Barcelona beat Juventus to win fifth champions league title

Fc Barcelona have defeated Juventus 3-1 to clinch their 5th champions league title in the final game which was played in Berlin on Saturday.

Croatian Ivan Rakitic opened scoring for the Catalans in the fourth minute of the game after receiving a close-range pass from Andreas Iniesta to bury the ball at the right hand side of Gigi Buffon.

Both sides made efforts, though Barcelona mounted so much pressure on the Italian side, but all efforts were without needed results and the two teams headed for the dressing room for the half time break.

Alvaro Morata put his side back into the game ten minutes into the second half after slicing in a close range shot from Carlos Tevez in the 55th minute to make the game even.

After scoring the equalizer, Juve's confidence grew and they caged Barcelona into their corner until the 68th minute when La Liga champions took advantage of their opponent miss to take the lead again in the 68th minute through a close range from Luis Suarez.

Two minutes after giving Barcelona the lead, Luis Suarez was issued a yellow card for fouling a Juve player.

Neymar had a header disallowed, via a handball, as Barca sought to put the game out of sight late on.

But it proved inconsequential in the end, as the Brazilian added a third with the last touch of the match to ensure that Luis Enrique's side repeated the treble-winning achievement of Pep Guardiola's Barca in his debut season of 2008-09.

It was a nice send forth for the club's legend, Xavi Hernandez, who joins Qatari club Al Saad after playing his last for the European champions tonight.

European success continues to elude Juve, meanwhile, with the Serie A side coming up short in their attempt to win the continent's most prized trophy for the first time since 1996 and their own treble bid.

Captain of the night, Iniesta was voted the man of the match for his incredible performance which helped his side clinch the title.