The reunion between Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi will not take place this Wednesday. Pirlo, coach of Juventus, already announced on Tuesday that they were all awaiting the PCR tests that the Portuguese underwent to see if he could count on him against Barça or not (“Cristiano is pending the PCR. When we have everything clear I'll decide tomorrow. But I hope at least to have him available to play for a few minutes.) But it couldn't be.
The Juventus forward is still totally asymptomatic, but the last PCR tests all tested positive for COVID-19 and the deadline that UEFA asked for to participate in the confrontation with Barcelona is over. The ex of the Real Madrid will be low before those of Koeman.
The Portuguese had to test negative 24 hours before the crash, but will have to continue his isolation, which began on October 13 on the eve of the Nations League match between Sweden and Portugal. Cristiano trained all these days alone and waited until the last minute to join the bianconeri in extremis to meet his great rival again, but it could not be. Pirlo, without him, has rehearsed a lead with Dybala, Kulusevski and Morata.