'Ajax strijd met Juventus en Spurs om Memphis Depay'

CRISTIANO RONALDO was helpless equally Memphis Depay scored an outrageous Panenka penalization to send Juventus crashing out of the Champions League.

The Portuguese superstar scored a double as he single-handedly tried to drag the lacklustre Italian champions into the quarter-finals.

Only it proved too not bad a chore later Depay'due south early spot-kick, and abroad goal, had left Maurizio Sarri'due south side needing three.

Former Manchester United bomb Depay, 26, was a man defective confidence during his two years at Old Trafford.

Memphis Depay pulled off the perfect Panenka penalty to put Lyon 2-0 up on aggregate over Juventus — Memphis Depay pulled off the perfect Panenka penalty to put Lyon ii-0 upwards on amass over Juventus Credit: AP:Associated Printing

But he showed bags of information technology as he cheekily sat Wojciech Szczesny down to flake his penalty downwards the eye.

Lyon were gifted the perfect start when German referee Felix Zwayer awarded a penalization for Federico Bernardeschi sliding tackle on Houssem Aouar after x minutes.

The Italians were livid, with Bernardeschi appearing to get a large chuck of the ball, only VAR did not intervene.

Captain Depay stepped up with a short run upward... and dinked information technology.

That made certain he maintained his 100 per cent goalscoring record in Europe'southward elite order competition this flavour.

Afterward netting in all five of his previous appearances in the competition, Depay joined Ruud van Nistelrooy as the second Dutchman to score in half dozen consecutive Champions League games.

With Lyon going into the 2d leg with a i-0 advantage from fashion back in February, the goal made it 2-0 on aggregate.

Juventus therefore needed to score three in order to get through.

The Old Lady were given an omnipotent lifeline when the referee levelled things up just before one-half-time.

Depay tried - and succeeded - to keep his arm tucked in every bit Miralem Pjanic struck a free-kick... merely the referee pointed to the spot and Ronaldo, or course, made no fault.

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So on the hour mark Ronaldo banged in his second to level the tie, belting in a stunning strike with his left peg which was just too quick for Anthony Lopes.

Just Juventus needed a 3rd to go through due to the abroad-goals rule.

And they could non detect it as Ronaldo wasted the best take a chance of all, declining to keep his header down as Juventus' - and Gianluigi Buffon's - long wait for European celebrity goes on.