Cristiano
Ronaldo on Tuesday said he was proud of his Champions League heroics against
Atletico Madrid in Turin, adding that performances such as these were the
reason Juventus signed him from Real Madrid.
The News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, including two headers
and a late penalty as Juventus stormed back from a 2-0 first leg deficit to
beat Atletico Madrid 3-0 in the return and reach the Champions League
quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Ronaldo delivered
the eight champions league treble of his remarkable career when such a
contribution was needed most.
He had been
snapped up by Juventus from Real Madrid in the summer of 2018, with the
34-year-old a five-time Ballon d’Or winner and European champion.
With Atletico
packing their defence, Ronaldo made the crucial breakthrough in the 27th minute
when he rose to head in Federico Bernardeschi’s cross at the far post.
The 34-year-old
levelled the aggregate scores in the last-16 clash three minutes after halftime
with another towering header, this time from Joao Cancelo’s cross.
With four minutes
left, Bernardeschi powered into the Atletico area, was pushed in the back by
Angel Correa and Ronaldo blasted home the penalty to send the entire Turin fans
into frenzy.
After keeping his
current club on course to help him add to that enviable haul of honours,
Ronaldo said in his post-match comment: “It had to be a really special night
and it was.
“If we continue
like this, we have not won yet but we have reasons to be proud and we are on
the right way.
“That’s why Juve
signed me and I tried to do my best job.
“It’s a magical
night. It was a very difficult team to play but we showed that we were a very
big team. We proceed step by step, we will see.’’
Juventus are now
into the last eight and can look forward in anticipation to the quarter-final
draw on Friday.
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