Cristiano Ronaldo is accustomed to using his legs to score goals, not concede them.
So when the record scorer was at fault for letting in the decisive goal that eliminated Juventus from the Champions League this week — with an elementary error, no less — it stunned even the most experienced of soccer analysts.
Retired manager Fabio Capello conducted a virtual interrogation of first-year Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo after the game against 10-man Porto, trying to figure out who was responsible for assigning Ronaldo and teammate Álvaro Morata — who both turned their backs — to the wall that failed to stop a free kick from Sérgio Oliveira in extra time.