JAKARTA - Cristiano Ronaldo dreamed of Juventus' meeting with Real Madrid in the top party of this season's Champions League.
The Portuguese superstar has won five big ear trophies, four of which were won while playing for Los Blancos in the 2014-2018 period.
Ronaldo joined the 'Bianconeri' for a fee of 100 million euros 18 months ago and won his first Serie A title with the Turin club. But in the Champions League, they were eliminated by Ajax in the last 16.
The former Manchester United player has scored nine goals in all competitions this season and scored again in the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday.
"Real Madrid is a very extraordinary team, but I prefer to face them. I signed up to meet them in the final," Ronaldo told Sky.
"I feel good. There are no more physical problems. I did not play at the maximum for four weeks because of a little problem in my knee, but now I am recovering. Everything is going well. We are playing better and more confident," continued CR7.
Previously, there was discussion of a rift between Ronaldo and coach Maurizio Sarri when he was replaced by Paulo Dybala in the 55th minute in a match against Milan a few weeks ago. At that time Ronaldo immediately entered the locker room tunnel and returned home before the game ended.
Previously, he was also replaced by Dybala in the Champions League match against Lokomotiv Moscow. In both matches, Ronaldo did not score a goal.
However, speaking to Portuguese newspaper A Bola after Portugal beat Luxembourg 2-0 in a Euro 2020 qualifier. The striker, who scored one goal, acknowledged Sarri's action was right when he replaced him.
"In the last three weeks (playing time) I have been limited. Everyone knows I don't like being substituted, but there were no problems with my gestures after the substitution. I tried to help Juventus by playing despite injuries," Ronaldo said.
"Nobody likes to be replaced, but I understand it, because I was not in good shape in those two games. I'm not 100 percent," he concluded.
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