Cristiano Ronaldo may have lined up in his last free-kick wall for Juventus after he again proved the weak link in a key moment.
Ronaldo was accused of 'betrayal' last month when he was criticised for turning his back on a free-kick against Porto, which caused their elimination from the Champions League.
On Wednesday night it was back in Serie A and while Juventus came from behind to win 3-1, Parma took the lead thanks in part to Ronaldo ducking the set-piece.
In a wall alongside Arthur Melo, Rodrigo Bentancur and Weston McKennie, Ronaldo is the only player of the four not to front up to Gaston Brugman's 25th-minute strike.
The ball flies between Ronaldo and Bentancur and veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has no chance to get across and save it.
As Brugman goes to strike the ball, Ronaldo buries his head into his forearm and also opts against jumping off the ground.
Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo was left to concede afterwards that Ronaldo may no longer be part of future defensive free-kick walls.
'Unfortunately, these things happen,' Pirlo said when asked if Ronaldo was to blame. 'But we'll evaluate (his role at free-kicks) over the next few days.'
Ronaldo's faux-pas against Parma saw many look back to the Champions League exit to Porto.
The Portuguese side were awarded a free-kick from 35 yards out in the 115th minute of extra time, which saw Sergio Oliveira line up a hit-and-hope shot towards Juventus' goal.
With the scores level on aggregate at 3-3 and the game heading to penalties, Juventus, with a man advantage, were on the front foot and set up a three-man wall to stop the hopeful set-piece from reaching their goal.
With a long run up, Oliveira struck the ball low and hard towards the bottom left corner of Wojciech Szczesny's goal, which saw Ronaldo turn away from the strike while parting his legs in a lazy attempt to block the ball.
'That was an unforgivable error,' former England boss Fabio Capello told Sky Sport Italia that night.
'In my day, you chose the players who went into the wall and they couldn't be someone afraid of the ball. They were scared of the ball and jumped away from it, turning their backs. That's unforgivable.'
Juventus did manage to get the victory on this occasion and with AC Milan losing it proved key in the race for the top four for Pirlo's side.
The ex-Juventus midfielder was also quizzed afterwards on Ronaldo's future, given his contract expires in Turin in 2022.
'We aren't thinking about it, he has one year left on his contract and we are happy he can continue playing for us,' Pirlo said.
'We are focused on this season and we want to conclude it best way possible.
'He's having a great season and last year he had a truly great campaign.'
Juventus now face back-to-back away games against Fiorentina and Udinese as they look to keep their top four bid on track
Brightberry
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Another match Another criticise
lezbeikln
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fuck this silly thinking
ishti
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Cristiano was not in the favour of ESL, he was Dabbing to celebrate when it got scrapped.
kingman1212
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how I look at people that think a super star Ronaldo is a defender
Edoo87
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Cristiano did it again 😂
Gallen
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All football= messi ball licker
all football is just posting what is truth
Sourav_NY
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your headline sucks....never forget that he is the top scorer in the league even in his age of 36.Give some respect to the legend.... by a messi fan
emabkr42
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some say the ball was flying over arthur head... but you look at this gif the ball literally over ronaldo not arthur
EmeraldJ
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When was the last time Juventus won a Serie A match comfortably without Ronaldo? AF write about that
moabimpsyz
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the greatest of all time , he always does his things right, even he loose he is still praise for his performance....he is loved Globally
cacbclmos
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I have told you that Ronaldo is a spy next season I think Juve will end at the bottom🙄🙄
Snackqing11
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Whether Cristiano leads down his team to defeat we as Cristiano fans dont care. Post articles that will make him unpopular we don’t care . Bug the one rhing we care about as Cristiano Ronaldo fans is that he changed the course of the game and with his enormous contributions both lovers and haters of him cannot do anything about.. All he keeps doing is to WIN WIN WIN and WIN
Successful⚡️Alvin
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This Air Ronaldo flight got cancelled 😳 ✈️
stormlegend4321
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Another match Another criticise
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I'm totally sure that in the next match even if he doesn't do anything wrong, af will surely do something to criticize Ronaldo by declaring a news titled as "Cristiano plays football without mask, threatening the life of other 22 players on the pitch"
D-Maestreo
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how I look at people that think a super star Ronaldo is a defender
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hahaha....he's not a defender but he "Singlehandedly" wins trophies for his team 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
kadr
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fuck this silly thinking
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so what was it yesterday? and against porto
Timmy123
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I'm totally sure that in the next match even if he doesn't do anything wrong, af will surely do something to criticize Ronaldo by declaring a news titled as "Cristiano plays football without mask, threatening the life of other 22 players on the pitch"
He was wrong to do so. Stop supporting bs cause you like him.
Slow-Kelvin_10
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hahaha....he's not a defender but he "Singlehandedly" wins trophies for his team 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When did he singlehandedly win trophy for his team? Let him single handedly win Serie A and UCL for Juve. Nonsense
i_dont_care
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how I look at people that think a super star Ronaldo is a defender
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but he's at the wall because he probably has best jump in the world. so he should use it don't u think?
Titortz
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When was the last time Juventus won a Serie A match comfortably without Ronaldo? AF write about that
For eight consecutive seasons, Juve have winning the league easily without him.