European champions FC Barcelona will meet Copa Libertadoes winners Santos FC in Sunday’s final of the FIFA World Club Cup after powering past Qatar’s Al-Sadd 4-0 on Thursday in the semi final round of the competition.
Adriano put Barca up 2-0 by halftime while Seydou Keita and Maxwell completed the rout in the 64th and 81st minutes.
The result was overshadowed by a broken leg requiring immediate surgery suffered by Barcelona and Spanish international striker David Villa in the first half.
Al-Sadd: Saqr; Abdulmajed, Lee Jung Soo, Koni, Nadir Belhadj; Abdulmajid, Mohammed, Albloushi (Al Yazidi, min. 65); Al Khalfan, Keita (Al Haydos, min. 82), Niang (Ali, min 77).
FC Barcelona: Valdés; Puyol, Mascherano, Abidal (Maxwell, min. 66); Iniesta, Keita, Thiago, Adriano; Pedro, Messi, Villa (Alexis, min. 39) (Cuenca, min.71)
Goals: 0-1. Min.25: Adriano; 0-2. Min.43: Adriano; 0-3. Min 64: Keita; 0-4. Min. 81: Maxwell.