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

3) Possession football and pressing are back at Barcelona

Sergio Busquets seems to be back in his element

If Luis Enrique's sides played a brand of football that was a lot more direct, Ernesto Valverde has drilled the concepts of possession and high-intensity pressing back into the Barcelona players' heads.

The Camp Nou pitch's width aids teams who need space and Barcelona did their best to starve Juve of any space whatsoever in midfield. Although they played a 4-3-3, they did switch to a 3-4-3 to hold the numerical advantage in midfield.

Sergio Busquets dropped back while centre-backs Gerard Pique and Samuel Umtiti moved out wide, allowing both full-backs Jordi Alba and Nelson Semedo to advance up field.

With Messi also dropping deep to gain possession and help move the ball along, Juve's midfield trio of Blaise Matuidi, Miralem Pjanic and Paulo Dybala were dispossessed a number of times while failing to get the ball forward to Gonzalo Higuain, Douglas Costa and Rodrigo Bentancur.

Andres Iniesta received an ovation from the Barcelona fans when he was substituted late in the game

Barcelona's players were nipping at their heels as soon as they lost the ball and won it back quite easily. By half-time, Semedo had made more tackles than the entire Juventus team combined.

Andres Iniesta's constant movement across the pitch also flummoxed Juventus and the veteran even managed to complete 4 dribbles - one less than the match-high of 5 (Messi and Costa).