Barcelona's Luis Suarez (L) kicks the ball to score against Guangzhou Evergrande during their Club World Cup semi-final soccer match in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
YOKOHAMA (Reuters) - European champions Barcelona have been thronged by admiring fans and autograph hunters in Japan whenever they have appeared in public since their arrival this week for the Club World Cup.
Japanese fans formed long queues to buy official Barcelona merchandise on the way to the stadium for Thursday's semi-final against Asian champions Guangzhou Evergrande where most of the crowd were rooting for the Catalans.
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