It was possible to see the parallel to Cristiano Ronaldo’s show‑stopping overhead kick for Real in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final, first-leg win against Juventus in Turin. That was in November, after the Champions League group phase loss at Tottenham, which had come on the back of a league defeat at Girona. Max Allegri’s team also had a score to settle from last season’s Champions League final, when Real had beaten them 4-1. Ronaldo lifted himself and his team to a higher plane and, in the process, he forced Juventus to their knees. No player has scored more Champions League goals than Ronaldo (119) and no player has won the competition in its current branding more times than him (four).

Source: The Guardian April 04, 2018 11:51 UTC