Messi v Neymar! Barcelona set up Santos showdown as Catalans cruise to Club World Cup final

Lionel Messi and Barcelona are through to the final of the Club World Cup after 4-0 win over Al-Sadd in the last four.

The European champions will meet Brazilian outfit Santos, with starlet Neymar in their ranks, in Sunday”s final.

Adriano helped himself to a double and Seydo Keita and Maxwell were on target for Barca but a broken leg for David Villa took some of the gloss of the result.

Barca boys: Captain Carles Puyol (right) leads the celebrations for the European champions against Al-Sadd

The Catalans were in complete control from the first whistle to the last, although they were given a helping hand by Al-Sadd goalkeeper Mohamed Saqr.

Barcelona dominated possession early on, but their moves kept breaking down on the edge of the area as Al-Sadd defended deep and in numbers.

Villa almost capitalised on a defensive mistake when a poor clearance let him in, but his shot was weak and saved by Saqr.

Two easy: Adriano pounces to score his and Barcelona”s first after a mistake from the Al-Sadd keeper

And the goal when it came in the 25thminute was a gift. Pedro”s cross from the left was too long and touchedback to Saqr by Nadir Belhadj at the far post.

Perhaps expecting the former Portsmouth man to just clear the danger, which would have been the sensible option, Saqr hesitated and when he did finally react could onlystab his clearance into the legs of the onrushing Adriano and the ball rebounded into the net.

Villa followed in to score after Andres Iniesta”s fierce shot had been pushed away by Saqr, but the effort was correctly ruled out for offside.

Looking the part: Adriano celebrates as Barcelona fans get in the party mood with costumes and painted faces

The Spain forward then had to go off after picking up an injury in a tackle – later diagnosed as a fractured left tibia – with Alexis Sanchez coming on.

The Qataris could barely get a touch and Adriano grabbed his second two minutes before the break with Saqr again at fault.

Thiago Alcantara played him in down the right of the area and Adriano cut inside and fired home a shot whichcrept under the keeper”s dive.

Big blow: Barca forward David Villa is carried off the pitch on a stretcher after breaking his leg in the first half

Barca”s concentration wandered at theend of the half and former Marseille striker Mamadou Niang almost caught them out twice, but was unable to test Victor Valdes.

Messi was finding plenty of space and danced through tackles before shooting just wide of the far post at the start of the second half.

Easy: Seydou Keita wheels away to celebrate after he scores Barcelona”s third goal against Al-Sadd

Iniesta then had an attempt blocked after fashioning a shooting chance, while Saqr went some way to making up for his first-half mistake with a flying save to keep out Messi”s free-kick.

But he was beaten again in the 64th minute when the Argentinian slipped in Keita to make it 3-0.

Maxwell added a fourth in the 81st minute when he fired home from a tight angle, with the unorthodox Saqr trying, and failing, to save the shot with his feet.

Acrobatic: Lionel Messi tries an overhead kick as Barcelona run riot against Al-Sadd