• Barcelona coach Luis Enrique, left, talks with Guangzhou Evergrande coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Yuya Shino / Reuters
    Barcelona coach Luis Enrique, left, talks with Guangzhou Evergrande coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Yuya Shino / Reuters
  • Guangzhou Evergrande fans cheer for their team. Toru Hanai / Reuters
    Guangzhou Evergrande fans cheer for their team. Toru Hanai / Reuters
  • Luis Suarez, centre, celebrates with his teammates after scoring against Guangzhou Evergrande. Thomas Peter / Reuters
    Luis Suarez, centre, celebrates with his teammates after scoring against Guangzhou Evergrande. Thomas Peter / Reuters
  • Luis Suarez, left, and Guangzhou Evergrande’s Kim Young-gwon fight for the ball. Toru Hanai / Reuters
    Luis Suarez, left, and Guangzhou Evergrande’s Kim Young-gwon fight for the ball. Toru Hanai / Reuters
  • Neymar walks towards the bench before the Club World Cup semi-final. Thomas Peter / Reuters
    Neymar walks towards the bench before the Club World Cup semi-final. Thomas Peter / Reuters
  • Luis Suarez, right, kicks the ball past Guangzhou Evergrande’s goalkeeper Li Shuai to score. Eugene Hoshiko / AP Photo
    Luis Suarez, right, kicks the ball past Guangzhou Evergrande’s goalkeeper Li Shuai to score. Eugene Hoshiko / AP Photo
  • Barcelona forward Luis Suarez celebrates his goal against Guangzhou Evergrande. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP
    Barcelona forward Luis Suarez celebrates his goal against Guangzhou Evergrande. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP
  • Luis Suarez scores a goal past Guangzhou Evergrande goalkeeper Li Shuai. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP
    Luis Suarez scores a goal past Guangzhou Evergrande goalkeeper Li Shuai. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP
  • Andres Iniesta controls the ball in front of Guangzhou Evergrande midfielder Zheng Zhi. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP
    Andres Iniesta controls the ball in front of Guangzhou Evergrande midfielder Zheng Zhi. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP
  • Luis Suarez gestures as players check on Guangzhou Evergrande defender Zou Zheng. Toru Yamanaka / AFP
    Luis Suarez gestures as players check on Guangzhou Evergrande defender Zou Zheng. Toru Yamanaka / AFP
  • Luis Suarez celebrates after completing his hat-trick during the Club World Cup Semi Final. Masterpress / Getty Images
    Luis Suarez celebrates after completing his hat-trick during the Club World Cup Semi Final. Masterpress / Getty Images

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No Messi? No problem as Luis Suarez fires Barcelona into Club World Cup final — in pictures

Jonathan Turner

December 17, 2015

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The best photos from the Club World Cup semi-final as Barcelona defeated Guangzhou Evergrande to book their place in the final against River Plate. European champions Barca may have been without Lionel Messi and Neymar but Luis Suarez ensured his forward colleagues were not missed with a fine hat-trick.

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