Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini has been ruled out of the Champions League final against Barcelona on Saturday night with a calf strain, meaning that he will not come face to face with Luis Suarez.
A statement on Juventus's website read: "Giorgio Chiellini was subjected to tests following calf discomfort in yesterday’s session.
"The tests showed a first-degree lesion of the soleus muscle in his left leg, so the defender will not be available for the match against Barcelona."
In the most shocking moment of the 2014 World Cup, Suarez bit Giorgio Chiellini during Italy's 1-0 defeat by Uruguay.
The bite earned Suarez a nine-match and four-month ban from all football activity, meaning that when he joined Barcelona from Liverpool for £75m in July of that year he could not be officially unveiled, and was only allowed to train with his new team-mates after appeal.
It was the third suspension of Suarez's career for biting - he had bit Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic in April 2013, and PSV's Otman Bakkal in 2010.
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