Juventus 0-3 Real Madrid: Ronaldo double has semifinal in sight

Juventus 0-3 Real Madrid: Ronaldo double has semifinal in sight

Una acción del partido entre la Juventus y el Real Madrid de este martes disputado en Turín
Una acción del partido entre la Juventus y el Real Madrid de este martes disputado en Turín | sport

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Madrid hammered the Italians

Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning bicycle kick as Real Madrid beat Juventus 3-0 in Turin to edge towards another Champions League semifinal. 

MATCH FACTS
Champions League · Cuartos (ida)

JUV

0 ________________ 3

RMA

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Juventus FC

Buffon (c); De Sciglio, Barzagli, Chiellini, Asamoah (Mandzukic, m. 69); Khedira (Cuadrado, m. 75), Betancur; Douglas Costa (Matuidi, m. 69), Dybala, Alex Sandro; e Higuaín.

Real Madrid CF

Keylor Navas; Carvajal, Sergio Ramos (c), Varane, Marcelo; Modric (Kovacic, m. 82), Kroos, Casemiro, Isco (Asensio, m. 75); Benzema (Lucas Vázquez, m. 59) y Cristiano Ronaldo.

Goles

0-1, m. 3: Cristiano Ronaldo. 0-2, m. 64: Cristiano Ronaldo. 0-3, m. 72: Marcelo.

Árbitro

Cünyet Çakir (Turquía). Mostró tarjetas amarillas a Betancur (m. 26) por derribar a Casemiro por detrás, a Dybala (m. 45) por simular un penalti ante Casemiro (que sí le tocó con la pierna izquierda), a Sergio Ramos (m. 55) por derribar a Dybala sobre la frontal, a Dybala (m. 66) por una patada a Carvajal en el estómago y a Kovacic (m. 88) por derribar a Higuaín. Expulsó a Dybala (m. 66) por doble amarilla.

Incidencias

Partido correspondiente a los cuartos de final, ida, de la Champions League 2017-18 disputado en el Juventus Stadium ante unos 40.000 espectadores.

Ronaldo opened the scoring for the European champions in the third minute in Italy after good work from Isco but saved his masterpiece for the second half. 

After Lucas Vazquez’s shot was saved, Dani Carvajal crossed the ball back into the box and Ronaldo seemed to hang in the air for ever before executing a brilliant acrobatic kick to send the ball back past the stagnant Gianluigi Buffon. 

So good was Ronaldo’s goal that it even brought a standing ovation from the home supporters. 

Paulo Dybala was then sent off as Juve crumbled in the rain, evoking memories of last season’s final, which Madrid won 4-1 in Cardiff. 

There was still time for a third goal, too, with Marcelo latching onto Ronaldo’s pass, rounding Buffon and slotting home. 

Buffon did deny Ronaldo hat-trick, saving late on from the Portugal forward, but Juve did little to stop Madrid’s charge towards a third consecutive Champions League trophy. 

The second leg is to come next week at the Santiago Bernabeu but even the most die-hard Juve fan will struggle to get excited for that one. 

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