CATALANS SEE OFF THE BAVARIANS EN ROUTE TO BERLIN.
Bayern have been here before obviously, undoubtedly they've been here before this season: Porto drove 3-1 from their quarter-final first leg, just to be met with a Bavarian lightning war in the return leg at the Allianz arena.
Something comparative was required at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday evening, sadly for the Bavarians, it will be the Spanish class pioneers going to the European Cup final, instead of the German champions.
A Neymar twofold helped Barcelona progress to their first Champions League final following 2011 in spite of a 3-2 second-leg semi-final defeat to Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
A Lionel Messi brace and Neymar's strike at Camp Nou last Wednesday had given the Liga pioneers a 3-0 lead after the first leg and, in spite of a vivacious presentation, Bayern were not able to finish a wonderful fightback in the return leg.
Mehdi Benatia's initial header gave Bayern hope, however Pep Guardiola depicted his previous club Barca as the best counter-attacking group on the planet on the ball and they satisfied that charging at the Allianz Arena.
Luis Suarez laid on two goals for Neymar - who now has 37 for the season and has scored in his previous seven matches - in the first half and, despite the fact that Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller gave the Bundesliga champions triumph on the night, the jpb had been finished by Barca in the first leg.
It was the guests' first loss since February and they had not yielded for more than 10 hours before Tuesday's encounter, yet they stay on course for a celebrated treble in Luis Enrique's first season in control, while Bayern have smashed out in the semi-finals two years running under Guardiola.
Whether it be Juventus or an el Clasico standoff with Real Madrid in the final, Barca will go in top picks and rightly so.
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