13,000 Barcelona fans turned up for the club’s training session on Friday afternoon, and watched on as Lionel Messi netted a hat-trick.
Coach Tata Martino divided his available players into two teams for the game. One team comprised: Pinto, Montoya, Bartra, Mascherano, Alba, Afellay, Xavi, Sergi Roberto, Alexis, Cesc and Pedro.
They faced a side with Valdés, Bagnack, Piqué, Busquets, Adriano, Afellay, Song, Iniesta, Tello, Messi and Neymar.
The Argentine superstar looked back to his best with three goals, and posted on Tencent Weibo after the session how much he enjoyed being back with the Blaugrana.
“I'm enormously happy to have returned to work with my teammates," said the message.
