Goals by France winger Franck Ribery, Croatia&#39;s Mario Mandzukic and Germany star Mario Goetze saw the German giants through to Saturday&#39;s final in Marrakech, Morocco. <img alt="Philipp Lahm" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/dec/Philipp-Lahm.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 392px;" /> Bayern Munich&rsquo;s Philipp Lahm takes a shot at the Guangzhou Evergrande FC&#39;s in Agadir 3. Pic/AFP &quot;We totally dominated and we wanted to reach the final to spare ourselves the third-place play-off,&quot; said Bayern captain Philipp Lahm. &quot;We want the title, that is our task here.&quot; Likewise, Ribery inisted Bayern did not come to north Africa to see the sights. &quot;We&#39;re in the final, we&#39;re professionals and we want to win in Morocco,&quot; he said. Bayern will face the winners of Wednesday&#39;s other semi-final between Morocco&#39;s Raja Casablanca and Brazil&#39;s Atletico Mineiro. Already twice a winner of the Club World Cup title with his former club Barcelona, Bayern coach Pep Guardiola is on course for a third global crown as his German champions swept aside Marcello Lippi&#39;s Guangzhou. Having become the first German team to win the treble of European, Bundesliga and domestic cup titles, Bayern are closing in on their fifth title of 2013 having won UEFA&#39;s Super Cup by beating Chelsea in a penalty shoot-out in August. But Guardiola made a point of praising predecessor Jupp Heynckes who coached the treble-winning team, breaking or equalling 25 Bundesliga records in the process. &quot;Jupp deserves to be here, to reach the final is a huge achievement, but you only get here by winning a lot of matches and some big tournaments,&quot; said Guardiola. &quot;He steered Bayern to the Champions League title last season, so this is for him. &quot;Marcello Lippi&#39;s teams are always well organizsd, but my side dserved to make the final.&quot; Lippi, World Cup winning coach with Italy in 2006, said that the many different roles Bayern&#39;s players could fill and that all of them were capable of scoring was a crucial difference. &quot;There you see the real difference between the best club in the world and the rest,&quot; said the 65-year-old Italian. &quot;All their players can fill any position, and they were superior in all areas. &quot;We were not able to disrupt Bayern&#39;s game atall, that is why they are also the best team in the world.&quot; Bayern began in dominant fashion and never let up at Agadir Stadium with Thiago hitting the post and Toni Kroos hitting the woodwork early on and it was only a matter of time before the Chinese defence buckled. Goal-line technology, being showcased at the Club World Cup and set to be used at next year&#39;s World Cup finals in Brazil, clearly proved Kroos&#39; 25th-minute shot, had bounced off the crossbar and onto the line, not over it. Ribery, on the shortlist with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi for the Ballon d&#39;Or, got the breakthrough Bayern craved when he drilled his shot past Guangzhou goalkeeper Zeng Cheng on 44 minutes. A second followed four minutes later when Thiago swung in a pin-point cross across the goal face where Mandzukic finished it off with a diving header to make it 2-0 at the break. With 47 minutes on the clock, Goezte put the result beyond doubt when he smashed in a long-range shot which gave Zeng no chance. Despite enjoying around 70 percent possession, Bayern did not let up and having built up a healthy lead, they peppered the Evergrande goal with 27 shots compared to the Chinese&#39; two. Having brought all available first-choice players to Morocco, injured pair Bastian Schweinsteiger and Arjen Robben being the main exceptions, Guardiola kept both right winger Thomas Mueller and centre-back Dante in reserve for Saturday&#39;s final.

European champions Bayern Munich booked their place in the Club World Cup final with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Asian champions Guangzhou Evergrande in Tuesday's semi-final in Agadir.

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