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With trumpets and fanfare, Cristiano Ronaldo was greeted as a savior in Turin in 2018 when he left Real Madrid after three Champions League titles in a row. With the Portuguese, it should finally work again to lift the knob, it was the great illusion and conviction at Juventus.
And now that: like last year, the last sixteen is the end of the line. Ronaldo and company fail after losing 2-1 in the first leg despite a 3-2 win against the tenacious Portuguese Porto, and due to their own shortcomings!
A wall like Emmental cheese
The decisive goal in the 115th minute, which ultimately led Porto to the quarter-finals, was by no means imperative. Sergio Oliveira (28) shoots a free kick from about 30 meters flat through the wall and into the net at the bottom left.
Wall? More like a leaky Emmental cheese! The three of Álvaro Morata, Ronaldo and Adrien Rabiot turn around, spread their legs, seem to be afraid of the ball and let the shot flow miserably: Juventus is out, Porto is in a state of joy.
Streller: “I would go crazy!”
For this scene there are critics from all sides. In the “Blue” studio, for example, ex-Nati forward Marco Streller (39) can’t believe it, he shakes his head in disbelief: “So this wall… I’d go crazy as a goalkeeper! You just have to stay still, then nothing will happen here. And Ronaldo jumps and spins … no, you just have to look at these photos! We both had Christian Gross as coach, Mladen Petric and myself. We would have seen such a scene the next day, Mladen, you don’t know how often. Holes in the wall, that is … phew! “
While Petric also takes into account Juve goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny – “he can’t be called innocent, the shot wasn’t that strong” – superstar Ronaldo in particular has to put up with a lot. At the net, CR7 is ridiculed, his pose of joy with his legs spread is just an exercise to be able to let the ball go through the wall.
Capello: “This wall is really scared”
“Sky Italia” expert Fabio Capello (74), who played 165 games for Juventus himself, harshly criticized Ronaldo: “This mistake is unforgivable! In my time, players were specially selected for the wall. And you couldn’t take anyone who was afraid of the ball. This wall here is very afraid of the ball and jumps, turning its back on it. That is unforgivable. ”
Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand, himself a 2008 Champions League winner, says outraged: “The three on the wall are doing it wrong, turning their backs and jumping. That’s quite a catalog of mistakes. “Former Tottenham player Jamie O’Hara (34) says:” Pirlo will be furious because Ronaldo is completely insane! The ball goes through his legs, so Szczesny has no chance. You don’t want to see that from your best player. You have to be able to trust your wall to get the job done. ”
Pirlo: “You didn’t feel the danger”
Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo (41) tries to contain his anger after the game as usual: “We are already selecting the players who stand on the barrier. That had never happened before, they walked away, maybe they thought it was so far away and they didn’t feel the danger. This is a mistake, otherwise it will not happen. The players thought it was probably not a dangerous situation and that’s why we conceded a goal. “
And so, Juventus comes out of the queen category again. Also because Ronaldo is having an unusually weak day. It practically achieves nothing. Now it strongly smells of the turmoil of the Italian record champions (36 titles). The discussion about coaching has even been launched. Because even in the championship, after nine “Scudetti” in a row, it seems that the championship title will have to be left in the hands of a Milan club. And that is what particularly hurts the Turin fans. (wst)
Posted: 03/10/2021, 35 minutes ago
