Barcelona advance to Champions League final

Barcelona lost 3-2 to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena, but qualified 5-3 on aggregate to reach the UEFA Champions League final.

Barca will now meet either Juventus or Real Madrid in Berlin.

The Germans could not overcome the 3-0 loss at Camp Nou last week but began the second leg in an explosive manner.

With just seven minutes into the match ex-Roma defender, Mehdi Benatia was allowed a completely free header from a corner to put the Bavarians ahead.

The visitors equalised when Luis Suarez beat the offside trap from a Leo Messi through ball and rolled the ball across for Neymar to tap in.

Now needing four goals to book a place in the final, Bayern poured forward and were torn apart on the counter again with a very similar move – Suarez setting up Neymar at the back post.

Barca goalkeeper Tar Stegen was in inspired form has he continued to frustrate the host with fantastic double saves from Robert Lewandowski.

The Polish striker got his goal eventually, firing in from the edge of the box after sending Javier Mascherano to the ground.

Thomas Muller curled a great finish to turn the game around again, but it was a little too late for Bayern.

But if nothing else, the 3-2 win restored a little pride for Pep Guardiola and his men.