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Cristiano Ronaldo will be a Juventus failure unless he can propel them to Champions League glory, Antonio Cassano believes. The Portugal international has won the trophy with Manchester United and Real Madrid. However, he’s yet to fire the Old Lady to the prize since his blockbuster move nearly three years ago.
Ronaldo first won the Champions League back in 2008.
He scored in the final that year against Chelsea, firing Manchester United to the title for the first time since 1999.
Since then, Ronaldo has won four more with Real Madrid - in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018 respectively.
However, he’s yet to get anywhere near the prize during his time with Juventus - despite continuing to score goals galore.
And now, speaking ahead of Juventus’ Serie A showdown with Verona, Cassano has claimed Ronaldo will be remembered as a Juventus failure unless he can deliver the trophy the club craves most.
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“He has another year left in his contract, Juventus signed him to win the Champions League, but they have had worse results since he arrived,” said Cassano.
“They would have won Serie A titles also without him. It was the wrong project.
“For 120 years, winning was the only thing that mattered at Juventus.
“It is still an obligation, but they tried to change their skin with Sarri and Andrea [Pirlo].
“Ronaldo has nothing to do with Pirlo’s ideas. He will carry on scoring because he can do it even sitting. He cuts inside from the left and can destroy the goal and his headers are unique.