Sunday, December 20, 2015

BARCA TOO MUCH FOR RIVER PLATE, WIN THIRD FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP TITLE

At Yokohama, Japan:

Luis Suarez scored twice (49', 68') and Lionel Messi once (36') as Barcelona dominated Argentina's River Plate 3-0 in Sunday's FIFA Club World Cup final, enabling the European champions to win their third tournament championship in front of 66,853 fans at International Stadium.  Here are the happy members of the Spanish titans celebrating after the game.

Photo from London Telegraph website


Earlier Sunday, also at Yokohama, Dyanfres Douglas Chagas Matos scored twice (70', 83') as Sanfrecce Hiroshima came from behind to upend Guangzhou Evergrande 2-1 to capture third place.  We see players from the Japanese club celebrating their bronze-medal-clinching victory.

Getty Images photo by Matthew Lewis

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