Paris (AFP)
Idol of Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo returns with Juventus to his native country to challenge the "Dragons" of FC Porto, Wednesday in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League, while Erling Braut Haaland resumes in Seville his goal hunt with Dortmund .
At 36, Ronaldo will play his first match with the shirt of the "Old Lady" on his back against a team from his country.
When he last came to C1 at Dragon Stadium, in April 2009, “CR7” offered Manchester United qualification for the semi-finals.
The star of the Seleção will find FC Porto which is idling.
The team led by Sergio Conceiçao remains on four draws, the last of which this weekend against the poorly classified Boavista (2-2) who led by two goals at the break ...
Juventus have not won their last two matches either, but the defeat (1-0) on Saturday in Naples owes more to the talent and efficiency of his opponent, than to a real slack.
And the Italian team can bet on its "Mr. Champions League".
Ronaldo, top scorer and decisive assist in European Cup history, already has four goals in four matches this season in the premier competition.
In this little game, the Norwegian nugget Haaland did even better.
The 20-year-old Borussia Dortmund striker has scored no less than six goals in four C1 games!
Badly embarked in the league and already turned towards the next season with the announcement Monday of the arrival this summer of the coach of Mönchengladbach Marco Rose, the current sixth of the Bundesliga goes to a Sevilla FC team which is marching on the water currently, with nine straight wins.
The club, coached by Julen Lopetegui, has strengthened this winter with the arrival of Alejandro "Papu" Gomez, emblematic former playmaker of Atalanta Bergamo.
The round of 16 first leg stretch until February 24, with in particular the trip of the defending champion, Bayern Munich, to Lazio Rome on the 23.
Wednesday February 17 (return March 9):
(20h00 GMT) FC Porto (POR) - Juventus Turin (ITA)
Sevilla FC (ESP) - Borussia Dortmund (GER)
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