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Luis Suarez scores four as Barcelona rout Valencia
Luis Suarez scored four goals and Lionel Messi grabbed a hat-trick as Barcelona all but wrapped up their King’s Cup semifinal by crushing Valencia 7-0 in the first leg at the Nou Camp on Wednesday.
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Barely seven minutes had elapsed when Neymar stole the ball from a careless Andre Gomes in midfield, raced forward and passed to Suarez who rifled a shot across goal past Matthew Ryan.
Barcelona went two up when Sergio Busquets sent a long ball down the right which Aleix Vidal pulled back for Suarez to blast past Ryan.
Valencia struggled to contain a Barcelona side with Neymar, Messi and Suarez creating danger almost at will.
Gary Neville’s side rarely got near goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen as Barcelona produced one of their best performances of the season.
Messi scored the third after a neat backheel from Neymar.
On the stroke of halftime Barcelona were awarded a penalty when Shkodran Mustafi brought Messi down and was sent off but Neymar hit the post to leave the score 3-0 at the interval.
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