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December 19, 2011
Barcelona win FIFA Club World Cup
Photo: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - DECEMBER 18: Carles Puyol of Barcelona competes for an aerial ball with Neymar of Santos during the FIFA Club World Cup Final match between Santos and Barcelona at the Yokohama International Stadium on December 18, 2011 in Yokohama, Japan (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images. © 2011 Getty Images.)
Photo: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - DECEMBER 18: Fans watch the game during the FIFA Club World Cup Final match between Santos and Barcelona at the Yokohama International Stadium on December 18, 2011 in Yokohama, Japan (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images. © 2011 Getty Images.)
Photo: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - DECEMBER 18: Lionel Messi of Barcelona controls the ball during the FIFA Club World Cup Final match between Santos and Barcelona at the Yokohama International Stadium on December 18, 2011 in Yokohama, Japan (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images. © 2011 Getty Images.)
Photo: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - DECEMBER 18: Neymar of Santos takes a shot during the FIFA Club World Cup 2011 Final match between Santos and Barcelona at International Stadium Yokohama on December 18, 2011 in Yokohama, Japan. (Photo by Getty Images for Sony. © 2011 Getty Images.)
Photo: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - DECEMBER 18: The FIFA Club World Cup Final between Santos and Barcelona at International Stadium Yokohama on December 18, 2011 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. (Photo by Lintao Zhang. © 2011 Getty Images.)
Barcelona were crowned FIFA Club World Cup winners when they thrashed Brazilian side Santos, 4-0, in Japan.
• The win confirms Barcelona’s standing as the best club team in the world.
“We played a complete game,” captain Carles Puyol said. “It was a good game, an intense game and we’re very happy with the result.”
The match between the European and South American champions in Yokohama had been billed as a showdown between Messi, widely acknowledged as the best player in the world, and Brazilian star Neymar. But it was no contest - with Messi the star of match - and named the tournament’s most valuable player - as Barcelona won the competition.
“Barcelona deserved to win. They are the best team in the world and we learned an important lesson,” said Neymar of Santos, Brazil.
• Futbol Club Barcelona (English: Football Club Barcelona), also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barca is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. While Santos Futebol Clube also known as Santos is a Brazilian professional football club based in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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