Luis Suarez scored his first two goals for Barcelona in the humble surroundings of the club’s training ground as an experimental Barca B side beat an Indonesia under-19 team 6-0 on Wednesday.
The Uruguayan is a month away from being allowed to play in a competitive game as he serves a four-month ban for biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup in June, but despite some obvious rustiness he played the full 90 minutes and showed flashes of his brilliance.
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Former Arsenal captain Thomas Vermaelen was also making his first appearance in a Barca shirt after recovering from a hamstring injury and he opened the scoring early on.
Suarez then latched onto a lovely pass from another of the Catalans’ summer purchases, 18-year-old Croatian international Alen Halilovic, and fired into the far corner.
David Babunski made it three with a fine strike as Barca toyed with the inexperienced visitors and Bicho slotted home a fourth early in the second half after replacing Vermaelen.
Suarez showed his quality once more with a fine curling left-footed effort for the fifth before passing up the opportunity of a hat-trick as he stood aside to allow Maxi Rolon to round off the scoring from the penalty spot. (supersport.com)
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