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22 Juventus host Barcelona in a Champions League blockbuster tonight and it’ll be live on talkSPORT.
Fans around the world had been eagerly-awaiting this eveing’s Group G tie to see great rivals Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi face off.
Unfortunately, Ronaldo will miss out as he has not overcome his positive COVID-19 test.
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While CR7 will be sorely missed, there will still be plenty of stars on show, none more so that Messi.
Barca have been plunged into more turmoil following news that club president Josep Maria Bartomeu and the entire club board have resigned.
It comes after Messi was forced to stay at the club over the summer despite handing in a transfer request.
Messi and co will be eager to hit back from another difficult week but that won’t be easy against a top-quality Juve side.
Juventus v Barcelona: How to listen
This Group G tie will get under way at 8pm on Wednesday, October 28.
Full coverage from the Allianz Stadium will be live on talkSPORT 2, with our coverage starting at 7pm.
Ian Danter and David Connolly will be on commentary duty and to tune in, click the radio player below or HERE for the live stream.
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Sadly, we will have to wait a little longer for Ronaldo vs Messi – and the Juventus superstar is not happy about missing out on the reunion.
The old rivals were set to face off in the Champions League tonight but the Portuguese star has been in quarantine at home in Turin since testing positive for COVID-19.
Ronaldo took another PCR (swab) test on Tuesday in a late bid to play but, despite being asymptomatic, it again showed he has the illness.
In a message on Instagram on Tuesday afternoon, Ronaldo insisted he was ‘feeling good and healthy’ and declared that the ‘PCR IS BULL****’ – questioning the efficiency of the swab tests.
It comes after Ronaldo’s sister Katia Aveiro suggested coronavirus itself is a hoax following her brother’s first positive test.
“If Cristiano Ronaldo has to wake the world up, I have to say he really is a prophet from God. Thank you,” she wrote.
“I believe that today thousands of people will stop believing as much in this pandemic, in the tests and in the measures taken like me… the biggest fraud I have ever seen since I was born. Open your eyes please.”
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