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Buffon Reveals why Lyon knocked Out Juventus

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Juventus goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon, has revealed why his team were knocked out from the Champions League by Lyon.

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Juventus defeated Lyon 2-1 in the Champions League round of 16 second-leg tie at Allianz Stadium on Friday night but failed to qualify for the last-8 after losing 1-0 to the Ligue 1 in the first leg in France before the COVID-19 break.

Maurizio Sarri’s side was knocked out on the away goals rule after the 2-2 aggregate draw.

Buffon said the Serie A champions failed to advance to the next round because they lost to Lyon in the first leg back in February.

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The 42-year-old also said that Juventus needed to rejuvenate their squad.

“The indications that the market is giving a show that there’s the awareness that something must be moved and that some young players can refresh this team,” Buffon told Sky Sport.

“It’s the normal course of any serious club that aims to win and therefore must look to the future.

“We certainly did not get to where we thought and wanted. In each of us, there is so much bitterness.

“For the Champions League, the idea, every year, is to dream of being able to get to where we have not arrived in recent years.

“It always seems like the right time. Then it’s obvious that you have to deal with opponents of a certain thickness. In this case, the qualification was lost in the first leg.”

With 37 goals in all competitions the Portuguese superstar has broken a mark set in Turin more than 80 years ago

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Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo broke the club record for most goals in a single season on Friday with his double against Lyon in the Champions League.

The Bianconeri went into the clash needing a positive result to advance to the quarter-finals, having gone down 1-0 in the last-16 opener all the way back in February.

Though Ronaldo scored a pair of goals to reach 37 on the season, Juventus crashed out of the Champions League after defeating Lyon 2-1 on the night and falling on away goals in a 2-2 aggregate result

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Memphis Depay converted in style from the spot to open the scoring on Friday after Rodrigo Bentancur gave away a contentious spot-kick.

With Ronaldo in the team, however, there is always the potential for goals, and the Portugal captain proved as much by netting at the end of the first half to keep Juve in the tie.

Referee Felix Zwayer spotted a handball from Depay and pointed to the spot in a decision every bit as polemic as that which led to the Lyon striker’s opener.

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And there was little doubt over the outcome as Cristiano stepped up, the forward this time sending Lopes the wrong way to pull back the scoreline to 1-1.

It was Ronaldo’s 36th goal of the season for Juve in all competitions, with 31 coming in Serie A, three in the Champions League and two in the side’s victorious Coppa Italia campaign.

Ronaldo would net again in the 60th minute, scoring his 37th goal of the campaign. The Portugal star picked up the ball on the edge of the box and blasted a shot from distance that Lopes could only get a touch on as it went in.

That strike was enough to write the 35-year-old into the team’s history books as their highest all-time scorer over a single season.

The record had been held for more than 80 years by club legend Felice Borel, who in 1933-34 scored 36 across Serie A and the defunct Mitropa Cup, leading the Bianconeri to the Scudetto in the process.

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To cap that memorable season, Borel went on to represent Italy at the 1934 World Cup, making one appearance as the Azzurri triumphed in France.

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