For the second time from the Champions League Ronaldo had the headlines later being usurped from the activities of a teammate torn off from him.
Three months ago it had been Aaron Ramsay who poked in the goalbound free kick of Ronaldo to stop him breaking a fresh Champions League record by scoring from a 34th club.
But this really is Ronaldo we are talking about. Surely, after that misfortune, it wasnt likely to be a similar story on this occasion.
After all, the Portugese star was breaking documents before he kicked a ball.
He made his 175th Champions League appearance — the most of any outfield player in the contest. Just goalkeeper Iker Casillas??shirts that using 188 looks.
Ronaldo the top scorer with 127 goals to his name in Champions League history.
But on Tuesday night, surpassing AC Milan defender Paolo Maldinis appearance tally was about as good as it got for Ronaldo.
The first 45 minutes of the competition lacked excitement or any caliber however with minutes of their half of Dybala produced a moment of magic to ship media to meltdown to his sides fans.
By an almost impossible angle, a thunderbolt struck beyond Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblaks hands.
Since the start of last season, 10 free kicks have been taken by Ronaldo and scored zero aims. Dybala has scored one in two efforts.
And it is not free kicks Ronaldo has to be worried about. Dybala tops the leaderboard at the Champions League aims department with eight, in contrast to Ronaldos seven since he joined Juventus at 2018.
Ronaldos collapse was made worse by the truth, previously, hes risen to the occasion against Atl??tico.
Even the Portuguese star has scored 25 goals against Atl??tico in all contests, just Sevilla (27) has suffered more.
During his time at Real Madrid Ronaldo scored 22 goals in 31 games against Atletico.
And last season, he was again, hitting a hat-trick to help Juventus overturn a first-leg deficit to win 3-2 on aggregate in the last 16 of the Champions League.
The win over Atletico ensured Juventus finished high in group and a easier tie in this competitions next round.
Atletico Madrids location within the phase of the Champions League is not yet sure and it must beat against Lokomotiv Moscow next month to make certain of eligibility.
