The star man scored in both legs of the Italian side's Champions League tie, but it wasn't enough to carry Juve through to the last four
Cristiano Ronaldo was not enough to help Juventus overcome what Massimiliano Allegri has termed an "emergency situation" for the Italian giants.
Juve fell short in their bid for a Champions League semi-final spot, losing out to Ajax following a 2-1 second-leg defeat to the Dutch outfit in Turin.
Allegri said there was no over-reliance on the club's star man, who joined in the summer after winning the Champions League the last three years, and four of the last five, with Real Madrid.
But Allegri does not believe the other players in the side were waiting on magic from Ronaldo and pointed to an "emergency situation" in terms of fitness as the limiting factor for his club.
"Ronaldo has given us a lot over the course of the campaign, but when you reach the quarter-final, you need every player," he told Sky Sports.
“I’ve always said that to win the Champions League, you need to reach a certain stage in good form and with good fitness levels. We’ve been in a bit of an emergency situation for a while and that can only be sustained for so long.
“We were missing four or five players tonight. Daniele Rugani and Leonardo Bonucci had good games for 50 minutes or so, but we lost our unity and organisation, giving Ajax the advantage.
Teezeey
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Let no one come and tell me he's conquered or conquering Italy He has been getting c cheap goals so far no extra ordinary goals for him just tap ins, headers and penalties
meister2019
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Congratulations Ajax For Knocking Real Madrid Fans Out Of Champions League Twice In The Same Season!😂😂💯
Longlife2000
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when we were saying Ronaldo can't win the champions league with Juventus some Ronaldo and Juventus fans didn't understand they were just insulting. ....they way Juventus play it's very difficult for Ronaldo to score more or its very difficult for the team to create more chances for him to score.....Juventus like to defend too much when they score 1 or 2 goals then you see them starting to defend but when Ronaldo was at Madrid even if Madrid are leading 2 or 3 goals you see that they are looking for more and play attacking football so Ronaldo score more goals that is the difference and Juventus should even thank Ronaldo that he is playing for them because even if it's not Ronaldo like Juventus can't win the league this season so it's not Ronaldo foult it's Juventus style of playing that doesn't seut him
ibrahim345
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Ronaldo tried his best, he scored a goal in both legs. there is a problem in other juventus players they should improve their game and help Ronaldo to win Champions League
Kartik-thereds
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My assessment for the entire game was Allegri got his tactics wrong!!! Pirlo said Juve was very timid, but i will say they were very passive, they did not produced any reaction. Ajax was the better side, even when Juve went 1-0 ahead but to my suprise Allegri didnt made any alterations to Juve game play to get his side on the front foot even after 1-1. Ultimately he and his team were punished for being too naive!!!
Kartik-thereds
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If Juventus really wants to win Champions Leauge, they should have signed Florentino Perez, not Cristiano Ronaldo!😂😂😂
rikblmy
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Before CR7 Juve were a team...the coach abandoned that to focus on making CR7 happy....so other players no longer feel appreciated n thus leave everything to the one who gets the most credit....Allegri was like a child who throw away all his old toys because he has jus bought a brand new second hand toy
barcaforlive1992
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let to me cr7 is the problem and get again advantage Juventus have. ronaldo these days have being very poor in freekicks yet they still give him that role ahead of dybala and pjanic who are excellent free-kick takers. don't get wrong ronaldo is one the best in history if not the best.dybala pjanic and other players won't play thier best know all credit will go to cr7. there is jeoulousy in the team. cr7 is a big game player and always delivers.but I personally feel Juventus players can't help him like Madrid do. and again Juventus need stop acquiring free agents if they want to win champions league.buy world class midfielders. Eriksson verrati james and others.hope cr7 better luck next season.
Eddiejones85
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The first mistake Juventus made was to buy Ronaldo into an already established squad. The second mistake was to build the team around Ronaldo and neglect the team effort that made them one of the best in Europe. The likes of Dybala and Manzukic were benched because of Ronaldo. All I hear is Ronaldo has conquered Seria A, yet he is losing to a 37 year old goal scorer, juve has lost the copa Italia and now they have been knocked out of the CL QF for the first time in 5 years; All this happened when Ronaldo joined a strong dominant juve squad. To conclude, Ronaldo makes a team bad because he uses his team mate to build his career. Unfortunately, he doesn't have such quality teammate in juve as he had in Madrid.
rubabcmuz
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messy as a time to help him.only in barcelona.in argentina he is worthless kkk
we all have to realise football is a team game. neither Messi nor Ronaldo can win tournaments on their own. if you watch the second leg against Atletico the entire Juventus team played with a great intensity. though Ronaldo scored 2 very good headers, it was all because of good balls into the box again and again. also the third goal was won by bernandeschi with his excellent run. the way Argentina team plays they don't deserve to win any tournament.
mowpty
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Let no one come and tell me he's conquered or conquering Italy He has been getting c cheap goals so far no extra ordinary goals for him just tap ins, headers and penalties
lol ppl have been saying this for a while now bro , he's not close to Messi level
Jesselingz
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Let no one come and tell me he's conquered or conquering Italy He has been getting c cheap goals so far no extra ordinary goals for him just tap ins, headers and penalties
Dont say that . thank him u got to play with ajax or else u would have watched atletico vs ajax. Be grateful and comeback strong next season.
Austinabel1
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Let no one come and tell me he's conquered or conquering Italy He has been getting c cheap goals so far no extra ordinary goals for him just tap ins, headers and penalties
Single handedly Messi can overturn the midfield and forward but CR7 can't. Believe it or not