Cristiano Ronaldo is missing next Wednesday in the match between Juventus and Barcelona in the Champions League. A new test shows that the Juventus attacker is still infected with the corona virus, which means that he will not be able to participate next week. UEFA protocol requires infected players to pass a negative test a week before a match, which has not happened with Ronaldo.

Ronaldo hoped to make his comeback against Barcelona. After his positive test a week and a half ago, the Juventus star briefly quarantined the Portuguese Football Association’s training complex in Lisbon before catching a plane to Turin and returning home. After a ten-day quarantine in Italy, he could have taken action against Barcelona, ​​provided he had been virus-free by now.

According to UEFA regulations, corona-infected players must be able to submit a negative corona test seven days before a European match. Although Ronaldo has no symptoms, according to reports, he still tests positive. On Saturday he was already missing in the league match against Crotone (1-1), while Juventus won 0-2 against Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League on Tuesday without Ronaldo.

So there will not be a reunion between Ronaldo and Lionel Messi next week. Ronaldo will also have to pass up Sunday’s game against Hellas Verona. The next game after the game with Barcelona is the away game against Spezia in the Serie A on Sunday, November 1.