Historic: FC Porto eliminates Juventus and Cristiano Ronaldo from the Champions League
Italian press does not forgive, the “Vecchia Signora” was betrayed
Historic: FC Porto eliminates Juventus and Cristiano Ronaldo from the Champions League
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The FC Porto made history, even losing 3-2 in the field of the Juventus and playing with ten. The Dragons they left the «Vecchia Signora» on the road and Cristiano Ronaldo out of the Champions League, advanced to the quarterfinals with an aggregate score of 4-4 but with the advantage of away goals.
Juventus came to dominate the game, but were quickly absorbed by the defensive strategy of the FC Porto and rapid counterattacks.
The Portuguese club scored first, through Sérgio Oliveira, converting a penalty that reassured the Barça team. But the Juventus he woke up in the second half, thanks to the inspiration of Chiesa, who scored by turning the game around.
Playing with one less, by expulsion of Taremi, the FC Porto managed to reach extra time without conceding goals. Sergio Oliveira’s free kick left the score 2-2 and almost guaranteed the passport to the quarterfinals of the Champions. Even so, Juventus scored shortly after leaving the score 3-2, an insufficient result for the Italians’ party and Cristiano Ronaldo.
ITALIAN PRESS DOES NOT FORGIVE
It was inevitable. The elimination of the Juventus in another frustrating fall of the Turin team and its star footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. Portuguese is the front page of the three main sports newspapers in Italy after elimination before the FC Porto, he was criticized for his performance in both games against the Portuguese. His continuity in the team from next season was put in check.
The newspaper Corriere dello Sport was the hardest. On the front page, he headlined that Juve was “betrayed by Ronaldo”.
Gazzetta dello Sport gave the Portuguese striker a rating of 4.5. He pointed the fall as a new ‘disaster’ and recalled the eliminations for Ajax in 2019 and Lyon last year.
Tuttosport, who is from Turin, remarked that The club is experiencing a “disappointment” with Cristiano and emphasized: “Not like that!”
CR7 finished the current edition of the Champions League with four goals scored, the same amount as last season. In 2018/19, he scored six in his first year at the Juventus. In his nine years at Real Madrid, he only finished with no more than 10 goals in the first two seasons. His personal average was almost 12 goals per edition.
In the middle of the financial crisis, Juve calmly analyzes the permanence of Cristiano Ronaldo in the club. This situation was a topic in the Italian press after the elimination before the Porto. The Portuguese player receives about 31 million euros (36 million 834 thousand dollars) a year. It is a great weight for a club that had a loss of more than 109 million euros in the first half of the season alone.
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