Barcelona’s Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (left) and Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (right) leave the pitch after they made it a hat-trick during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) football match FC Barcelona vs Valencia CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on Thursday. AFP PHOTO
Barcelona’s Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez (left) and Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (right) leave the pitch after they made it a hat-trick during the Spanish Copa del Rey (King’s Cup) football match FC Barcelona vs Valencia CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on Thursday. AFP PHOTO

BARCELONA: Luis Suarez scored four and Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick as Barcelona piled more misery on Gary Neville’s ill-fated reign as Valencia boss to take an unassailable 7-0 lead in their Copa del Rey semi-final, first-leg on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

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