The Portuguese star couldn’t stand it when Sergio Oliveira’s free kick went through his legs and overtook Wojciech Szczesny in overtime.
Cristiano Ronaldo was accused of turning his back on the wall after Porto’s decisive free-kick when Juventus fell from the Champions League on Tuesday.
Porto, with ten players, guaranteed a great turnaround in the round of 16, losing the second leg 3-2 in Turin after extra time, but advancing through the away goals with an aggregate result of 4-4.
The decisive moment of the tie came just five minutes from the end of the second half of extra time, with a free kick by Sergio Oliveira who went over the Juve barrier and passed over goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.
What happened at Tuesday’s game?
After winning the first leg 2-1 at home, Porto scored a huge away goal in the 19th minute, when Oliveira’s penalty made it 3-1 in the aggregate result.
But Juve struck back through Federico Chiesa, who scored two goals in the second half on both sides of a second yellow card for Porto’s Mehdi Taremi.
Despite being a man, Juve couldn’t find a winner and Oliveira’s second goal came when Juve’s wall disintegrated – with Ronaldo guilty of turning his back and lifting his leg, allowing the ball to pass through his legs.
Adrien Rabiot’s late goal was just a consolation, as Juve was eliminated from the competition, ensuring that Ronaldo’s wait for European glory with the Italian team will continue.
What was said on social media?
“Ronaldo would not let that happen”, a constant phrase that you hear when Messi and Barça were eliminated by teams like Liverpool and Bayern. But if that were true, why was Ronaldo expelled by Ajax, Lyon and now Porto for the past 3 years? How did he let that happen?
– J. (@MessiIizer) March 9, 2021
Ronaldo will take the blame for not being strong on the wall, but the real villain is Juventus who didn’t create a single chance for him in 210 minutes of football
– Filipe Orlando (@MrFilipeOrlando) March 9, 2021
Porto surely tightens it. We finally found something that Ronaldo can’t do: stand on a wall. Damn, Juve scored again. 4-4 and Porto lead with away goals. Bonkers game.
– Gary Lineker 💙 (@GaryLineker) March 9, 2021
Ronaldo on the wall #JUVPOR pic.twitter.com/c0QPGlBiDX
– Adrian Durham (@talkSPORTDrive) March 9, 2021
🗣: Juve in both games scored many goals for their own mistakes. The penalty was a gift from Demiral, but the worst is that of Ronaldo on the wall, it is an unforgivable mistake.
[Fabio Capello]
– Bianconeri Zone (@BianconeriZone) March 9, 2021
Jamie Carragher putting the best on CBS now – “This is a Ronaldo high school thing”.
The entire wall is not covered in glory here, but mainly Ronaldo who doesn’t even look at the ball. Little things make the difference in these knockout tournaments. pic.twitter.com/6mUiQNN1o3
– EiF (@EiFSoccer) March 9, 2021