Cristiano Ronaldo, Alvaro Morata and Aaron Ramsey start for Juventus in the Gamper Trophy against Barcelona, still reeling from Lionel Messi’s exit.

The pre-season friendly kicks off at the Estadi Johan Cruyff at 20.30 UK time.

Paulo Dybala was left behind in Turin to work on his fitness, but Ronaldo starts in a trident attack with Morata and Federico Bernardeschi.

The defence is weakened, with Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci initially on the bench.

Once again, coach Max Allegri tests Aaron Ramsey out in a playmaker role in front of the defence, hoping this can resolve the lack of options in his midfield.

Miralem Pjanic would love to be a part of the team again and he is on the bench for Barcelona this evening.

Shaken by Messi’s departure and missing injured Sergio Aguero and Clement Lenglet, new buy Memphis Depay starts upfront with Antoine Griezmann and Martin Braithwaite.

Barcelona: Neto; Dest, R Araujo, Pique, Jordi Alba; Sergio Busquets, Sergi Roberto, Demir; Memphis Depay, Braithwaite, Griezmann

Barcelona bench: Inaki Pena, Riqui Puig, Pjanic, Coutinho, Emerson Royal, Umtiti, Nico, Manaj, A Balde, Collado

Juventus: Szczesny; De Sciglio, De Ligt, Rugani, Alex Sandro; Cuadrado, Ramsey, Bentancur; Bernardeschi, Morata, Cristiano Ronaldo

Juventus bench: Pinsoglio, Perin, Chiellini, Danilo, McKennie, Pellegrini, Bonucci, Chiesa, Kulusevski, Ranocchia, De Winter, Marques

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