▲ Ronaldo Silence Juventus loses the UEFA Champions League round of 16 to Porto despite a numerical advantage ▲ Ajax-Lyon and Porto collapse after failing to maintain a full-time advantage ▲ No goal in Porto 2nd straight Ronaldo Ronaldo scoreless for the first time since Manchester United
[골닷컴] Reporter Park Moon-soo = This is an unusual situation. Despite their numerical advantage and home game advantage, Juventus lost to Porto and made it to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. Ace Ronaldo was silent and couldn’t turn the game over. He won 3-2 with a multi-goal Kiesa, but was pushed back from the away goal.
Juventus won 3-2 after an extended battle against Porto in the ‘2020/2021 season UEFA Champions League round 2 home game’ held at the’Juventus Stadium’ at dawn on the 10th (Korean time). However, according to the away-going multi-point rule, Juventus failed to advance to the quarter-finals even with a final score of 4-4 to Porto.
Starting with the 2018/2019 season Ajax Amsterdam, last season in Olympiad Lyon and this season in Porto, Juventus collapsed by teams outside of the five major leagues. For reference, this is the first time that Porto has advanced to the top tournament by pushing Juventus out.
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Juventus’ only comfort was one of Chiesa. For the first time since Alessandro Del Piero in the 2008/2009 season, he scored a multi-goal in one UEFA Champions League match in 12 seasons, and the first Italian player in Juventus since Filippo Inzagi in the 1998/1999 UEFA Champions League tournament multi-goal. I became the main character.
Unfortunately, the rest of the players except Kiesa did not meet expectations. The result of that return was the elimination of the UEFA Champions League round of 16.
Ronaldo, the most anticipated, was also silent. I assisted Kiesa to score first, but that was all. Before the match, Pirlo mentioned that’this match is for Ronaldo’, but it did not meet expectations.
Overall, the body itself was heavy. Ronaldo was a weapon of excellent self-management, but he was dead. The breakthrough, of course, was not reached.
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Ronaldo was the only player to play a role in Juventus’ UEFA Champions League tournaments over the past two seasons, but this time it wasn’t. A hat-trick against Atletico made a miracle comeback, and Ronaldo played a role in Ajax against Lyon last season, but Juventus didn’t. Ronaldo didn’t do this this time, and Juventus didn’t.
In the end, Ronaldo was silent for two games in a row and received a disappointing report card for Juventus’ third UEFA Champions League. Above all, the tournament is scoreless. Ronaldo’s score in the UEFA Champions League tournament, which continued for 15 consecutive seasons, also marked a period. This is the first time Ronaldo has scored a goal in a UEFA Champions League tournament since Manchester United.
From the 2006/2007 season to AS Roma in the quarterfinals to the last season’s round of 16 against Olympiad Lyon, Ronaldo played 67 goals in 77 games only in the UEFA Champions League tournament stage, but not this season.
The primary problem was Pirlo’s colorless and odorless tactical operation. The gamble of choosing a novice manager Pirlo eventually turned into a handshake. It was frustrating throughout the first half, and only then began to show off when Porto was outnumbered in the second half. Even that couldn’t take advantage of the opportunity to run away due to the lack of determination.
As reliance on Ronaldo increased, Ronaldo also appeared to be depleted. Starting with the 10th round of Torino, and until the 25th round of Spezia, he missed the time to save his stamina by being replaced in the second half of the Lazio game, which seemed in need of a break. It was Ronaldo, who had been running relentlessly since last December, including two copa Italy matches against Inter Milan, excluding Spal, which was excluded from the starting list.