Barcelona and Lionel Messi dealt swift justice to the team that knocked them out of last year's competition. Lionel Messi scored two goals and set up another as Barcelona defeated last season's UCL finalists Juventus. The ESPN FC panel credit Ernesto Valverde for getting Barcelona back to their best following Luis Enrique's exit. Lionel Messi continued his rampant start to the season to help Barcelona slay a sorry Juventus side who simply crumbled at the Camp Nou and were barely recognizable from the team who dumped the Catalans out of the Champions League last season so comprehensively. Messi began and ended the rout with two crisp finishes, finally beating Gianluigi Buffon in his fourth game against the Italy veteran, while Ivan Rakitic's goal in between had the Argentine's prints all over it. Andres Iniesta also rolled...
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