Criticism of the Juventus after falling in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League against Porto, they remain intense
Former Vecchia Signora president Giovanni Cobolli shot Cristiano Ronaldo, who could not play the same role in Turin as in Real Madrid.
For the former president, who was in charge of the Italian club between 2006 and 2009, lthe arrival of the Portuguese in the squad meant a ‘financial madness’ that Juventus could not afford.
“Hiring Cristiano Ronaldo was an absolute mistake. I said it from day one. He’s a great player, a champion, but too expensive. Now everything is in the hands of Juventus, who pays him a million euros for every goal.” Cobolli fired, which softened the criticism of Andrea Pirlo, the team’s coach.
Can’t blame Pirlo. Andrea Agnelli [actual presidente] He took a lot of risks and no longer loved Maurizio Sarri. He accepted it because it was the choice of Paratici and Nedved [directores de equipo]
Since signing Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018, Juventus has never progressed beyond the quarter-finals, which reached the 2018/19 season, and it fell to the surprising Ajax.
Ronaldo scored no goals in both the first leg and the return game against Porto. That hadn’t happened in the Champions League knockout stages since 2017-18, when he was still playing for Real Madrid and was left blank in both matches against Bayern in that year’s semifinals.
If you add up the matches he has played with Juve in the Champions League so far, CR7 has scored 14 goals so far. In his last Champions League season with Real, he scored 15.