‘Protecting his fairly face’: Ronaldo panned for efforts in wall after he DUCKS to keep away from ball as Juve concede free-kick aim (VIDEO)

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Cristiano Ronaldo was accused of caring extra about preserving his attractiveness than defending the Juventus aim because the Portuguese star made a feeble try to dam the ball as he lined up within the wall towards Parma.

Juventus discovered themselves behind after 25 minutes of their Serie A encounter with guests Parma on Wednesday evening, after a free-kick strike from the sting of the field by Uruguayan midfielder Gaston Brugman.

It was a side-footed end into the underside nook which left Juve ‘keeper Gianluigi Buffon rooted to the spot, however questions have been instantly requested about Ronaldo’s defensive posture within the wall because the ball whizzed over his head.

As an alternative of leaping up in unison along with his teammates to try to dam the strike, Ronaldo remained grounded, overlaying his face with each arms and meekly dangling out a leg in entrance of him.

He then turned to look at the ball fly into the underside nook earlier than trudging off again to the middle circle.

The second was seized upon with glee on social media, with many joking that Ronaldo was extra apprehensive about defending his Hollywood seems to be somewhat than finishing up his defensive duties.

“I’m being critical is that this man frightened of the ball?” chided one Lionel Messi fan. 

“Scared of wounding his fairly face,” replied one other. 

Ronaldo usually has no hassle utilizing his head on the different finish of the pitch, however some observers famous that it wasn’t the primary time Ronaldo has been culpable in defensive conditions, with an identical event coming in Juve’s Champions League second leg towards Porto.

On that event, the ball had gone via Ronaldo’s legs and into the nook as Juve have been dumped out on away targets within the tie.

Ronaldo’s legion of followers additionally mobilized in his protection, nevertheless, claiming there was an ‘agenda’ towards their man.

Others identified that Ronaldo’s perennial rival Messi doesn’t often even line up within the wall because of his dimension.

Fortunately Ronaldo’s blushes have been spared on Wednesday as Juventus got here again to win Three-1 after a double from Alex Sandro and a header from Dutch defender Matthijs de Ligt.     

Ronaldo endured a irritating evening although, failing so as to add to his tally of 25 Serie A targets for the season and selecting up a late yellow card for what appeared like dissent.

Requested about whether or not Ronaldo ought to stay within the wall after his newest mistake, Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo stated: “Sadly, this stuff occur, however we’ll consider it over the subsequent few days.”

Pirlo stated Juventus would assess Ronaldo’s function within the wall after the incident towards Parma. © Reuters

The win for the bianconeri retains them in rivalry for a top-four end as they moved into third spot, one level forward of Atalanta in fourth and 5 forward of Napoli in fifth, though each groups have a recreation in hand on the Turin giants.

On the prime of the Serie A standings, Inter Milan edged nearer to ending Juve’s nine-year reign as Italian champions as Antonio Conte’s males earned a 1-1 draw at Spezia. Inter are actually 10 factors away from native rivals AC Milan, who’re on 66 factors and went right down to a harmful 2-1 house defeat to Sassuolo on the San Siro on Wednesday evening.

Watching Juve from the stands on Wednesday was membership president Andrea Agnelli, one of many key figures behind the doomed European Tremendous League which has dominated the headlines in latest days.

Agnelli watched from the stands on Wednesday. © Reuters

Agnelli conceded defeat within the breakaway mission earlier on Wednesday, admitting that it couldn’t proceed after a number of groups pulled out amid the backlash, together with six English individuals.

“I stay satisfied of the great thing about that mission, of the worth that it could have developed to the pyramid, of the creation of the most effective competitors on the planet,” Agnelli stated. “However evidently no [it cannot proceed]. I do not suppose that mission is now nonetheless up and working.”

Elsewhere, Actual Madrid president and Tremendous League chairman Florentino Perez has stated the mission is “on standby” as he makes an attempt to restrict the fall-out from the ill-fated mission which died lower than three days after its controversial launch on Sunday.    

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