Cristiano tests positive again and will not be against Barcelona

Cristiano Ronaldo will not be able to play the match of the second day of group G of the Champions League between Juventus and Barcelona.

After performing the PCR test for the third time, the Portuguese returned positive.

On October 13, during the concentration of the Portuguese team, Ronaldo tested positive and traveled to Italy to follow the 14 days of quarantine established by the protocol before being able to compete again.

He was asymptomatic.

The former Real Madrid player has missed the last three games, four with this one.

On the eve of the game, Andrea Pirlo, Juventus coach, had assured that they would wait until the last minute to find out whether or not they could count on Cristiano.

"I think we must wait for the result, he has done the test and at night we will have the final result," said Pirlo at the press conference organized at Juventus Stadium in Turin.

“Let's wait for the test result.

If it's negative, we'll see what we do.

But first you have to get him back.

At the moment everything is in the air.

When we have the result we will decide ”, added the Italian coach about the presence of the Portuguese in the most delicate duel of the group.

Cristiano will not be against Barcelona.

“Chiellini will not be, for sure.

For Bonucci we will see tomorrow (for Wednesday), but it is not at the maximum.

And we have not received a medical discharge for De Ligt ”, informed the Juventus coach.

In this context, Pirlo warned that his players will have to sacrifice to contain a Barcelona that "is strong and has great champions."

“Tomorrow we will see who we will have at our disposal.

Barcelona is strong, they have great champions and we will have to play a great game without being able to count on our defenders (Chiellini and De Ligt).

We will try to put the other players in the best conditions, who will have to sacrifice themselves against an opponent that is difficult to face, ”he said.