FILE - In this Wednesday, May 13, 2015 file photo Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo leans against the post after failing to score during the Champions League second leg semifinal soccer match between Real Madrid and Juventus, at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid. The match ended in a 1-1 draw, Juventus won on aggregate and will play Barcelona in the Champions League final on June 6, 2015 in Berlin. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)

Before the Champions League draw for the semifinals was held, soccer fans salivated over the prospective scenarios.

With Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the fold, most assumed we’d see two matchups involving those three.

Juventus, however, had other ideas.

While we were treated to two endlessly intriguing games between Barcelona and Bayern Munich, the Old Lady spoiled the party, preventing an El Clasico final by stunning the reigning champions, Real Madrid, 3-2 on aggregate.

Now we’re left with Barcelona vs. Juventus on June 6 in Berlin for the right to be proclaimed the best team in the world.

Not to take anything away from the Italian champions, but this final isn’t exactly the most anticipated of the six potential finals given the pool of semifinalists.

An El Clasico final would have been almost uncomfortably frantic. The vitriol between Barcelona and Real Madrid dominates headlines across the country and the two facing off in the Champions League would only globalize its appeal further.

Barca clinched the La Liga title with a game to spare over the weekend and Real Madrid would have been desperate to not follow up last year’s historic La Decima with a trophyless season.

Real Madrid against Bayern Munich likewise would have been a fantastic matchup of two of the richest teams in the world going head to head. Seeing Toni Kroos against his former team would have been enthralling given the way he left town.

The top four wingers all play for these two teams — Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale for Real, Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery for Bayern. (I don’t consider any of Barca’s front three to be wingers and Eden Hazard needs another year or two to be considered at the very top.)

While it wasn’t in a final, fans at least were able to witness the epic battle between Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

The two-leg series started with former Barca coach Pep Guardiola, in his second year at Bayern, stunning everyone with a three-man defense in the opening 15 minutes at the Camp Nou.

Part suicidal maniac, part crazy like a fox, the ploy didn’t determine the outcome — Lionel Messi decided it with a couple moments of magic — but it made for fascinating viewing.

At different moments of the match the English-language commentators reflected the wondrous nature of the game.

Play-by-play legend Martin Tyler said: “Only football can make you feel like this.”

Color commentator Gary Neville later added: “You feel blessed to be in this stadium to witness this.”

Ultimately, Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez were too much in a 5-3 aggregate win, setting up a showdown with Juventus.

Barcelona undoubtedly will be the favorite to win the final given the team’s form since January, but don’t count the Old Lady out.

Juventus ran away with the Italian league title this year for its fourth straight Scudetto and 31st overall.

Boasting a typically strong Italian defense with Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci, a midfield of Paul Pogba and Arturo Vidal providing the impetus, Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata scoring goals and Andrea Pirlo being Andrea Pirlo, Juventus isn’t some also-ran that lucked into the final.

As the Bianconeri showed in the opening half of the first leg against Real Madrid, they have the talent to take it to any team.

Plus, you have the added storylines of Suarez going up against two nemeses: Patrice Evra, who accused him of racial abuse when both played in England, and Chiellini, whom Suarez bit during the World Cup last summer.

Juventus goalie Gianluigi Buffon won a World Cup title with Italy at the Olympia Stadion in 2006. He’ll be hoping to return Italy to the top of the club game at the same spot by delivering Italy’s first Champions League winner since Inter in 2010.

It may not be the most anticipated final, but I expect an entertaining match, with Juventus unafraid to attack Barcelona’s susceptible defense.

And any game with Messi in it is always worth watching.

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