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The Champions League remains a competition of disappointment for Cristiano Ronaldo during his time at Juventus Turin.
After a total of five triumphs with Manchester United and Real Madrid, the superstar retired with the Italian record champions for the third time since moving from Madrid early in the knockout phase.
After his move in the summer of 2018, the Turin team were eliminated in the quarter-finals against Ajax Amsterdam, last season they were eliminated in the round of 16 against Olympique Lyon - now the round of 16 against FC Porto was over again.
And that despite the fact that in the end there was an excess of more than an hour.
"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 was terrible to be eliminated “after we played with a man outnumbered for most of the game,” said Juves defender Matthijs de Ligt after the 3-2 win after extra time on Tuesday evening in Turin, who lost 2-1 in the first leg and the away goals rule for the guests from Porto to advance.
“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.
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In the second leg, Ronaldo and his team fell behind with a penalty from Sérgio Oliveira in the 19th minute.
Federico Chiesa made it 2-1 with a brace (49th, 63rd).
In extra time Oliveira (115th) equalized with his second goal for the strong Portuguese, who couldn't be beaten by a yellow-red card against Mehdi Taremi in the 54th minute.
Capello sharply criticizes Cristiano Ronaldo
Adrien Rabiot's Juve goal in the 117th minute made the final minutes of the game a nerve-racking game, with Porto as the lucky losers in the end.
“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.
Ronaldo is now seen in Italy as the main culprit for the end.
The 36-year-old Portuguese has been severely criticized for not setting any accents apart from a template for Chiesa and not showing a happy figure at Porto's free-kick goal from Oliveira.
Cristiano Ronaldo in the second leg against FC Porto
Source: dpa / Luca Bruno
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The Italian newspaper “Corriere dello Sport” even ran the headline: “Cheated by Ronaldo.” As the most prominent expert, the former Turin coach Fabio Capello sharply criticized the world star on “Sky Sport Italia”.
“Cristiano Ronaldo jumps and turns around in the wall.
If you are in the wall, you must not be afraid of being hit by the ball.
It's an unforgivable mistake that has no excuse, ”he said.
After the disgrace in the Champions League, the Italian specialist newspaper “Gazzetta dello Sport” has now even questioned Ronaldo's sporting value for Juve.
“He was crucial for Ferguson
(during Ronaldo's stint at Manchester United, the editorial team)
, Ancelotti and Zidane
(during Ronaldo's era at Real Madrid, the editorial team)
, but not for Juve coach Pirlo.
He had the header of his life on Cuadrado's assist but he missed it.
The bottom line is that he didn't have the decisive action.
His mission was Europe and it failed.
There cannot be such a Ronaldo.
Nervous, imprecise, guilty of the free kick goal.
Was it the last Champions League with Juve? "
There is now speculation in Italy that his contract, which ends next year, will not be renewed.
The assumption is fed by the rather lax attitude of Turin's sporting director Fabio Paratici.
When asked about the offensive player, he said: “Ronaldo?
Luckily we have a year left and we have time to speak to him if necessary.
His contract extension is not on the agenda now. "
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