But Messi was far from done. Like Barca, Juve arrived at the game with three wins from three in the domestic league and with their own Argentine Paulo Dybala also in electric form with five goals in three games. But their long list of absences, which also included Mario Mandzukic, Claudio Marchisio and Sami Khedira, proved costly. "When we play at this speed it's very difficult to play against us," Rakitic told reporters. "Barca don't change coaches very often but now we have new ideas and we're very happy with how things are going."

Source: The Star September 12, 2017 21:03 UTC