Neymar scored two goals and Barcelona did enough to advance to the Champions league final despite losing the second leg of its semifinal 3-2 to Bayern Munich on Tuesday. Neymar's first-half goals made sure Barcelona went through 5-3 on aggregate following its 3-0 victory in the home leg last week.
Bayern managed a face-saving victory but has stumbled in the Champions league semi-finals in both seasons under Pep Guardiola, the former, highly successful coach of Barcelona.
Barcelona, a four-time winner of the title, with two of them coming under Guardiola, reached its eighth Champions league final.
Bayern needed to score while keeping Barcelona's high-powered attack in check. Bayern scored early through Medhi Benatia to gain some hope, but Neymar replied quickly and Barcelona booked a place in the final in Berlin despite goals by lewandowski and Mueller. The two matches against his former team were a bitter experience for Guardiola, whose Bayern side was also eliminated in last season's Champions league semi-finals by eventual winner Real Madrid. Bayern, a five-time title winner, got off to the start it wanted, scoring seven minutes into the match when defender Benatia rose to head in Xabi Alonso's corner.
But Barcelona's reply came in the 15th, when lionel Messi slid a through pass to luis Suarez, who squared the ball to the unmarked Neymar, who had a simple job of tapping home.
The tie was decided in the 29th, with Neymar's second goal. Messi won a header, got the ball to Suarez and he found Neymar at the far post. Neymar controlled the ball with his chest and drilled it past goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Neymar's clinical finishing and some good saves by its goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen left Bayern needing to score five in the second half.Ter Stegen protected Barcelona's lead late in the first half when he stopped lewandowski's effort despite being caught on the wrong foot. With the ball trickling toward the net, he lunged backward to push it away from the line.
lewandowski leveled in the 59th with a shot from just inside the penalty area after shaking off the tight marking of Javier Mascherano.
Mueller secured the hollow victory in the 74th, driving home from just outside the box.