Juventus hope Cristiano Ronaldo, who signed a contract with Real Madrid last summer for about 100 million euros, will pay off the day when he hosts Atletico Madrid in the second leg of the Champions League.
"We did not expect to lose 2-0, but anything can happen," he said in an interview with the club's television on the eve of the upcoming meeting with Argentina's Diego Simone. "We want to respond best to our home and to our fans." The Portuguese, who led Real to the continental title in the last three seasons, said they were "amazing, spectacular evenings, the Champions League evenings." The team is confident of a great match, and I, too. To the fans I say: Think positively, believe. Get ready to go back! "
At the end of the evening of 20 February, the Spanish club managed to snatch their goals in the final minutes thanks to Uruguayan defenders Jose Maria Jimenez 78 and Diego Godin, 83).
Atletico deserved a victory from the encounter, hitting the crossbar, and VAR intervened to cancel the referee's decision to give him a penalty in the first half and then cancel a goal for former Juventus striker Alvaro Morata last month to Argentina's Diego Simonei from Chelsea English.
Despite the advantage of the two goals, the French striker to Atletico Antoine Grazman warned that "there is still a return match that will be similar to this match. "We knew it would be a big game," he told RMS Sport. "The public was behind us and supported us at a very difficult moment. We tried to attack without leaving behind a lot of space. "
Juventus are counting on Ronaldo, who ousted him from the quarter-finals last season by scoring a double in Turin, leading Real to a 3-0 win, and then scoring in the knockout time (Real Madrid lost 1-3) What the Portuguese star achieved in April 2016 when he scored a trio about the loss of his team back against the German Wolfsburg 2-0.
The return from far away is unlikely to be for Juventus, having already achieved eight times in the Champions League, including in the quarter-finals of the 1996 edition against Real Madrid on their way to the second and final title.
For the Corriere dello Sport, the CR7 is here with Juventus for a match that Cristiano Ronaldo can not miss.
"He did not sign for a league title or boost sales, Juventus are waiting for years of disappointment," he said, referring to his five-year losing streak since his last career in 1996, including two in the last four years against Spain and Barcelona.
In the first leg, Ronaldo's return to the capital Madrid was not a success, after leaving last summer after 10 seasons with Real Madrid, as he was absent at the meeting, and did not register his presence only one chance from a free kick, and then in the first half.
After coach Massimiliano Alegre was sent off with a number of stars in the league game against Udinese on Wednesday, Ronaldo hopes to put on Tuesday the level that made him the five-time continental title holder with 121 goals, including 57 goals.
After finishing the last six seasons as the top scorer in the competition, Ronaldo came to the net only once this season.
Manchester City hopes not to repeat mistakes go
Manchester City will meet at home to Schalke 04 in the second leg of the match, taking into account the lack of repetition of errors in the go, after turning the back of 10 players from 1-2 to a thrilling 3-2, while coach coach Domenico Tedesco The last chance to save himself from dismissal.
City coach Josep Guardiola sums up his side's injury at the Veltnes Arena in Gelsenkirchen to a 14th-placed team at the Bundesliga. He said Schalke's two goals from Algerian international Nabil Ben Talib were two penalties and his international defender Nicolas Ottamende was " We gave them the first penalty kick and the second penalty kick. "