3 reasons why Cristiano Ronaldo found a way to make Atletico Madrid suffer

Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo

#2 Numerous chances

Poacher!
Poacher!

It is actually a very simple reason. When you feed a world class poacher like Cristiano Ronaldo with multiple chances, he will convert most of them. Atletico Madrid's mistake was to sit back and defend throughout the game, which is not at all viable, as proven.

For instance, Cristiano was not his usual self in the first leg because Juventus' intent was to be defensive. The Bianconeri were not using their flanks to get the balls into the box and Atletico Madrid was quick to close off any other areas of chance creation, which rendered Cristiano alone and useless in the first leg.

Things were different in the second leg as Juventus were pragmatic and showed the urgency to score by moving the ball into wide areas and into the box. As a result, Cristiano converted two of the crosses that came his way and helped his team make another comeback.

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Edited by Anthony Akatugba Jr.