Ronaldo fires Juve into Champions League quarter-finals
Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring the third goal to complete his hat-trick against Atletico Madrid, March 12, 2019. ― Reuters pic
Diego Simeone's Atletico were a shadow of the team who had run riot in the first leg in Madrid, and crashed out of the tournament they had been hoping to win in their own Wanda Metropolitano Stadium on June 1. Juventus signed 34-year-old Ronaldo last summer from Real Madrid for 100 million euros in order to make the difference on the continent for the Italian champions, who have not won the Champions League since 1996 and have finished runners-up twice in the past four season.
But a VAR review confirmed Ronaldo had fouled goalkeeper Jan Oblak in a scramble on front of goal before defender Chiellini had finished off. A Chiellini header from a Miralem Pjanic corner was cleared by Oblak, before Alvaro Morata missed a chance for an away goal before the break when he shook off Leonardo Bonucci only to head over.
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