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Juventus' Buffon: Messi 'is an alien that dedicates himself to playing with humans'

Reuters

Gianluigi Buffon is a big fan of Lionel Messi. You can't blame him, really.

The Barcelona superstar, whom the Juventus icon will be partly responsible for stopping in Saturday's Champions League final, has been at his mesmerizing best this season - particularly in the Champions League - where he has toyed with defenders for fun all tournament long.

Buffon, like the rest of the football world, is well aware of the threat posed by the extra-terrestrial superstar.

"Messi is an alien that dedicates himself to playing with humans," the Juventus captain said of the Argentine. "The only hope is that this Saturday he will be from earth, like rest of us."

Juventus can only hope that is the case.

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