Ronaldo says it was 'a nearly impossible mission' to beat Barca despite scoring a brace

Cristia Ronaldo said it was a 'nearly impossible mission' after powering Juventus to a remarkable 3-0 win over Barcelona in ir UEFA Champions League group match at  Camp u on Tuesday. Ronaldo had found back of net twice with a penalty double in 13th and 52nd minutes respectively while American midfielder Weston McKennie had scored a goal in 20th minute.

Even though Barca did show a lot of promise, y could t even succeed in finding back of net even once.

'A nearly impossible mission': Cristia Ronaldo

"We are very happy. We knew it was a nearly impossible mission to come to Camp u and get this result, but we did it. key was to enter with right spirit, after 30 minutes we were already 2-0 up and from re we understood that it was possible and we made it happen," club's official website quoted Ronaldo as saying.

"This result can be a great confidence boost, we needed a win against a team like Barcelona, which, regardless of difficult moment, is still a great team. I hope that in next matches we can follow this path, starting with match against Gea," he added.

What had really stood out here was that Ronaldo had come face to face with his fierce rival Lionel Messi in this clash. However, it was Portugal captain who had come out on top this time around courtesy of having scored a brace.

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Juventus avenge reverse fixture loss, go on top of table

two teams had earlier met each or during ongoing season of UCL where Spanish club had got better of ir Italian rivals. neless, CR7 did t feature in that clash for Juventus as y went on to suffer a 2-0 defeat. However, with Portuguese soccer megastar's inclusion in Tuesday's clash, Juventus mand to settle scores with Barcelona.

By virtue of this win, Giorgio Chiellini-led side are w at summit of points table with five wins from six matches that y have played so far with 15 points in ir tally. Even Barcelona are tied with m as even Spanish club has same number of points and victories. However, it is superior goal difference that separates both sides.

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