Lionel Messi the 'Harry Potter' of football? This Juventus legend thinks so

Juventus legend Christian Vieri has described Barcelona captain Lionel Messi as a '"wizard" and deemed  six-time Ballon d'Or winner as "Harry Potter of Football". Ronald Koeman's Barcelona recorded a 2-0 win over Juventus in UEFA Champions League on Wednesday night as Messi provided assist for Ousmane Dembele's opening goal before sealing three points from penalty spot late in game for Catalan heavyweights. Messi also me a game-high five key passes and 65 passes in opposition half as his performance received immense praise from Vieri. 

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Juventus vs Barcelona: Christian Vieri brands Lionel Messi as "Harry Potter of Football"

Following Barcelona's 2-0 win over Juventus on Wednesday night, CBS Sports pundit and former Italy international, Christian Vieri heaped praise on Barcelona for ir display against Bianconeri. Juventus great said, "This was contest for me because Barcelona were amazing. y could have scored six, seven goals easily." Vieri also claimed that he was shocked that this Barcelona team lost 3-1 to Real Mrid in El Clasico at Camp u last Saturday.

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Vieri, who won Serie A with Juventus back in 1997, n waxed lyrical about Lionel Messi. He ded, "For me, Messi is a magician,  Harry Potter of Football. When he retires, I will maybe throw my TV away or watch only Netflix." 47-year-old concluded by saying, "When he (Messi) stops playing, I will longer watch football because re's thing else to watch. When you've got a number 10 like that, it's just amazing to watch. only shame was that re were fans in stium to witness him"

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Ever since Lionel Messi's first campaign with Barcelona back in 2004-05, only Cristia Ronaldo has provided more assists (38) in UCL than Messi (35). After assisting Dembele for opening goal of game, Messi held his composure in second-half stopp time to convert from penalty spot and make it 2-0. It was his 116th goal in elite European competition. 

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Merih Demiral received a red card five minutes before full-time whistle while Alvaro Morata h three goals ruled out due to offside on a frustrating night for defending Serie A champions. 

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