Atletico Madrid vs Juventus: Simeone claims Cristiano Ronaldo is a goal animal
- Atletico Madrid vs Juventus promises to be another cracking Champions League match
- Diego Simeone is wary of Cristiano Ronaldo's goal scoring form against his side in the past
- The 34-year-old has scored a remarkable 25 goals in 33 games against Los Rojiblancos
Atletico Madrid and Juventus will renew hostilities in a Group D Champions League clash slated for the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.
And Atletico boss Diego Simeone has described Cristiano Ronaldo as a goal animal because of his goal scoring form against his side in the past.
The Bianconeri and Los Rojiblancos met in last season's quarter final stage and Juventus overturned a 2-0 first leg deficit to win 3-0 with Ronaldo scoring hat-trick in the tie.
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Simoene is not a stranger to what the Portuguese star has done to his side during his days with Real Madrid and had a taste of it when he joined Juventus last season.
"It's difficult to get ready to face a player like Cristiano Ronaldo. He's a goal animal," Simeone said in his pre-match press conference.
"He has awesome figures and he makes sure everyone knows what's happening around the box.
"It's difficult to control that. He has great skills with his head, with his shooting, making passes, running into space - what can I say about his skill? We've already suffered against him, sometimes we've won and sometimes we've lost.
"It's clear he's a goal animal."
Ronaldo has scored 25 goals in total against Atletico Madrid across his career in his last 33 meetings.
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Seven of those strikes were in eight Champions League games as well as 12 goals in 14 La Liga matches and six from Copa del Rey fixtures.
Sevilla is the team that have conceded the most from Ronaldo as the Portuguese notched up 27 goals in 18 meetings during his nine-year spell at the Bernabeu.
Simeone’s side suffered their first La Liga defeat of the season as they fell 2-0 away to Real Sociedad over the weekend.
On the other hand, Juventus also dropped their first points of the season after they were forced to a scoreless draw at Fiorentina.
But both Juve and Atletico are favourites to qualify in the group that comprises Bayer Leverkusen and Lokomotiv Moscow.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Cristiano Ronaldo has opened up about the only record he wants to get better than his biggest rival Lionel Messi.
The two footballing greats have ten Ballon d'Or awards between them in the last decade before Real Madrid's Luka Modric broke the monopoly last year.
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