Saturday’s UEFA Champions League Final features a Barcelona club looking to cement its place in history, a concrete concept made fluid when Leo Messi bends time and space with a ballat his feet. Juventus seeks to validate four-straight Serie A titles by claiming a treble of its own at the Olympiastadion in Berlin, where the arrival of four venerable virtuosos should inspiregratitude from all.

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