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Riqui Puig shines as Catalonia beat Venezuela

Barcelona starlet Riqui Puig starred as Catalonia beat Venezuela 2-1 in a friendly at Girona’s Montilivi Stadium on Monday.

The hosts ran out 2-1 winners against a Venezuela side fresh from beating Lionel Messi’s Argentina 3-1 in Friday.

Puig did not start the game but he came on as a substitute, played 38 minutes and basically set up Catalonia’s first goal.

A sumptuous pre-assist from Riqui Puig (19) here, while playing for Catalonia.

Excellent vision and perfect weighting on the ball that breaks Venezuela's defensive line.

He'd been on the pitch less than two minutes.