Incredible Ronaldo Scores Bicycle Kick vs Juve: It was one of those nights when Cristiano Ronaldo overshined the moon with his glitter. Real Madrid were the ‘Mighty Mr’ of the football world at that time, having already won a record two UEFA Champions League titles in a row and being on the run for the third, and oh boy, what an era it was!
Madrid was under the legendary Zinedine Zidan’s tutorials and were showing one of the most beautiful passing games they ever had, with the legendary Casemiro-Kroos-Modirch-Isco quartet moving the dice in the middle. The attack was owned by the ruthless BBC, Bale, Benzema, and Cristiano Ronaldo, and what else would you need for your club?
The Goal: Incredible Ronaldo Scores Bicycle Kick vs Juve
In the quarterfinals of the 2018 UCL, Real Madrid were already looking invincible to beat in the tournament. Madrid players took the flight to Turin in their flamboyant black suits to face the Italian kings, Juventus. Out of the 22 players on the pitch and the tens of thousands of spectators in the stadium, one drove all the attention to himself by scoring one of the most memorable moments of UCL.
Real Madrid’s Dani Carvajal gave a lofted cross from the right, and Ronaldo was already ahead of the ball. It was impossible for the Portuguese to pull off a header, and it would be impossible for any other player to even convert that less than half a chance into a goal. But don’t you ever doubt Ronaldo? He scored an amazing bicycle kick that left the entire stadium in awe.
The Foe-Applaud Moment
It’s very rare in sports, let alone in football, that the entire away stadium applauds an opposing player. Once it had happened to one of the greatest, Diego Maradona, when he stunned Bernabeu with his mastery. Maradona ran towards the goal at Bernabeu in 1983, and he not only rounded past the goalkeeper but also dared to dribble around Juan Jose in front of the goal and scored wonderfully. Getting applause from Madrid fans for a Barca player in a classico is still beyond imagination.
When Ronaldo scored that wonder goal at the heart of Juventus, the whole crowd in the Allianz Stadium stood up to applaud the greatness. The superstar felt touched by that gesture and later acknowledged how special it was for him.
“When I was a kid, I liked Juventus, and the fact that they applauded me will stay with me,” Ronaldo said.
The GOAT meant what he said, as after the end of that season, winning the historic treble in the UCL with Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo gave one of the darkest days for Madridistas by signing a contract with Juventus. The Emperor of the Champions League left the greatest empire of the tournament. The star had scored 15 goals in the UCL that season, just two behind the all-time record he himself had written on the walls.
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