Barcelona vs Juventus: Magical Ronaldo inspires Old Lady to Victory

- Barcelona vs Juventus saw Cristiano Ronaldo return to the Camp Nou

- The Portuguese striker scored a brace from the spot to ensure his side win away from home

- Lionel Messi was not at his very best on a night his side lost to his arch rival's side

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Cristiano Ronaldo put up a five-star performance at the Camp Nou on Tuesday night, December 8, as Juventus humiliated Barcelona 3-0 in the Champions League.

It was all about the Old Lady who won Group G with 15 points and on superior goal difference with the Catalan giants (15) as well who cruise to the next round.

CR7 had the first chance of the game as early as the 7th minute when the ball fell to the Portuguese after good work from McKennie. It was a snap shot and straight at Ter Stegen though, with no real problems for the Barca stopper.

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Barely five minutes later, Ronaldo was brought down in the area made no mistake from the spot going straight down the middle past Ter Stegen. 1-0 Juve.

It was 2-0 in the 20th minute following an acrobatic volley by McKennie. The American converted a flowing move following a cross by Cuadrado to put the Italians in pole position for victory.

Messi came close to pulling one back for the hosts in the 35th minute as he linked up with Jordi Alba to unlock the Juve defence, but Gianluigi Buffon managed to gather on the second attempt.

VAR denied the Catalans a penalty on the stroke of half-time as Barcelona stars protested there was a handball in the area but the ref said no! VAR then went with the match official.

It went from bad to worse for Ronald Koeman's men in the 48th minute after Lenglet appeared to have handled the ball in the danger area, and after VAR check, penalty was confirmed.

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Ronaldo then stepped up to fire home to make it 3-0 as Lionel Messi could barely watch.

It would have been 4-0 when Antoine Griezmann had a decent chance drop to him in the area and unmarked, he hammered a shot that was closer to the corner flag than the goal.

There were no further ado as that was how the match ended at full time; Barcelona 0-3 Juventus.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that Andrea Pirlo has had his say over the unending Lionel Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo debate as regards who the better player is between the pair.

Both legends have dominated the football space for over a decade and a half with fans across the globe split on either side of the two greats who have a staggering 11 Ballon d’Or titles between themselves.

The manager says it is not a good idea to compare the legends, saying they are both indredible.

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