Neymar eager for Berlin action

Barcelona forward Neymar can hardly wait to play in his first ever Champions League final on Saturday.Neymar has followed in a rich tradition of Brazilian players to wear the Barca jersey but not all of them have lifted the Champions League trophy while at the club."To play in the final is a dream that I've had as a boy and I'm very close to it," Neymar said to Spanish TV station TVE in the build-up to the match against Juventus in Berlin."We hope we play a great game and we win."The Primera Division champions last won the competition in 2011 and were eliminated last season by Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals in Neymar's first year at the club.Neymar has scored nine goals in the Champions League this season, one less than team-mate Lionel Messi, who is the tournament's leading scorer.The 23-year-old forms a star-studded attacking trio alongside Messi and Luis Suarez that has combined for 120 goals in all competitions."To play with Messi and Luis Suarez is a pleasure," the Brazil international said. "It's an honour to play with two football giants as they are."Barca, under first-year coach Luis Enrique, have enjoyed a hugely successful campaign already.They won the Spanish title and claimed a record 27th Copa del Rey trophy - Neymar's first with the team since arriving two years ago.Juve, who eliminated Barca's arch-rivals Real Madrid in the semi-finals of Europe's elite club competition, have also enjoyed a successful season under coach Massimiliano Allegri in his first year at the club.The Italian champions won the domestic double for the first time since the 1994-95 campaign.The Bianconeri lost just three of their 38 Serie A games overall and finished 17 points clear of nearest rivals Roma.Beating them will be no easy task, according to Neymar."Juve are a dangerous side at the back, in the middle and up front," he said. "It's no fluke that they are in the final."Barca are the only Spanish club to have won a Primera Division, Champions League and Copa del Rey treble, having done so under Pep Guardiola in the 2008-09 campaign.Victory on Saturday would see Barca repeat that feat and hand Neymar his first treble."We have the chance to win and I will do my all to win the title," he said. "The team is happy."There's a good atmosphere."Barcelona can welcome back midfielder Andres Iniesta, who is expected to start.Iniesta, who missed his team's training sessions this week after sustaining a calf injury in last weekend's Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao, returned to training on Thursday.Saturday's game will be Barca captain Xavi's last appearance for the club.The 35-year-old midfielder will join Qatari side Al Sadd this summer.

Source: PA