#Barcelona #Juventus – Champions League: Barcelona defeat Juventus to claim European crown : Barcelona became kings of Europe for a fifth time Saturday with a deserved 3-1 Champions League final victory over Juventus in Berlin.
Ivan Rakitic opened the scoring early on for the Catalans before Alvaro Morata drew Juve level at the start of the second half. But parity didn’t last long as Luis Suarez restored Barcelona’s lead a little over 10 minutes later.
Neymar then added a third in injury time to ensure European football’s biggest prize would return to Spain for a second year running.
The triumph followed Spanish league and cup wins and marked a dramatic turnaround in fortunes for Barca coach Luis Enrique whose job was on the line as recently as January until an inauspicious run of results was righted.
It was a change in form that had much to do with the irrepressible attacking trident of Neymar, Suarez and Lionel Messi.
And as the European season reached its climax Saturday, their fluidity and potency was just too much for an experienced Juve side appearing in its first final since losing to AC Milan in 2003.
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