Ronaldo's return vital to Juventus's Champions League success
Ronaldo hasn't played for Juve since scoring the sensational hat-trick that saw the Serie A leaders come back from a 2-0 first-leg deficit to knock out Atletico Madrid last month. — Reuters pic
He was rested in the subsequent 2-0 league defeat at Genoa and then picked up a thigh injury on international duty with Portugal two weeks ago. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner joined his teammates for training on Monday and is expected to travel with the team to the Netherlands. “I really think he'll be called up, after that we'll see if he plays from the first minute or if he will come on later. The coach will decide.”
The Italian champions were beaten finalists in 2015 and 2017, with Ronaldo on target for Real Madrid in the latter.
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