CRISTIANO RONALDO was targeted by the Italian press after ‘one of his worst games EVER’ against AC Milan – with his Juventus future now in doubt.
Andrea Pirlo’s side crashed out of the Serie A top-four after being humiliated 3-0 at home to AC Milan on Sunday.
The defeat leaves the Old Lady’s Champions League fate out of their own hands, now one point adrift of fourth-placed Napoli with three games to go.
And that could spell disaster for Juventus, with Ronaldo potentially set to quit – with former clubs Sporting Lisbon and Manchester United keen on a reunion.
Paris Saint-Germain are also rumoured to be monitoring the situation.
Gazzetta dello Sport gave him a team-low match rating of four out of ten and raged: “In the first half [Ronaldo] did not even touch a ball in the area.
“He wandered a lot around the field without ever finding the position.
“The most disappointing performance in the most important night.”
The Italian publication then called it the ‘worst’ performance of his career and questioned whether he will now leave should Juve failed to qualify for the Champions League.
Gazzetta dello Sport even questioned Ronaldo’s ability to keep up with the pace, now aged 36, while urging him to show more leadership.
He failed to have a single shot on target or win a header.
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They wrote: “Physically he’s not in his prime, Cristiano.
“Ronaldo has a supporting cast of objectively different value than others he has had in his career.
“But leadership is expected of the leader.
“In the most important game, he went missing.
“If Juventus miss out on the Champions League, an evening like this will weigh on him like a boulder.”
Corriere dello Sport went on to say there are now ‘no alternatives’ but to allow Ronaldo to quit should they fail to finish in the top-four.
Juventus’ experiment – going all-in to win the Champions League by throwing money at £99million 2018 buy Ronaldo – has failed.
Not only have they crashed out in the last-16 in back-to-back seasons, they now may not even qualify for the 2021-22 edition.
Juve face Inter in their penultimate game of the Serie A season, with matches away to Sassuolo and Bologna also on the horizon, as well as their Coppa Italia final against Atalanta.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
