Will today’s Champions League final mark the end of Barcelona’s run of otherworldliness?

Lionel Messi on the eve of next week’s Barcelona vs. Man. United Champions League final:

He is 23, with a grown-up’s income reported to exceed $43 million this year. Yet Messi still has a boy’s floppy bangs, a boy’s slight build and a boy’s nickname, the Flea. Even the ball stays on his feet like a shy child clinging to his father’s legs.