The second leg of the Champions League clash between Juventus and Atletico Madrid takes place on Tuesday at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. Both teams had earlier played out to a 2-0 scoreline in favour of Atletico Madrid in the first leg clash three weeks ago at the Wanda Metropolitano in Spain.
For Juventus, this is the biggest game of the season as the Turin giants currently lie 18 points at the top of the Serie A table. However, the fans would not be happy without a Champions League triumph this season.
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Cristiano Ronaldo who is now 33 years old is not likely to serve any of the time in prison as the punishment/sentence was supposed to be within a threshold of 2 years that can also be served on the basis of probation under the law of Spain. Cristiano smiled at the journalists when he walked past them but didn’t say anything in Madrid when he was going with his Spanish girlfriend named Georgina Rodriguez.
Juventus has achieved the Serie A title in the last 7 seasons and Italian Cup and the league for the past 4 years. However, it did have its struggles during transfer of domestic supremacy to European platform. Since 1996, Juventus has not achieved victory in the premier club competition in Europe, but it has successfully reached the finals twice in 4 editions. After making a record of 112 million euro in Serie A, the 5-time winner of Ballon d’ Or sent out a message that he wishes to take one step further in this season. Ronaldo has achieved the Champions League trophy 4 times in last 5 seasons and with 120 goals, he is the undoubtedly the leading scorer.
Cristiano Ronaldo looked comfortable among his new teammates and was impressive throughout the game.
Ante Rebic, Luke Modric and Ivan Rakitic all scored as Croatia sank Argentina 3-0 on Thursday. Argentina could barely respond as Croatia kept asking questions of them repeatedly. Their fate is no longer in their hands as Iceland and Nigeria meet on Friday in a high stakes game.
As age slowly catches up with the stars, arguments are already brewing about who would take over the revered mantle. Xavi feels Neymar has a strong ability to take over the mantle. “I think there will be a while after Messi and Cristiano when Neymar will be the reference point. Especially as he is Brazilian. Brazil have every chance of making it to a World Cup final. The Neymar era will last three to four years, and then Mbappe’s time will come,” the Spaniard said. 
