Ronaldo Outguns Messi While Juve Thrash Barca

Cristiano Ronaldo got one over his long-standing rival Lionel Messi seeing that Juventus thrashed FC Barcelona 3-0 to secure top spot found in Group G on Tuesday night.

Ronaldo and Messi started against each other for the very first time because the Portuguese left Real Madrid for Juventus 2 yrs ago.

First blood went to Ronaldo who received his side a penalty over 12 minutes immediately after being brought straight down by Ronald Araujo, with the previous Los Blancos star calmly slotting home the opening goal.

The lead was doubled eight minutes later on as Juan Cuadrado's cross found Weston McKennie, who sent a fine acrobatic volley past Marc-Andre Ter Stegen from the penalty spot.

Messi looked to get Barcelona back in the game after a slow begin but his drilled effort from 20 yards out was impressively tipped apart by Gianluigi Buffon.

Buffon was readily available to frustrate Messi once again prior to the break with a fine save following the Argentine was played in by Jordi Alba straight down the left flank.

Even so, the hosts got away to a poor start in the next half after Juventus had been awarded another penalty for a handball along Clement Lenglet, which allowed Ronaldo to slot home his second and Juventus' third goal of your day.

Ronald Koeman opted to reshuffle his stall soon after due to Samuel Umtiti replaced Lenglet while Pedri manufactured way for Riqui Puig while Juventus threw on Rodrigo Bentancur and Adrien Rabiot for the ultimate 20 minutes.

Juventus had the ball in the rear of the web on 76 a few minutes when Leonardo Bonucci bundled the ball residence, but the Video tutorial Assistant Referee ruled the target out for a great own goal. Even so, the disallowed target didn't affect the outcome as Juventus placed on for the 3-0 to finish as Group G winners while Barcelona settle for second spot.