In the latest TV ad for a well-known soft drink Dele Alli can be found kicking footballs filled with paint on Spanish cobbles with Lionel Messi.
Toni Kroos and Marcelo are there, too, larking around in protective jackets more usually the preserve of serious crime scenes and guzzling down their cans of fizz.
Somewhere along the way Alli went A-list and this felt like a night designed for him to sparkle.
Deli Alli was one of the faces of a new Pepsi add campaign that was released before kick off
Very nearly he did, opening with intent and his admirable desire to get into the penalty area and make centre-halves defend.
On the ball, his feet were quick and there were flashes of invention; a neat flick to Son Heung-min and a weighted pass to release Harry Kane.
Whenever Kane spun wide Alli made the ground to be in front of goal, and he tested Gianluigi Buffon from 25 yards.
A look of anguish suggested he thought he might have done better with the chance and Spurs would come to rue their wastefulness.
This campaign has seemed like a struggle at times for Alli after the standards he set last year.
Alli is sent flying by a challenge from Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini at Wembley
Distractions such as a change of agents, the middle finger gesture on England duty and accusations of diving have raised valid questions about whether he might have taken his eye off the ball.
The goals have certainly not flowed as they did.
He came into this game with nine in all competitions, a decent return for a deep-lying striker but down on last season when he had 15 by this stage and ended up with 22.
Of the nine he has, only two have come in the last four months and he has not scored at Wembley this year, a barren spell masked by the consistency of Kane and Son’s purple patch of form.
Under the surface there have been assists and vital contributions, winning penalties and free-kicks in danger areas some of which have served to fuel the ongoing diving debate.
Alli’s gift, however, is to influence big games at important moments; to get on the end of a cross, to make something happen.
The goals have certainly not flowed as they once did, but he is still leaving his mark on games
He summoned it against Real Madrid in November when he scored twice and Spurs gave this European campaign its momentum.
There was no surprise to see him involved in the heart of the move leading to Son’s goal last night.
Without another selfless run in behind the back-four, the rest of the sequence would not have unfolded as it did.
Juventus would have been under no pressure, they can tidy away the threat without fuss and the ball never reaches Kieran Trippier.
He gets players booked, causes mayhem and shreds the nerves of those supposed to be marking him.
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Even for veterans such as Giorgio Chiellini who resorted to the old tactic of booting him up in the air in the second-half.
It did the trick for Chiellini as Juventus turned the game but Alli has many more of these big European nights ahead.
Tottenham must hope he is still in London and not in Spain with Messi and Kroos when the next one comes along.