Cristiano Ronaldo could not drag Juventus to the semifinals of the Champions League

The Dutch football club Ajax for the first time since 1997 made his way to the semifinals of the UEFA Champions League, having overcome the Italian Juventus in the head of Cristiano Ronaldo in the sum of two matches.

In the response match of the quarterfinals in Turin, the team from Amsterdam won a strong -willed victory with a score of 2: 1. The guests responded to the goal of Ronaldo (28 ') by the productive blows of Donnie Van de Beyk (34') and Matteis de Licht (67 ').

For Cristiano Ronaldo, this goal was the 126th in the Champions League, the 65th in the playoffs and the 25th in the quarter-finals of the main European Cup. All three indicators are record.

The first match ended in a draw - 1: 1. The only goal of Juventus in that meeting also on Ronaldo.

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Ajax is a four-time winner of the Champions League, but the previous time the team won the tournament in 1995. In the playoffs of the tournament, the Dutch did not break through the 2005/06 season. Their next opponent will be the winner of the English derby between Tottenham and Manchester City.

On the other side of the tournament grid, the Spanish Barcelona was breaking into the semifinals, which knocked out the English "Manchester United" out of the struggle.

The response quarter -final meeting at the Kampa Nou ended with a score of 3-0 in favor of the home team, which included goals Lionel Messi (16 ', 20') and Philippe Coutinho (61 '). In the first match in Manchester, the "blue granat" beat the Mankunians 1: 0.

In the semifinals of the Champions League, the opponent of the Catalan team will be the winner of the confrontation "Liverpool" (England) - "Porto" (Portugal).