth minute, and soon after Dani Alves’ powerful cross was turned into his own net by Leo.

Victory provided debut satisfaction for new Barcelona coach ‘Tato’ Martino.

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