Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Camp Nou for the first time since leaving Real Madrid - and promptly burned it down as Juventus took apart Lionel Messi’s Barcelona.
It what had been billed as potentially the final bout between the two greats, if this were a boxing match, it would have been stopped by the referee.
For while there was no lack of heart or effort from the Argentine, who himself had all seven of Barcelona’s shots on target, the current malaise engulfing the Catalan giants saw them swept aside by the Italian champions.
And front and centre throughout was the Portuguese superstar, who scored twice as Andrea Pirlo’s men swept to a 3-0 victory.
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