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No Ronaldo? No problem for Real, Juve
PARIS: Real Madrid managed to win easily in the Champions League without Cristiano Ronaldo. So did Juventus, after their superstar signing was tearfully sent off within 30 minutes.
Three-time defending champion Real eased to a 3-0 win over AS Roma on Wednesday, with Francisco “Isco” Alarcon scoring from the kind of free kick only Ronaldo got to take in his nine years with the club.
Ronaldo, making his Juve debut in a competition he has won five times, also had a new experience getting a red card against Valencia for tangling with Jeison Murillo.
Seemingly frustrated that Murillo went to ground too easily, Ronaldo reached down to tug or ruffle the defender’s hair.