The build-up to the game revolved around Cristiano Ronaldo. Would he be able to perform against a team that had reached two of the last four Champions League finals? Would he be able to reach the heights like he did during nine seasons at Real Madrid for Juventus? That and more, Ronaldo answered in emphatic fashion at the expense of Atletico Madrid.

Juventus headed into the encounter trailing 2-0 from the first leg against an Atletico Madrid side famed for having arguably the hardest defence to break down in all European leagues but if there ever was any man that did so regularly in the Champions League, it was Ronaldo. And he did so, yet again, for Juventus as he scored a hat-trick to help overturn the deficit and send the Italian side into the quarter-final with a 3-2 aggregate win.