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Topics: Real Madrid, Juventus, La Liga, Serie A, Champions League, Football
Ryan Smart
Topics: Real Madrid, Juventus, La Liga, Serie A, Champions League, Football
Real Madrid's Champions League clash against Juventus will see a new piece of technology used for the first time.
Real have won both of their league phase games thus far under new manager Xabi Alonso and sit in second place in the table.
They defeated Marseille 2-1 on the opening gameweek, before a comfortable 5-0 win over Kazakh side Kairat Almaty, who beat Celtic in the final qualifying round.
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Juventus, meanwhile, played out a thrilling 4-4 draw with Borussia Dortmund in which all eight goals were scored in the second half.
They then recorded a second draw as they were held 2-2 away at Villarreal.
Juve will therefore be looking to record a positive result as they play their second consecutive group game in Spain.
They will do so inside a cauldron of 84,000 fans at the Bernabeu.
Real are trialling new technology outside the stadium against Juventus which they hope will be able to replicate the matchday experience for those who are watching at home.
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President Florentino Perez announced at the club's most recent shareholders' meeting that he was considering whether to make the stadium 'infinite' to allow fans to have a 'virtual season ticket'.
Spanish outlet OK Diario report that Apple, who are working on the project alongside Real, will install 100 cameras outside the Bernabeu as part of a test which will take place during the Juventus match.
It is claimed that the cameras will allow the virtual fans to see the entire stadium, but that the project is being 'gradually develop[ed]'.
Each virtual fan - described as 'season ticket holders outside the stadium' - will need to purchase the Apple Vision, the technological giant's new virtual reality headsets.
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Unfortunately for those fans in question, the Apple Vision comes in at a staggering €4,000, while AirPods with aerospace technology - which are recommended to improve the sound quality and intensity based on head movements - are an additional €279.
The Juventus game is set to be used to gather reports surrounding the new technology, with those reports then to be sent to Perez for assessment before the project continues further.