Juve's Ronaldo experiment flops with more Champions League heartache

Juventus crashed out in the last 16 for the second year running on Tuesday night, losing to 10-man Porto on away goals despite winning the second leg 3-2 in Turin.

Record Champions League scorer Ronaldo, who was signed for 100 million euros in the summer of 2018 from Real Madrid, was silenced as he failed to score in either leg of a knockout round for the first time in 16 years.

"Betrayed by Ronaldo," headlined Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport. "Another Juve disaster," wrote Gazzetta Dello Sport, rating the five-time Ballon d'Or winner as the worst player on the pitch in the Allianz Stadium.

The Portuguese star's photo, his head in his hands, made the front page of all the Italian sports dailies. "If the mission was Europe, it's failed," said Gazzetta. "Nervous, inaccurate, guilty on the free kick. Last Champions League with Juve?"