Juventus start Andrea Barzagli, Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata against Leo Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez in the Champions League Final.

It kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the action as it happens on our LIVEBLOG.

This is the Bianconeri’s first Final since 2003, but it is also a return to the Olympiastadion in Berlin, where Italy won the World Cup in 2006.

Juventus start Andrea Barzagli, Carlos Tevez and Alvaro Morata against Leo Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez in the Champions League Final.

It kicks off at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the action as it happens on our LIVEBLOG.

This is the Bianconeri’s first Final since 2003, but it is also a return to the Olympiastadion in Berlin, where Italy won the World Cup in 2006.

Juve – whose stars Gigi Buffon, Andrea Pirlo and Barzagli were there that day – are in the same locker room they used with the Azzurri to defeat France.

Giorgio Chiellini is injured, so Barzagli makes his comeback alongside Leo Bonucci, but has rarely been used in a back four.

Patrice Evra gets his reunion with Suarez after the controversy of October 2011, when the then-Liverpool striker received an eight-match ban for racist insults.

Morata gets the nod alongside Tevez, with Arturo Vidal sitting in the hole between attack and midfield.

Barcelona have a fully fit squad, as Andres Iniesta has recovered from a mild injury scare at the weekend to start.

All eyes are on the front three of Messi, Neymar and Suarez, who between them have over 120 goals this season.

This will be Xavi’s last appearance in a Barca shirt before he moves to Qatari club Al Sadd, but is on the bench.

Some statistics do not look favourably on Juve, who are the underdogs in this clash. They have lost their last three Champions League Finals, not lifting the trophy since 1996, while Barcelona won all of their last three.

The most recent defeat for the Azulgrana was 4-0 to Milan in 1994, when once again there was a Spanish Dream Team that everyone expected to win.

However, Barcelona have beaten Juve only twice in eight attempts, drawing two and losing four. In the modern Champions League, that record is one draw and one loss.

Juventus: Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Barzagli, Bonucci, Evra; Pogba, Pirlo, Marchisio; Vidal; Tevez, Morata

Juventus bench: Storari, Ogbonna, Padoin, Sturaro, Pereyra, Coman, Llorente

Barcelona: Ter Stegen; Dani Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Jordi Alba; Rakitic, Busquets, Iniesta; Messi, Suarez, Neymar

Barcelona bench: Bravo, Bartra, Adriano, Mathieu, Xavi Hernandez, Rafinha, Pedro Rodriguez

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