Juventus, Barca touch down for Berlin final

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Juventus and Barcelona have arrived in Berlin ahead of Saturday's Champions League final with both teams bidding to cap remarkable seasons by being crowned champions of Europe.

The teams square off at Berlin's Olympic Stadium bidding to complete the treble of titles having already won their respective domestic league and cup titles.

Italian league champions Juventus, dressed in black suits, checked into Berlin's Regent hotel in the city centre. Their 37-year-old veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon waved to the crowd as he targets a first winners medal in his 12th Champions League campaign.

Barcelona also touched down in Germany's capital and headed to their hotel before Friday evening's training and press conference, with coach Luis Enrique and stars Neymar and Gerard Pique at, at the Olympic Stadium.

Barcelona's star-studded attack of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar have scored 120 goals between them this season and the Spanish giants are bidding to repeat their 2009 feat of winning the treble.

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