The extraordinary performance that Cristiano Ronaldo showed when helping Juventus get rid of Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League made him praised as high as the sky by Diego Maradona.
Losing 0-2 in the first leg, Juventus certainly appeared all-out when turned to host in the second leg. The Bianconeri were lucky to have a player of the caliber of Ronaldo.
Ronaldo successfully scored three goals against Jan Oblak, each two through a header and one goal from the penalty execution. CR7 also successfully brought La Vecchia Signora to the quarter-finals phase.
Ronaldo and Messi
Ronaldo and Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi always compete at the highest level. But now Maradona indicates that Ronaldo is indeed in a different class.
“There are some players who get the touch of a wand. The reality is that we Argentinians proud of Messi are Argentinians not playing for Spain,” Maradona was quoted as saying by Marca.
“But the others are monsters. Ronaldo is pure power and now he is also a wizard. He said that he would score three goals and he scored three goals,” he added.
Champions League Specialists
Juventus have big ambitions to become European rulers by winning the Champions League title. For the sake of this ambition, Juve bought Ronaldo from Real Madrid at the start of the 2018/19 season. The right decision.
Because, Ronaldo is very familiar with the Champions League. The 34-year-old player already has five Champions League titles. Ronaldo also noted that he always brought his team through to the quarter-finals of the previous 2010/11 season, including success at Juventus.
