In the late-night cafes of the Via Veneto in the city where confirming a miracle is just another day's work, the buzz was that indeed the day had brought something supernatural.
Barcelona had conquered Rome. They had not just beaten Manchester United but played in another dimension, maybe indeed brushed against football eternity.
Lionel Messi, the astonishingly gifted superstar nurtured as a boy with growth hormones, had even jumped higher than big defenders to score the killer goal.
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