River Plate manager Marcelo Gallardo has invited Barcelona to hit his team with its best shot in Sunday's Club World Cup final — and believes it can withstand the one-two-three punch of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
South American champion River takes on European title-holder Barcelona for the world crown in Yokohama with doubts surrounding the fitness of star Barcelona forwards Messi and Neymar, after both missed Thursday's 3-0 semifinal win over Guangzhou Evergrande.
Brazilian Neymar is recovering from a groin injury while Argentine wizard Messi woke up on Thursday morning with renal colic, a type of abdominal pain commonly caused by kidney stones.
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