Topic: UEFA Champions League Discussion Thread - page 928. (Read 129790 times)

I have a feeling most European countries will go into another full lockdown in the next few months. I hope I’m wrong but it just seems that more & more infections are happening every week.

One more is now positive with COVID, his name is McKennie and Ramsey is Injuried if another in the midfield will be sick/injured than problems will starts.

We are only in October with 7 more months of COVID (as we just saw it seems is weaker in summer) and hard times if a Vaccine will not come out soon.

Not all eyes on Ronaldo. Because there is still the risk that the other person will be infected with Corona.    So maybe Ronaldo will be able to play, but maybe Messi will be tested positive for Covid-19 before the game...

The Ronaldo coronavirus positive test is legit. The portuguese football federation released his status to the press few days ago and cnn has carried the news. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/13/football/cristiano-ronaldo-coronavirus-spt-intl/
I believe it's true, of course it has to be. Which nation would release a statement such as this against it's top player especially with the fact that, it's sure to make him miss matches until he is confirmed contamination free. He's said to be in isolation and undergoing treatment to prevent further contamination. This is bad news not just to the portuguese national team but more for Juventus although, there matches ahead against Crotone in Seria A and Dynamo Kyiv in the Uefa Champions League group games doesn't seem like a tough one. Though, his phone impact would be missed.

You know, any match of Messi vs CR7 is always enjoyable. 
Two world-class players who play against each other. Actually, I really miss the matches when Ronaldo was playing for Real Madrid. Still I can remember, I was waiting all night to see the magic of Messi and Ronaldo. No matter which team won, the main thing is we could enjoy an exciting match. 
I wish Cr7 will recover soon and will return to the field before the match with Barcelona.  Then we can enjoy an exciting game of Barcelona vs Juventus.

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Who doesn't want to see Ronaldo play? Him vs Messi is always good to see.

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they are too long on the stage, and people get use it their rivalry, but it is good to see some changes and new blood in football, with different teams on the top, than Barcelona and Real, at least that is my opinion, it is simply enough of them in last ten years, i like to see new faces and new players on the pitch

it makes football more interesting

Messi vs Ronaldo, the mid 30’s geriatric version
No, I’ve loved seeing their careers & they're still world class, it’ll be great to see them face off twice in the group stage.

As a Barca fan, I actually prefer for CR7 to be fit and healthy in time for our clash. He always brought out the best in Messi and this time he's meeting a much weakened Barcelona, but I personally think our team rises to the occassion when Messi is extra fired up, and for sure the presence of Ronaldo will do that:)

Barcellona isnt old Barcellona, guys.
Remember Champions League: he took a lot of good goals, and he was really humiliated.
The one of the past, would not have made such a fool. So what you say about Ronaldo is not "real".
Ronaldo in important, but Juventus can win anyway.

I think Juventus will have a hard time against Barcelona if Ronaldo doesn’t heal until then.Juventus needs a really good striker in order to be able to try and win against Barcelona.I hope in the end with or without Ronaldo this can be a beautiful game to watch and why not we to make money by betting on it.It is in the strong games where money is in sport betting.

Check out this news
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/13/football/cristiano-ronaldo-coronavirus-spt-intl/index.html
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13954/12103267/cristiano-ronaldo-portugal-and-juventus-star-tests-positive-for-coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/oct/13/cristiano-ronaldo-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-portugal-confirm


Agree with your thought. Ronaldo is the one of the best strikers in the world. The main and important players of Juventus attack lineup. I don't think Juventus can win with Barcelona without Ronald. Because Koeman is using every player in his team very well and in the right position. As a result, they are able to win the match. I think without Ronaldo, Juventus will be on the field to draw with Barcelona.

yes right, nothing to worry about for juventus. My prediction in Group G only Barcelona and Juventus who have the greatest chance of advancing to the next phase. and if CR recovers quickly, he may be able to graze in the next 2 to 3 weeks a head.
losing CR in the match against Dynamo Kyiv I think the manager has a lot of options with which to pick points.
because of Juventus player overall statistics are better than Dynamo Kyiv surely not a big deal, without CR they can handle it

I don't think so. Juventus still have two good strikers or attackers. Just don't forget they have Dybala and Morata. The coach can let the two strikers play together as starters. Morata can be positioned as a central striker, while Dybala can be positioned as a winger.

They have another option, is to change the formation. Or if they don't want to change the formation, they still have Cuadrado as the alternative to replace Ronaldo. Indeed they have a different way to play but Cuadrado deserves to try as a winger. He has speed, good in dribble, and can pass with accuracy.

Juventus have players who have stopped. I think it's a lot not only Ronaldo who is the main player but without him it will definitely be stronger to face opponents in UEFA.

It's also true that Juventus and Barcelona will remain safe in the group stage, maybe only breaking down the group, but this doesn't matter Juventus will perform brilliantly later at UEFA, believing that there are 2 scapegoats who will be eliminated.

There is nothing to worry about Juventus in the absence of Ronaldo and also, in that group G I'm sure Juventus and Barcelona will definitely move on to the next round, maybe only Dynamo kyiv will be the dark horse but I'm not sure about that. So, whether there is Ronaldo or not, Juventus will still be safe there.

As usual, another case without any symptoms. That's good thing. In first game Juve will play against Dynamo Kyiv, so they should win without Ronaldo. It's only pity for fans in Kyiv who won't be able to see him playing there.
I think he will be able to play against Barca. In my country national team one player got positive test, but on the evening another test was negative. Later his blood test also gave negative result. So, I'm not sure how much all these tests is reliable.

And I was saying in another topic that Juventus will not need him those days since it has easy matches and almost forgot about Barca! The situation looks not promising for him to play it unless he remains asymptomatic and get ride of the virus quickly which isn't obvious. Ibra for example remained positive after 14 days...

Ronaldo will skip the 1st game of Champions and probably the second one but depends if he can heal quickly.

The protocol for UEFA is to be negative without symptoms for 7 days so basically 2 negative tests in 7 days.

So to be able to play vs Messi he must be nagati 1st time from 21st October, hard not impossible but improbable.

I doubt the credibility of this news. It's obvious what bloggers would do to generate traffic on their blogs. Quarantineing a player for two weeks (14days) doesn't necessarily mean the player is Covid19 positive. It's just a precautionary measure put in place for players that arrive in a new destination after spending time in some other environment so, they can be checked checked and wait out the life expectancy of any possible trace of the virus because, you never can be too sure.

Of course not, Ronaldo's presence on the field will really help Juventus attack line. Without his presence I thought Juventus lacked strength in front of the opponent's goal. Even if there are other player who can replace Ronaldo role, it will never be the same. Ronaldo is a player that his opponent are wary of, dangerous and sharp. However, without it in the field it would be very different. But, Juventus should not rely solely on player like Ronaldo, who is not good as it could lead to a lack of team spirit in his absence.
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Juventus had chances of winning the UCL even before Ronaldo joined the team. What hindered there chances with Ronaldo in the team was over dependence on Ronaldo to win them the league. If they can have that same mentality, they certainly will have better chance at winning the league.