RONALDO HAT-TRICK SEALS AN ECSTATIC FIGHTBACK AS JUVENTUS DEFEAT ATLETICO MADRID 3-2 ON AGGREGATE
Cristiano Ronaldo Scores Sensational Hat-trick As Juventus produce A Stunning Champions League Comeback, Winning 3-0 At Home Against Atletico Madrid To Progress To Quarter Final Of UEFA Champions League 3-2 On Aggregate.
The Italian Serie A giants, Juventus were many people's favorites to win the Champions League following the world record signing of the 33-years old world class player — Cristiano Ronaldo. But they were in great danger of being knocked out at the round of 16 stage. The Italian Champion were given a nightmare draw as they were paired to play Atletico Madrid in the first knock-out.
Diego Simeone's side are known for being one of the most defensively efficient team in football and that was on show as Max Allgri's side were beaten two nil in Madrid in their first leg encounter, with late goals from Jose Maria Gimenez and Diego Gordon giving the Spaniards the edge going into the second leg in Turin.
JUVE started the game well-prepared in a quest to prove a point. A VAR review denied Juve a fourth minutes opener, but Ronaldo's first header of the game as he towered over Juanfran to give juventus the lead in the 27th minutes to give his side hope. Ronaldo then made it a duo of headers in the second-half. The Portuguese talisman met Joao Cancelo's cross and powered a header towards goal. It seems as if Jan Oblak had produced a wonder save as he clawed the ball away, but goal-line technology showed the ball had just gone over the line.
Federico Bernardeschi drives into the penalty area and was brought down by Angel Correa, Ronaldo stepped up with four minutes to go to convert the spot-kick pass Oblak and down Atletico Madrid yet again sealing a remarkable comeback.
Ronaldo has now scored fifty-two career hat-tricks and eight Champions League hat-tricks. He has however, scored twenty-five goals and four hat-tricks against Atletico Madrid in his career with the former Real Madrid forward treble on Tuesday night denying his old club city rivals the chance to play in this season's final at their Wanda Metropolitano home.
The Italian Serie A giants, Juventus were many people's favorites to win the Champions League following the world record signing of the 33-years old world class player — Cristiano Ronaldo. But they were in great danger of being knocked out at the round of 16 stage. The Italian Champion were given a nightmare draw as they were paired to play Atletico Madrid in the first knock-out.
Diego Simeone's side are known for being one of the most defensively efficient team in football and that was on show as Max Allgri's side were beaten two nil in Madrid in their first leg encounter, with late goals from Jose Maria Gimenez and Diego Gordon giving the Spaniards the edge going into the second leg in Turin.
JUVE started the game well-prepared in a quest to prove a point. A VAR review denied Juve a fourth minutes opener, but Ronaldo's first header of the game as he towered over Juanfran to give juventus the lead in the 27th minutes to give his side hope. Ronaldo then made it a duo of headers in the second-half. The Portuguese talisman met Joao Cancelo's cross and powered a header towards goal. It seems as if Jan Oblak had produced a wonder save as he clawed the ball away, but goal-line technology showed the ball had just gone over the line.
Federico Bernardeschi drives into the penalty area and was brought down by Angel Correa, Ronaldo stepped up with four minutes to go to convert the spot-kick pass Oblak and down Atletico Madrid yet again sealing a remarkable comeback.
Ronaldo has now scored fifty-two career hat-tricks and eight Champions League hat-tricks. He has however, scored twenty-five goals and four hat-tricks against Atletico Madrid in his career with the former Real Madrid forward treble on Tuesday night denying his old club city rivals the chance to play in this season's final at their Wanda Metropolitano home.
Juventus now join Manchester United, Manchester City, Ajax, Porto and Tottenham Hotspur in the quarter-final stage of the champions league. Wednesday night will see the two remaining teams decided as Liverpool travels to Bayern Munich and Barcelona host Lyon in Catalonia.
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