Neymar added to his growing reputation with a stunning strike as Santos saw off

Kashiwa Reysol to reach the final of the FIFA Club World Cup.

The 19-year-old opened the scoring for the Copa Libertadores winners as they

defeated their hosts with three brilliant goals at the Toyota Stadium.

Hiroki Sakai briefly gave the Japanese side hope by making it 2-1 in the 54th

minute after first-half efforts from Neymar and Borges, but Danilo soon restored

the Brazilian club's two-goal cushion with a fine free-kick.

Neymar, who has pledged his future to Santos despite interest from some of

Europe's top teams, nearly opened the scoring when the ball fell to him in the

Kashiwa area but his instinctive flick with the outside of his right foot hit

the post.

But he made no mistake after 19 minutes when he took a pass from Ganso on the

edge of the area, turned and hit a curling left-footed shot into the top-left

corner of the goal.

Borges made it 2-0 within five minutes when he turned on the edge of the area

and hit a rising shot into the top-right corner.

Santos goalkeeper Rafael had to make a full-length save low to his left after

fellow Brazilian Wagner followed up his weak free-kick which rebounded to him

off the wall.

Full-back Danilo could have extended Santos' lead early in the second half but

keeper Sugeno blocked with his feet.

Kashiwa pulled a goal back when a corner from the left by Wagner found the

unmarked right-back Sakai, who headed past Rafael nine minutes into the second

half.

However, any hopes of a comeback were crushed in the 63rd minute when Danilo

curled a free-kick from 30 yards around the wall and into the net.

Kashiwa twice went close in the closing stages and Santos' Ibson saw his shot

hit the bar, but there were no further goals.

Santos will face either Barcelona or Al-Sadd in Sunday's final in Yokohama.