Alvaro Morata cancelled out an early strike from Ivan Rakitic to leave the scores level entering the final 25 minutes, but goals from Luis Suarezand Neymar secured a fifth European crown for the Spanish outfit, who have now completed a treble this season.
A poor clearance from Barcelona centre-back Javier Mascherano gave Juventus a sight of goal inside the first minute, but Carlos Tevez could only volley over the crossbar from just outside the penalty box.
Barcelona took the lead in the fourth minute, however, when Neymar played in Andres Iniesta, who found Ivan Rakitic inside the box and the Croatian finished into the back of the net.
Juve again had a sight of goal in the eighth minute when Morata drove down the right before squaring for Arturo Vidal, but the Chilean could only curl over the crossbar. Moments later, Neymar fired over the Juve woodwork as both teams attacked in the early exchanges.
Barca again came close in the 13th minute when Dani Alves let fly from inside the box, but Gianluigi Buffonmanaged to make the save. Jordi Albathen fired over the crossbar from a corner as Juve struggled to contain the flow of pressure.
Morata had a swing at goal in the 24th minute after some lacklustre Barca defending, but the Spaniard fired wide of the post. Juve had a penalty shout 10 minutes before the interval when Alba appeared to bring Paul Pogba to the ground, but replays showed that the challenge, which was fairly soft, was actually outside the box.
Suarez came close to scoring a second for Barcelona five minutes before the break, but his low poked effort just moved wide of the post. Suarez then stung the palms of Buffon as the Spanish champions turned up the heat late in the first period.
Suarez and Buffon again met in the early stages of the second half following a devastating Barca counter, but again the Juve goalkeeper made a smart stop to deny the Uruguay international, who fired wide of the post moments later.
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