In the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, the 37-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo played a full 90 minutes and 0 shots, and finally Manchester United won 0-1 at home to Atletico Madrid, with an aggregate score of 1-2.
Before returning to Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo was eliminated by Lyon and Porto in the Champions League quarter-finals in his last two seasons at Juve, and missed the Top 8 of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. This season, Cristiano Ronaldo single-handedly lifted Manchester United into the knockout rounds in the Champions League group stage, and he almost managed all the goals scored in the first 5 rounds of the team, including consecutive kills against Villarreal and Atalanta, 2 games 0 points to 6 points.
Unfortunately, Ronaldo's dream performance did not continue in the Champions League knockout rounds, and he played a full 180 minutes against Atletico in two legs, but failed to score. Even in the second leg, there were 0 shots on goal at home, which was a bit confusing.
Cristiano Ronaldo experienced two consecutive years of stopping the Champions League round of 16 when he played for Manchester United, and was eliminated by Porto and AC Milan in the 03/04 and 04/05 seasons. However, it has not reached the top 8 of the Champions League for 3 consecutive years, which is the first time that Ronaldo has appeared in his 19-year Champions League career. As the player who scored the most goals in the Champions League knockout rounds, Cristiano Ronaldo has not scored in the last 390 minutes of the last 4 Champions League knockout matches (including a 120-minute overtime match), and the last time he scored in the Champions League knockout round was in the second leg of the 19/20 Champions League quarter-final against Lyon, when he completed the double to help Juve beat Lyon 2-1, but was eliminated due to the away goal disadvantage.
Last week, Paris was eliminated by Real Madrid with a 2-0 lead on aggregate, the first time in Messi's 17-year career that he missed the Top 8 of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons.
If it were not for the draw mistake, Paris and Manchester United would have met in the quarter-finals, and Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo would have at least one person to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. Now they have missed the Champions League quarter-finals for two consecutive seasons.