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Materazzi: Juventus a failure if they don't win Champions League with Ronaldo

Ex-Italy defender Marco Materazzi believes that if Juventus fail to win the Champions League their 2018-19 campaign will ultimately go down as a failure.

The Old Lady have been widely tipped to win Europe's most prestigious competition this year, after signing Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid last summer.

The Spanish champions have won the famous trophy three years on the bounce, while Juve have been losing finalists in two of the last four seasons.

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A last-16 tie against Atletico Madrid beckons this time around and according to Materazzi, who played for Juve's arch-rivals Inter Milan between 2001 and 2011, Massimiliano Allegri's men will have no excuses if they fail to win their first European crown in 23 years.