Barcelona vs Juventus as it happened: Lionel Messi and co eliminated from Champions League
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Your support makes all the difference.Barcelona will hope they can pull off their second stunning Champions League comeback of the season when they meet Juventus on Wednesday night.
- Luis Enrique calls for Barcelona to score five as they eye historic comeback against Juventus
- Neymar confident Barcelona will beat Juventus to complete another stirring Champions League comeback
- Luis Enrique makes second 'miracle' Barcelona comeback sound easy, but Juventus are no PSG
- Paulo Dybala ends transfer speculation by signing a five-year contract extension at Juventus
- Barcelona beaten by brilliant Juventus and left chasing an even greater comeback
What time does it start?
The match kicks off at 7.45pm BST on Wednesday 19 April.
Where can I watch it?
The game will be shown live on BT Sport 2, with coverage starting at 7.00pm.
Or better it yet, click back onto this page ahead of kick-off and follow all the drama with our live commentary.
Preview
Barcelona looked down and out after losing the first leg of their last-16 tie 4-0 against Paris St Germain in February, but produced a remarkable 6-1 second-leg triumph last month to reach the quarter-finals of Europe's premier club competition.
They gave themselves another mountain to climb as they suffered a crushing 3-0 loss to Juventus in Turin last Tuesday in the first leg of the last-eight meeting, but their past form would suggest they cannot be written off just yet.
It’s a big game for…
Dani Alves: The Brazilian right back, who moved from the Nou Camp to Turin last year, helped keep former team mate Neymar quiet in the quarter-final first leg on April 11 as Juventus won 3-0 at home.
And ahead of the second-leg Alves remarked that should they win this evening, they will be eliminating the best team in the world from the Champions League. No pressure, then.
Remember when…
Ten-man Juventus booked their place in the Champions League semi-finals with a dramatic extra-time victory over Barcelona.
Form
Barcelona: WLLWWW
Juventus: WWWLDW
Odds
Barcelona: 10/21
Draw: 19/5
Juventus: 21/4
47 min: Neymar flashes with a burst of pace and quick feet to break past a wall of Juventus shirts and into the box. After a smart cut-back on the left, he attempts to get in the position to shoot but ends up running into a cul-de-sac with Chiellini ushering the ball out for a goal-kick.
50 min: Chance for Juventus! Higuain charges down the centre of the park before playing Cuadrado in behind the Barca defence on the right. He lines up the goal and lets loose with a low driven effort that fizzes from right to left but fails to find the back of the net. Barca goal-kick.
Elsewhere...
Monaco 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: Marco Reus snatches one back for the visitors. There's still a lot to do, though, if they're to stand any chance of progressing to the semis...
56 min: Chance for Messi! The Argentine fires in from outside the Juventus box but it's a whisker wide. He'd curled it towards the bottom left corner but took the smallest of touches off Chiellini to run out for a corner.
58 min: Barcelona free-kick, just four yards out from the Juventus box. Up steps Messi... but he can't get it up and over the wall and it ends up sailing out for a Juve goal-kick.
62 min: Neymar with the shot this time but it's wildly off target and sails into the crowd behind. A touch of frustration starting to creep into Barcelona's game as they struggle to break through the resilient and experienced Juventus defence.
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