Juve is out! Yet again. And even superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who remained without a goal, could not prevent it. On Tuesday evening, Juventus Turin and FC Porto fought for a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. With a good outcome for the Portuguese.
After a 2-1 win in Turin, FC Porto continued with a 2-3 defeat in the second leg thanks to the away goals rule.
Ronaldo and the Champions League have stopped working since he moved from Real Madrid to Turin in 2018. With Real there was record after record, with Juve one end after the next.
Champions League again a disappointment for Ronaldo and Juventus
After losing the first leg, the old lady had to score a clear victory over the dragons to advance to the quarter-finals. It looked the same for the first five minutes of the game.
But the Portuguese took the lead early 1-0 (19th). Juve fought their way back thanks to a Chiesa brace (49th, 63rd) to take the 2-1 lead, but that didn’t bring them any further. And that despite a yellow-red card for Porto striker Mehdi Taremi (54th). For Ronaldo and Co. it went into overtime.
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Despite the majority, Porto got off to a better start and equalized 2-2! A direct free kick from Sérgio Oliveira came through a weak, broken wall. And that at the point where the CR7 was positioned!
England legend Rio Ferdinand (42) described the situation at “BT Sport”: “All three players in the wall were to blame – they turned around and jumped out of the way. The whole thing was a catalog of errors. “
Ex-Juve coach Fabio Capello also criticized the five-time world footballer for his behavior in the wall: “That was an unforgivable mistake. In my time they chose the players for the wall who are not afraid of the ball. “
For the “Corriere dello Sport” “Juve was betrayed by Ronaldo. The nightmare will come true again. The Champions League is bewitched for Turin. “
Juventus is eliminated early in the Champions League
A big blow for Juve coach Pirlo in his first season with the team. Now two more goals had to be found. The extra time became more and more of a nerve game. Adrien Rabiot scored again for Turin in the 117th minute, but the 3-2 was not enough for Juve.
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After his five triumphs so far in the premier class with Manchester United and Real Madrid, it now seems that the Italian record champions are no longer working for Ronaldo.
His first season ended in the quarter-finals against Ajax Amsterdam. The following season there was an end in the round of 16 against Olympique Lyon. And now again!
“Another disaster,” wrote the “Gazzetta dello Sport”, “despite an investment of 348 million euros. The worst Ronaldo of all time will be used against Porto. “
Juve are subject to Porto by away goals rule in the Champions League
“We made four mistakes in both games and that is a lot in the Champions League round of 16,” said Ronaldo’s coach Andrea Pirlo.
It is terrible to be eliminated like that, “after we played with a man outnumbered for most of the game,” said Matthijs de Ligt after the 3-2 win. “Porto got off to a good start, then we started playing. We did well in the second half but we weren’t able to win, ”said de Ligt.
Thanks to the two goals scored, the defeat was enough for Porto to advance. “We showed a lot of character today. The players were focused and that made it easy for us, ”said Porto defender Pepe, who had played for Real with Ronaldo for a long time.
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