Cristiano Ronaldo's "unforgivable error" in extra-time against 10-man Porto in the Champions League proved decisive as Juventus was dumped out by the Portuguese side.

With the sides all-square in the 115th minute and with penalties just minutes away, Porto was awarded a free-kick 35 yards away from the Juve goal.
In a last-ditch attempt to send the Portuguese side through, Sergio Oliveira hit a speculative low shot which traveled through the legs of Ronaldo -- who had turned his back on the ball -- and squirmed past the diving Wojciech Szczęsny in goal.
That gave Porto a 4-3 lead on aggregate and although Adrien Rabiot scored for Juve, it wasn't enough for the Italian giants as Porto, who had to play for over an hour of the game, went through to the Champions League quarterfinals on away goals.
After the game, former Juve and Italy manager Fabio Capello criticized Ronaldo's part in the decisive goal, calling the turning of his back "unforgivable."
"There are single mistakes and (mistakes due to) loss of concentration on all the goals conceded," Capello said while working as a Sky Sport Italia pundit.
"Before the ball is kicked, Ronaldo has already turned: it is very serious. If you're part of the wall, you know that you can be on the receiving end of a powerful shot, it is an unforgivable mistake that is unjustifiable. In Porto there were 70 minutes not played and 20 played by Juve.
"Tonight, it conceded goals and the game was immediately uphill. Apart from Chiesa, who made the difference? All the others seemed a bit jaded, the players of Porto had much more rhythm."

A failed relationship?
The signing of Ronaldo from Real Madrid in 2018 -- at $117 million, now the sixth most expensive transfer of all time -- was meant to end Juve's long Champions League drought, but for the third year running it hasn't worked out that way.
Ronaldo and Juve have not made it past the quarterfinals, going out to Ajax, Lyon and now Porto.
Dominating Italian football -- Juve has won the last nine Serie A titles -- the Champions League just looks like a puzzle the Bianconeri is incapable of solving.
Having helped Real to four Champions League titles in five seasons, scoring in the 2014 and 2017 finals, Ronaldo was to be the missing piece in the Juventus jigsaw.
Juve last won the European football's top prize in 1996. Subsequently Juve has reached nine finals in the competition's various guises, winning just twice. It is the first club to lose seven finals. Only Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Real Madrid have played in more finals, and all three clubs have a better conversion rate, winning at least six or more titles each.

This season, with first-year manager and club legend Andrea Pirlo at the helm, performances have flattered to deceive -- and not just in Europe.
In the league, Juve sit 10 points behind leaders Inter Milan, and it lost the first leg of its round of 16 Champions League tie with Porto 2-1.
Tuesday's return leg in Turin couldn't have started any worse for Juve.
Oliveira's 19th-minute penalty extended Porto's lead after defender Merih Demiral brought down Mehdi Taremi.
But, after the halftime break, Juve looked galvanized as a brilliant double from Federico Chiesa restored parity.
After Taremi was sent off for petulantly kicking the ball away before Chiesa's second, it looked for certain that Juve would eventually progress.
However, a defensive masterclass from the 10-man Porto, led by 38-year-old Pepe, halted their opponents and took the game into extra-time.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/10/football/cristiano-ronaldo-juventus-porto-champions-league-spt-intl/index.html

una no get talk

and his fan boys are blaming the whole juve squad dt they are not up to par with cr7 performance forgetting dt the team scored 3 goals while cr7 gave porto an assit dt killed d game..

paulolee:
and his fan boys are blaming the whole juve squad dt they are not up to par with cr7 performance forgetting dt the team scored 3 goals while cr7 gave porto an assit dt killed d game..

What justifiable reason do they have to blame juve squad when they obviously made it look like CR7 do not need a good team to excel. His fanboys are hypocrites especially Beverly. They tell you how Messi had Xavi and Iniesta otherwise he wouldn't have been successful but go ahead to downplay the role Modric, Kroos & Ramos also played to make CR7 successful. Juventus made 2 UCL finals shortly before his arrival but they've not been able to past the quarter finals since his arrival.....I still maintain my stand, every great player needs a good team to be successful.

paulolee:
and his fan boys are blaming the whole juve squad dt they are not up to par with cr7 performance forgetting dt the team scored 3 goals while cr7 gave porto an assit dt killed d game..

Football is a team sport so everyone gets their fair share of criticsm. But this one na Baba fault ooo.