- Ronaldo receives plaudits from Buffon, Zidane and Allegri
- The Real Madrid star man scores an emphatic bicycle kick
- Los Blancos won the Champions League match by 3-0 in Turin
After Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning over-head kick against Juventus, the Turin supporters gave him an unusual standing ovation.
The Real Madrid talisman had been booed by the home fans following his third minute strike in the Champions League quarter final first leg.
Ronaldo was also applauded by coach Zinedine Zidane for the emphatic finish while Gianluigi Buffon gave the five-time Ballon d'Or winner the thumbs up at full time.
The Portuguese later said the post match interview that the reaction from the home support was a first in his career, and admitted it was "amazing" and "unbelievable".
He said: "It was an unbelievable moment. I have to say thank you a lot - grazie - to all supporters of Juventus.
"What they did for me was amazing, I'm so happy.
"Thank you to all of them. This has never happened in my career so far."
Juve centre-back Giorgio Chiellini had earlier hailed Ronaldo as the best in history for winning over the Turin faithful.
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He said: "What he's done tonight will be talked about for decades and decades.
"I've never heard the fans of Turin applaud an opposing team's player until tonight. For me he's the best player in history."
Los Blancos manager Zidane was full of praise for Ronaldo whom he said had been practising overhead kicks in training on Monday.
He said after the 3-0 win: "Cristiano Ronaldo is different. He’s a different player to everyone else and he always has this desire to do something extraordinary in the Champions League, he never rests on his laurels.
"His overhead kick was remarkable, yet he missed two much easier chances. That’s football."
Zidane was then asked which goal was better, Ronaldo's or his in the 2002 Champions League final against Bayer Leverkusen.
"Oh mine! Definitely mine," replied the World Cup winner.
Juventus goalkeeper and captain Buffon compared Ronaldo to the all-time greats like Diego Maradona, Pele and even Lionel Messi.
The Italian said: "Ronaldo is an extraordinary champion, together with Lionel Messi he is the only one that punctuates his team's most important victories, and is to be compared to Maradona and Pele.
"We were playing against incredible champions.
"There is great regret and it will not be possible to go forward in this event, for me it is a great regret but against certain opponents it takes a clear examination: they are objectively stronger."
Ronaldo's ecstatic display broke another record in Turin as his goals made him the first player to score in ten successive Champions League matches.
Juventus boss Max Allegri later said Ronaldo is "probably the best player in the world."
The Italian said: "There is absolutely nothing to blame the boys for.
"We faced an extraordinary team with probably the best player in the world."
The second leg comes up in the next eight days as Madrid have already put one leg in the semi finals and remain on course for a third consecutive Champions League success.
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