Cristiano Ronaldo assure fans of a comeback in UEFA Champions League clash against Atletico Madrid

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has given his word to the club fans asking to be ready for a comeback as Juventus prepares to take on Atletico Madrid in the last 16-second leg of the UEFA Champions League.

Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo prepares for the comeback as the Bianconeri looks to overturn Atletico Madrid deficit

Juventus' Champions League aspirations hang low after Atletico Madrid defeated the Turin club 2-0 in the Round of 16 first leg last month on February 20. Cristiano Ronaldo seems like the only ray of hope for the Bianconeri and the Portuguese has asked the fans to sit tight for a comeback. The Italian Champions have come back from behind on eight previous occasions including the famous comeback in 1996 against Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.

Ronaldo in an interview to Juventus TVahead of the game against Atletico Madrid said, "We didn’t expect to lose the first leg 2-0, but anything can happen, and we want to give a great response in our home, in front of our fans, These are the great nights, the fantastic ones: the Champions League nights."

"The team is confident of playing a great game and I am too. To the fans, I say: think positive, let’s believe. Get ready to come back!" he further continued.

The 34-year-old has achieved something similar of the sorts back in the day with Real Madrid back in 2016. Los Blancos lost the first leg 2-0 in Germany at the hands of Wolfsburg but Ronaldo orchestrated a magnificent comeback scoring a hat-trick in the second leg leading the Galacticos to qualify for the next round. A somewhat similar occasion has once again presided in front of the Portuguese who can send the fans in for a deja vu if Juventus can conjure a comeback against Diego Simeone's men.

Italian sports daily Corriere dello Sport, wrote, "CR7 is here for that, a game Cristiano cannot get wrong. He wasn’t signed to win the Scudetto or to boost merchandising, Juve are waiting to end years of disappointments.”

The seven-time Scudetto winner made a move for Ronaldo back in the summer from Real Madrid for a whopping 100 million euros to end their 23-year Champions League drought. The Juventus forward has not scored for the Turin club in the league since the loss in Madrid which has seen Sampdoria’s Fabio Quagliarella(20) overtook Ronaldo(19) as the leading goalscorer. 

Juventus last won the UCL title back in 1996 and have finished as the runner up for five times since then including twice in the last four years. A bigger challenge for Massimiliano Allegri's men will be to score at least twice against a team which has not conceded a single goal in the last five games. A bigger challenge will be to stop Atletico from scoring seeing Juventus didn't score a single goal at Wanda Metropolitano. 

Ronaldo also mentioned about the tactics of Diego Simeone's side, saying, "Everyone knows that they are a strong team, they defend very well, they don’t take a lot of risks and they play on the counter-attack, but we are ready, and we will do everything we can to beat them. The fine details will make the difference, and we want to win and qualify for the quarter-finals." 

The Portuguese is well versed with the Argentine's tactics having played against his side on numerous occasions during his time with Real Madrid. Ronaldo has scored 22 goals against Atletico Madrid and three more on Tuesday night could see his team come back from the dead.