Criticisms of the Juventus after falling in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Porto are still intense
Former president of the Vecchia Signora, Giovanni Cobolli, fired at Cristiano Ronaldo, who could not play the same role in Turin as in Real Madrid.
For the former president, who was in charge of the Italian club between 2006 and 2009, lthe arrival of the Portuguese in the squad represented a ‘financial madness’ that Juve could not afford.
“Hiring Cristiano Ronaldo was an absolute mistake. I said it from day one. He is a great player, a champion, but too expensive. Now everything is in the hands of Juventus, who pay him one million euros for every goal.” , shot Cobolli, who softened criticism against Andrea Pirlo, the team’s coach.
“I can’t blame Pirlo. Andrea Agnelli [actual presidente] he took many risks and no longer wanted Maurizio Sarri. He accepted because it was the choice of Paratici and Nedved [directores de equipo]”.
Since signing Cristiano Ronaldo in 2018, Juventus have not made it past the quarter-finals, which reached the 2018/19 season, falling to the stunning Ajax.
Ronaldo did not score goals in the first leg or the return leg against Porto. This had not happened in the round of 16 of the Champions League since 2017/18, when he was still playing for Real Madrid and was left blank in both games against Bayern, in this year’s semi-final.
Adding the matches he has played in the Champions League with Juve to date, CR7 has scored 14 goals so far. In his last season of Champions with the Real one, it wrote down 15.