Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo (C) arrives before a training session on the eve of the team’s European Champions league quarter final match against Ajax Amsterdam, on April 9, 2019 at Sports park De Toekomst in Amsterdam. (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND / AFP)
Cristiano Ronaldo returns for Juventus in Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Ajax in Amsterdam, a tie between two grand European names that is also an enticing repeat of the 1996 final.
Ronaldo suffered a thigh injury playing for Portugal late last month and has not featured for Juventus since netting a stunning hat-trick to dump out Atletico Madrid in the last 16 in early March, missing his club’s last four Serie A matches.
“Cristiano has trained with the team and is available. As long as nothing happens tonight or tomorrow morning, he will start,” Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Tuesday evening at the Johan Cruyff Arena.
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