Juventus released dressing room images of a fight between Cristiano Ronaldo and Juan Cuadrado on Thursday. In the docuseries Tutto o niente: Juventus by Amazon Prime can be seen as a frustrated Ronaldo condemning the locker room during halftime of the Champions League match against FC Porto on March 9 earlier this year. Almost the entire dressing room remains silent during the Portuguese’s outburst of rage, except for Cuadrado.
Last season, Juventus had to correct a 2-1 defeat from the first game with FC Porto in the eighth final of the Champions League at home. In the nineteenth minute of play, however, things went wrong for la Vecchia Signora, who, at the hands of Sergio Oliveira, faced a 0-1 deficit halfway through. Juventus were unable to put their stamp on the game and that led to a lot of frustration with Ronaldo, according to the images.
L’échange tendu entre Cuadrado et CR7 à la mi-temps de Juventus Porto :
Cristiano Ronaldo : “On your comme des merdes encore !”
Cuadrado : “Calme, tu dois être un exemple pour tout le monde”
CR7 : “On ne joue rien, il faut dire la verité !” pic.twitter.com/otrFpHTyzm
— Gio CR7 (@ArobaseGiovanny) Nov 25, 2021
“We have to do more, che merda!. We’re not hitting a marble,” Ronaldo yells as he enters the locker room. “We always play badly!” Almost everyone remains silent, except Cuadrado. “Calm down, Cris. You should be an example for us,” responds the Colombian, who looks Ronaldo straight in the eye. Ronaldo: “I’m also referring to myself, huh! We play crap! The truth must be said. It’s a Champions League game, we have to show character!”
In the end it can be seen how then trainer Andrea Pirlo tries to calm the duo. In the second company, Juventus managed to turn the game around with a double by Federico Chiesa. With that, an extension was forced, but in the end things still went wrong for the team from Turin. Although they won 3-2 after extra time, the Portuguese continued to win on the basis of away goals.