The Catalain side crumbled in their first league match of the season, offering evidence that they may just need the Paris Saint-Germain star
“Neymar! Neymar! Neymar!,” chanted gathered Barcelona fans at president Josep Maria Bartomeu as he arrived with the team to a Bilbao hotel before their opening La Liga clash on Friday.
And the Brazilian striker’s name was on the Catalan club’s mind at the end of the night too, after a painful 1-0 defeat by Athletic Bilbao at the San Mames, as Luis Suarez went off injured.
Evergreen 38-year-old Athletic striker Aritz Aduriz scored a sensational scissors kick winner in the final stages, showing the cutting edge Barcelona lacked with his first touch after coming on as a substitute.