Barcelona and Juventus might be about to go head to head in the Champions League Final on Saturday but just over 24 hours earlier the two clubs will combine to take on a World XI in a legends match also taking place in Berlin. But UEFA have got the teams a little wrong with one Barcelona player having to be removed from the team.
Berlin will be abuzz with football fans from Turin, Barcelona and from the host city too of course and on Friday evening there will be the chance for fans to watch as Juventus and Barcelona Legends take on World All-Stars XI with the two teams boasting 25 Champions League winner's medals between them.
However one former Barcelona player has been removed, by request of the club, because his inclusion didn't exactly go down well with supporters. And quite frankly that's no surprise!
The player in question is the never greying Luis Figo who moved from Barcelona to Real Madrid in the summer of 2000- you can see why their fans might not want to consider him a legend;
Just to add a bit more context, on his first return to Camp Nou as a Real Madrid player Figo was met with jeers, the odd bottle thrown at him and a pig's head. Yup someone got a pig's head into the stadium and threw it in Figo's direction when he was going to take a corner. And somehow UEFA think this guy counts as a club legend? 
Still even with the Portuguese winger out of the match it is still jam packed with stars. These are the teams according to UEFA.com, changes permitting;
World All-Stars
1 Jens Lehmann, 2 Cafu, 6 Youri Djorkaeff, 7 Robert Pirès, 8 Predrag Mijatović, 9 Giovane Élber, 10 Clarence Seedorf, 10 Raí, 14 Christian Karembeu, 17 Steve McManaman, 17 Pierre van Hooijdonk, 23 Marco Materazzi
1 Jens Lehmann, 2 Cafu, 6 Youri Djorkaeff, 7 Robert Pirès, 8 Predrag Mijatović, 9 Giovane Élber, 10 Clarence Seedorf, 10 Raí, 14 Christian Karembeu, 17 Steve McManaman, 17 Pierre van Hooijdonk, 23 Marco Materazzi
Juve & Barça Legends
1 Edwin van der Sar, 2 Ciro Ferrara, 8 Ludovic Giuly, 10 Alessandro Del Piero, 12 Giovanni van Bronckhorst, 15 Edmílson, 17 Fabio Cannavaro, 17 David Trezeguet, 17 Mark van Bommel, 19 Gianluca Zambrotta, 20 Deco, 22 Éric Abidal, 32 Christian Vieri
1 Edwin van der Sar, 2 Ciro Ferrara, 8 Ludovic Giuly, 10 Alessandro Del Piero, 12 Giovanni van Bronckhorst, 15 Edmílson, 17 Fabio Cannavaro, 17 David Trezeguet, 17 Mark van Bommel, 19 Gianluca Zambrotta, 20 Deco, 22 Éric Abidal, 32 Christian Vieri
We don't think it's a coincidence that the World All-Stars have five Real Madrid players in the side, maybe Figo could play for them!
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