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Only Cristiano Ronaldo scores for Juve in the knockout phase

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Cristiano Ronaldo (36) is the goal guarantee for Juventus Turin. Not only in Serie A, where CR7 leads the scorers list with 16 goals, also in the Champions League. Especially in the knockout round.

Juventus Turin continues to dream of the third Champions League title. The 2017 Bianconeri were closest, when they lost to Real Madrid in the final under the direction of Massimiliano Allegri.

Since the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo in Turin in the summer of 2018, it has not gone further than the round of the last eight. In 2019 Juve failed at Ajax Amsterdam in the quarter-finals, a year later at Olympique Lyon in the second round.

In six premier class knockout games since the summer of 2018, no player other than Cristiano Ronaldo has scored for the old lady.

Against Atletico he scored three times in the last 16 of the 2018/2019 round of 16, in the quarter-finals against Ajax his two goals in the two legs were not enough to advance.

In 2020, Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the second leg of the second leg against Lyonnais (2: 1), after the 0: 1 in the first leg, Italy’s record champions were nevertheless thrown out. On Wednesday evening (9 p.m.) the old lady will play in the first round of 16 at FC Porto.

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