Barca cap great season with fifth European Cup win

BERLIN Barcelona were crowned kings of Europe for the fifth time after beating Juventus 3-1 in apulsating Champions League final at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, capping their magnificentseason with a title treble.

The Spaniards lived up to their tag as favourites and added the European Cup to their La Liga andKing's Cup triumphs as coach Luis Enrique celebrated his first season in memorable fashion.

Goals from Croatian Ivan Rakitic in the fourth minute, Uruguayan Luis Suarez in the 68th andBrazilian Neymar with the last kick of the game sealed Barca's second treble, matching their 2009feat.

"It's incredible, a dream, something unique," Suarez told reporters. "To win these competitions youhave to suffer, if not it's not worth it, and today we had to suffer to win the match."

Barca's South American trio of Suarez, Neymar and Lionel Messi, known collectively as 'MSN',showed spectacular form all season and Saturday's goals took their tally to an amazing 122 in allcompetitions Live stream as the game proved the perfect antidote for the corruption scandalengulfing soccer's Watch barcelona governing body FIFA.

Juve, however, became the first team in thehistory of the competition to get beaten in sixfinals and the Italian giants have now lost theirlast four.

"I would like to thank the team for the wonderfulseason they have had," said Juve coachMassimiliano Allegri who landed the domesticdouble in his first season in charge.

"We played a great game tonight...unfortunatelywhen you play against great players you think you have things under control but then they get you."

SUBLIME GOAL

Barca shrugged off a nervous start by scoring a sublime fourth-minute goal.

All 10 outfield players touched the ball in a 16-pass move Barcelona live stream that ended whenNeymar fed Andres Iniesta and he picked out Rakitic to slot the fourth fastest goal in a EuropeanCup final.

Juve keeper Gianluigi Buffon, who won the World Cup with Italy at the Olympic Stadium in 2006 but

is still waiting to capture his first European Cup crown, denied Barca a second goal in the 13thminute with a superb one-handed save keeping out a Dani Alves shot.

Alvaro Morata twice went close for the Italians but Barca's pressure in the first half was relentlessand Suarez twice almost netted.

The 37-year-old Buffon again came to the rescue three minutes after the restart and then Juve struckagainst the run of play with former Real Madrid striker Morata tapping the ball in after keeperMarc-Andre ter Stegen had saved from Carlos Tevez.

The Italians looked to be taking control of the game but their joy was short-lived. Argentine Messitook matters into his own hands, charging past three defenders and unleashing a low drive thatBuffon could only parry to Suarez.

It was the most crucial goal of the 28-year-old Uruguayan's career and it came a year after he wasbranded a villain for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini, who missed Saturday's final through injury, atthe World Cup in Brazil.

Neymar had a goal disallowed after his header bounced off his own hand to deceive the divingBuffon, much to the forward's frustration.

Juve, who had an average age of 30 and were the second oldest team to play in a Champions Leaguefinal, fought bravely but ran out of steam.

Neymar netted deep into stoppage time to provide a fitting farewell for midfielder Xavi who isleaving Barca after collecting 25 trophies in more than two decades with the club he joined at theage of 11.

Along with team mates Iniesta, Messi andGerard Pique, Xavi also equalled formerNetherlands midfielder Clarence Seedorf'srecord of four Champions League triumphs.

(Editing by Tony Jimenez)