(MENAFN- QNA) Barcelona fc defeated Tuesday Ajax 3-1.
Messi provided an assist to Neymar who opened the scoring in the 7th minute. The Brazilian then returned the favor to Messi and the latter doubled the score in the 24th minute.
With Barcelona facing Real Madrid, manager Luis Enrique decided to rest Messi, Neymar and Iniesta to have them fresh for El Classico. Ajax decided to punish Barcelona for the move and pulled one back via Anwar El-Ghazi.
However one of Barcelona's youngsters, Sandro who came on for Neymar, put the game beyond doubt in injury time to give the Spanish side the three points.
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