Juventus' Champions League elimination at the hands of Ajax was a disappointment for all at the club and especially for Cristiano Ronaldo, who had won the tournament in each of the past three seasons and who was brought to Turin to secure the trophy for the Italian champions.
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Ronaldo was visibly frustrated after his side's 2-1 home loss to Ajax in the second leg of their quarter-final.
A video has even emerged which shows the No.7 making a gesture, pointing to his backside.
This has been interpreted as meaning that Ronaldo was saying his team lacked courage.
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Vezonic22
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Why don't you leave CR7 alone? He's already upset and sad and all this will only deepen his unhappiness. Nobody takes it easily when eliminated from a tournament, not even a great number of us here commenting.
Football Fan876
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I have a confession to make. Whenever I'm bored or feeling down I just opened up AF and start reading some comments, and immediately I start laughing. The Cr7 fans are just hilarious. [Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh][Crylaugh]
Warrior_07
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Respect him. The man is a fighter. Tell me one player with the amount of dedication and hard work Cristiano Ronaldo puts in every single day of his life . It’s not easy being CR7. People keep talking, remember he is a champion and he won’t give a damn. He has already won everything and he has come to juve for a new challenge. Stop finding crazy things and just enjoy his game !!! Feel proud that we are able to witness Messi and Ronaldo every time . Once they r gone, the world and media will understand that half of football is gone. They are irreplaceable ❤️❤️❤️❤️ No mbappe or neymar or anyone can be a Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo . I am damn lucky to have enjoyed them for such much years and many more to come. Football’s true priceless gems.
JamiuharkanniJ-fresh
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Not CR7 only is saying this , all everybody knew that , His teammates are not ready to win the UCL in their act playing you will see it , so ,we don't need to blame him at all.
CollinsRPG
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Now I support the idea of giving Midriff the 2018 Ballon Dor. We look at the main characters and forget the guys behind the scenes, that's common. Last season Ronaldo banged 17 goals in champions league making him the ballon dor favourite. Modric proved us wrong. This term no Marcelo, no Modric, no Madrid to do him all the dirty work Ronaldo scored six and gets eliminated in quarter finals for the first time In Nine seasons. He scored crucial goals against Atletico yes but against Ajax that was not enough. This is Juventus not Madrid. Juve has a history of losing unlike Madrid. He shouldn't blame anyone. The problem is him leaving Madrid. The other problem is Allegri flopping Dybala, Ronaldo's helper.
iam10nzz
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So Cr7 should know why he won the last three champions leagues. His former team mates had courage. And if you are a fan of Cr7 you know his is not God and a single player cannot win the UCL trophy all by himself. That's y Messi always praise his teammates whenever he wins an award or a trophy.
Rammy-Asante
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If he say the team luck courage, is no news cos is very clear that Juventus lack the winning mentality and they played very bad as if they were chievo Verona. But I know that Ronaldo will bounce back. All the best to Cr7, just win against Fiorentina this weekend and claim the league title
Yasharif
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He had won the tournament in each of the past three seasons and he was brought to Turin to secure the trophy for the Italian champions.ohh wait
nemeils
59
RONALDO!!! Even if he takes sugarless tea, it wont go well with cameramen. He is human and football is teamwork. He scored,...u still expected him to b btn the posts to ensure they go through?
libbmprz
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Sometimes I wonder if Ronaldo truly has any moral grounds to blame the team for their defeat by Ajax. Apart from his opportunistic play by staying near box 18 and waiting to head in goals, what other contributions did he make? Compare his efforts to that of Messi, what did we see? In the 2nd leg match between Barca and Man U, it was clear that Man U started stronger and could have overrun Barca if not for Messi who snatched the initiative by coming back to the midfield to organize play for his team? Was it not Messi's goals that tempered Man U? When Juve was finding it tough against Ajax, what did or could Ronaldo do? He just stayed upfront, waiting for opportunities as usual.
Catemop
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I told to everybody I keep telling always he is a selfish and think he is over anyone he did the same thing in Madrid saying straight that his team mates wasn't in his level went the loose the match that was so bad ..he is selfish arrogant and petulant like mourinho..with no respect not even for women ..ronaldo leave his life pending of Messi he is sick now thinking just that Messi can win the 6th ballon d or ...maybe if ronaldo wasn't like that can be great like Messi but he had not good feelings ...but on the field Messi is wonderfully totally different both Messi is pure class and magic n score ronaldo just score