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Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus debut vs Chievo will be blacked out for the first 15 minutes to UK fans.

Eleven Sports were thrilled to learn of Ronaldo's blockbuster move to Turin from Real Madrid - despite also holding the La Liga rights.

But the Serie A scheduling could be unkind to them and deny their UK viewers the chance to see Ronaldo's first goal in Italian football, simply due to an FA enforced rule.

No football is permitted to be televised or legally streamed between 2:45pm and 5:15pm, meaning both Eleven Sports and Eleven Sports Facebook (where it will be free for viewers to watch) cannot begin to show the action until 15 minutes into the game.

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Given Ronaldo's ruthlessness in front of goal, it will be a nervous wait for viewers until the blackout is lifted.

During the agonising wait though, Eleven Sports will leave the live commentary over the top of blacked out screen, which will also explain to viewers why they are not watching live action from the Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi.

In addition to Ronaldo, Massimiliano Allegri could hand debuts to Joao Cancelo and Emre Can.

Mattia Perin will have to wait his turn behind Wojciech Szczesny, while Leonardo Bonucci could receive his second debut after rejoining from AC Milan.