Line-ups: Juventus-Real Madrid

Juventus change the positions of Douglas Costa and Alex Sandro in the Champions League quarter-final with full-strength Real Madrid.

The first leg kicks off in Turin at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the build-up and action while giving your views on the LIVEBLOG.

These sides meet again less than a year after the Final in Cardiff, which was 1-1 at the break until the Merengues emerged 4-1 winners.

Juventus change the positions of Douglas Costa and Alex Sandro in the Champions League quarter-final with full-strength Real Madrid.

The first leg kicks off in Turin at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the build-up and action while giving your views on the LIVEBLOG.

These sides meet again less than a year after the Final in Cardiff, which was 1-1 at the break until the Merengues emerged 4-1 winners.

They became the first club to retain the title since the format change, as the last to win back-to-back editions of the European Cup was Milan in 1989 and 1990.

That means the Bianconeri were the last team to knock Madrid out of this competition, at the semi-final stage in 2014-15.

It’s a homecoming for Zinedine Zidane, who played for Juve from 1996 to 2001, and he is able to call upon a full-strength squad. In fact, it’s the same line-up that beat Juventus in Cardiff, including Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, on-form Spain talent Isco and France’s Karim Benzema.

On the other hand, the Old Lady has been revamped and some decisions are forced, because Miralem Pjanic and Medhi Benatia are both suspended.

Mario Mandzukic is not 100 per cent fit, while Federico Bernardeschi is out of action and Juan Cuadrado just made his comeback after three months out on Sunday.

Andrea Barzagli is picked rather than Daniele Rugani in central defence, with Bentancur ahead of Claudio Marchisio in the Pjanic role.

Max Allegri has several players he couldn’t call upon a year ago, including Mattia De Sciglio, Blaise Matuidi and Douglas Costa.

However, Matuidi is benched with a change of system, as Douglas Costa and Alex Sandro are versatile wingers who can protect in a 4-4-2 or attack to make it 4-2-3-1 supporting Gonzalo Higuain and Paulo Dybala.

Giorgio Chiellini, Alex Sandro and Bentancur are walking a disciplinary tightrope, as a booking tonight would see them miss the second leg. Sergio Ramos is in the same situation for the visitors.

Real Madrid have conquered Turin soil only once before, in February 1962 and that was also in the quarter-finals of the European Cup. There was also one draw here and six home victories.

The Merengues have reached all of the last seven Champions League semi-finals.

Juventus: Buffon; De Sciglio, Barzagli, Chiellini, Asamoah; Douglas Costa, Khedira, Bentancur, Alex Sandro; Dybala, Higuain

Juventus bench: Szczesny, Cuadrado, Marchisio, Matuidi, Mandzukic, Rugani, Lichtsteiner

Real Madrid: Navas; Carvajal, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Kroos, Casemiro, Modric; Isco, Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo

Real Madrid bench: Casilla, Vallejo, Bale, Theo Hernandez, Lucas Vazquez, Asensio, Kovacic

Ref: Cakir (TUR)