Barcelona, Aug 21: Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez led Barcelona to a comfortable 6-2 victory at home over Real Betis as the reigning La Liga champions opened their title defence with a convincing display of passing football and devastating finishing on Saturday.
Messi scored twice and Suarez netted a hat-trick as Barcelona started the new season as they ended the last despite Neymar still be on duty with Brazil at the Olympic Games, Xinhua news agency reported.