On his departure from Real Madrid, the Portuguese striker could not get further than the quarter-finals of the Champions League with Juventus
MEXICO. – Juventus’ elimination from the Champions League was not the first since it had Cristiano Ronaldo in its ranks. The pair formed three years ago have failed to transcend the continental tournament and again fell from direct elimination initially, now by Porto.
In three years that it had the Portuguese striker, the Italian team has been eliminated three times, including this Tuesday at the expense of Porto.
In the 2018/19 season, Juventus was out in the eighth finals against Ajax; in the next edition (19-20) he also stumbled, but now in the round of 16 against Lyon. The two teams that eliminated the Italian team stayed in the semi-finals, not even falling to the finalist or champion of the tournament. The competitiveness of the Serie A multi-champion fell to the continental level.
Today, Juve was eliminated in the second round, after playing with one element for more than an hour, in the 2020-2021 season. The Italian squad was in attendance, except that one of the best players in the world, like Cristiano, fell short of expectations when the Portuguese arrived.