Brilliant Barcelona thrash Santos
December 18, 2011 13:55:40 UK
Barcelona will turn their attention towards retaining the La Liga title and the Champions League after beating Santos 4-0 in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup.
Lionel Messi scored twice against the Brazilian side while Cesc Fabregas and Xavi also got on the scoresheet in Yokohama.
Barcelona are 34.00 to win the La Liga title while current leaders Real Madrid can be backed at 1.005. Pep Guardiola's team are 1213.00 to claim the Champions League for a third time in four seasons.
The only downside to Barcelona's trip to Japan for the tournament was the broken shinbone David Villa picked up in the 4-0 semi-final victory over Al-Sadd. The Spain international is expected to be sidelined for several months.
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Messi broke the deadlock in the 17th minute with a superb chip after being set up by Xavi. Xavi himself made it 2-0, firing a shot past Rafael in the Santos goal after being set up by Dani Alves before Fabregas added the third on the stroke of half-time.
Argentina international Messi completed the rout in the 82nd minute when he found the net after being played through by an excellent pass from Alves.
Meanwhile, Qatari club Al-Sadd claimed third place in the tournament thanks to a 5-3 penalty shoot-out victory over Kashiwa Reysol of Japan.
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