Neymar picks former teammates Messi and Suarez in his five-a-side team
Football | January 10, 2020 13:08 ISTPSG star Neymar has selected his former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez in his five-a-side team.
PSG star Neymar has selected his former Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez in his five-a-side team.
Messi's goal — his 50th this year with club and country — saw him surpass Real Madrid's Karim Benzema as the league's top scorer with 13 goals, one more than the Frenchman.
Luis Suarez remains an undisputed starter at Camp Nou and has a contract running until June 2021.
Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani missed two games against Peru in October as they recovered from injuries.
Jamie Carragher has apologised to France and former Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra for wearing T-shirts in support of Luis Suarez after the Uruguayan racially abused the Frenchman in 2011.
Luis Suarez was handed an eight-match suspension by the Football Association for racial abuse on December 21 after a two-month investigation.
The trio of star forwards lifted defending champion Barcelona into first place ahead of Real Madrid's match at Mallorca later. Barcelona now lead Madrid by one point.
With Barcelona trailing against Inter Milan in the Champions League, Luis Suarez scored a pair of superbly-taken goals to complete a 2-1 comeback victory for his team.
Junior Firpo also scored for Barcelona, who moved within a point of league leader Real Madrid, who play at Atlético Madrid later Saturday.
Ansu Fati became the youngest player to score in Barcelona's stadium at the age of 16 years, 318 days when he made his first start for the defending champions.
Peru's next opponent in the Copa America semi-finals will be defending champion Chile, who eliminated Colombia also on penalties Friday night.
Goals from Luis Suarez and Jose Gimenez ensured that Japan don't come out with a surprise victory over Copa America favourites Uruguay.
Uruguay eased past 10-man Ecuador in their opening game of 2019 Copa America with a 4-0 victory.
Days after their heartbreaking exit from the Champions League, Barcelona received another setback with an injury to striker Luis Suarez.
In clearing the path to what would be Barcelona's 26th league title, Messi reached a new personal milestone with a competition record 335th victory, overtaking Iker Casillas on 334 wins.
The draw narrowed Barcelona's lead of the Spanish league to eight points ahead of Atletico Madrid, which beat Girona 2-0.
Dembele missed recent training sessions amid reports that Barcelona gave the Frenchman, one more chance to prove his worth.
Luis Suarez scored a hat-trick as he led Barcelona to a 5-0 victory over arch-rivals Real Madrid in El Clasico on Sunday.
The victory lifted Barcelona back to the top of the Spanish league with 21 points, while Madrid were left languishing in ninth place with 14 points.
The victory lifted Barcelona back to the top of the Spanish league with 21 points, while Madrid were left languishing in ninth place with 14 points.
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