Barcelona 3-0 Juventus: 5 Talking Points, Lionel Messi reigns supreme

Barcelona 3-0 Juventus highlights Messi goal
Lionel Messi scored twice and helped create a third for Barcelona against Juventus

4) Juventus' attack goes missing

Paulo Dybala Barcelona Juventus
Paulo Dybala had a tough time in Barcelona's half

While the scoreline may point to a battering at the hands of Barcelona, the truth is Juventus had their chances - especially in the first half. In fact, it was the Italian side that fashioned a few shots on goal before capitulating to a Messi masterclass.

Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen was kept quite busy between the sticks but he was only really tested a couple of times from range. Juventus opted to play on the counter-attack in the first half as Barcelona camped in their half with their centre-backs Pique and Umtiti playing a high line in and around the centre-circle.

However, what Juve failed to capitalise on was the open spaces behind Semedo and Alba who had pushed up field. Costa and Bentancur had made a couple of good runs but Juve's midfield had failed to spot the runs, allowing the Barcelona full-backs to quickly recover and drop back.

Up front, both Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala failed to click together - much unlike Messi and Suarez who kept finding each other with relative ease.

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