Ajax, Lyon, FC Porto.
The list of teams deemed weaker than Juventus on paper and yet falling from the Old Lady in the round of 16 of the Champions League begins to grow.
This Tuesday, the Piedmonts won (3-2), but could not avoid elimination.
The reigning Italian champions must bow to the Dragoes over all of the two encounters.
Heroic double scorer on Wednesday, Sergio Oliveira was able to take advantage of a very crumbly bianconero wall to score the winning goal from a free kick.
Like Cristiano Ronaldo who turns as the ball arrives.
An attitude that Fabio Capello points out.
“He jumps and turns in the wall.
Whoever is in the wall cannot be afraid to take the ball.
It's an unforgivable mistake, he has no excuse, ”commented the former coach of Milan and Juve at the microphone of
Sky Italia
.
Capello is not the only one to blame the Portuguese star.
If he is guilty of turning around on the goal of qualifying Sergio Oliveira, the five-time golden ball delivered a very dull overall performance on Wednesday.
"Ronaldo disappoints", could one read in the
Gazzetta dello Sport
this morning.
The Italian daily gives him a score of 4.5 / 10, the worst of his team.
The
Corriere dello Sport
goes even further by writing in A "Betrayed by Ronaldo".
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A threatened coach?
Not the only one to be targeted by the critics, yet it is the coach of this team who is drawing the wrath of the Italian press.
Compared to Sarri, eliminated by OL in the round of 16 in August 2020, Andrea Pirlo takes it for his grade.
“Pirlo, the unfinished”, can we read in the
Corriere dello Sport
while the
Gazzetta
speaks of “another disaster”.
If Sarri had been removed from his duties after the elimination against the Rhone, Andrea Pirlo said he did not feel threatened on Tuesday evening.
“I don't know if Maurizio Sarri was replaced last season because of the elimination, I continue to work on a larger project.
This is only the first year of this new project, ”said the Italian technician.
However, the future of Juve seems "full of uncertainties", as the
Gazzetta
writes
.
"We will have to bounce back by forgetting the match," Pirlo whispered at
Sky Sport's
microphone
.
"A great sadness, a great bitterness".
The words chosen by Federico Chiesa are indicative of the trauma of Juventus.
The Turin double scorer says he wants "to think about the championship and the Italian Cup final (in May, against Atalanta)".
Again, not sure that Juve can do better.
Relegated to ten lengths of Inter, leader, Pirlo's men will have to whip to hope to catch up.
Questioned at the end of the match by
Sky Sport
, Matthijs De Ligt did not hide his concern after this setback.
“This elimination changes a lot of things, affirms the Dutch defender after the meeting.
Going out in March is too early for us ”.
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