The season did not start well for the giants of Turin. Juventus have struggled to deal with the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo, taking just one point from their opening three matches of the Serie A season with the latest failure being their 2-1 loss against Napoli.The Portuguese ace returned to Manchester in an emotional deadline-day transfer after three years in Italy.To rub some salt on Juve’s wounds, Ronaldo marked his Old Trafford homecoming with two goals as United eased past Newcastle.Quest for glory begins: as many as three Champions League classics to kick start the new seasonJuventus and Italian national team centre defender Giorgio Chiellini gave his view on the situation within the team while Ronaldo was part of the squad.Even though Bianconeri started their campaign poorly, Chiellini is sure Juventus will survive without the Portuguese. Chiellini even states that the 36-year-old’s departure from Allianz Stadium will actually have some positive effects on the team.Chiellini claimed the team revolved around CR7 at Juventus and that his presence held back Old Lady’s Argentinian attacking talent – Paulo Dybala. ‘When you have a world-class player like Cristiano, you cannot help but use the team to play for him.’, legendary defender told DAZN as quoted by Football Italia. ‘We must be grateful to Cristiano for all he did during these years at Juventus, but we carry on.’This will be Paulo Dybala’s team. Over the last couple of years, he lowered his average goals because of Cristiano’s presence, but he is a key player for this team and that is recognised by everyone.’Juve on life support: Szczesny’s mistakes and another defeat for the Old LadyWith the forward having been with the Argentina squad for their World Cup qualifying win over Bolivia on Friday, Max Allegri was without Dybala for Saturday’s defeat by Napoli.After their woeful start has seen them draw with Udinese and lose games against Napoli and Empoli, there are real fears growing at Juventus that even Allegri cannot transform them into title contenders this season.In each of his seasons in Turin, Ronaldo had been Juve’s top scorer and he recently became the men’s all-time record scorer on the international stage. Given the situation at Juventus, it would all probably look much different if the quick-footed striker stayed in Italy.Tue, 14/9, 22.00: (6.50) MALMO (4.30) JUVENTUS (1.50)Up north, the old/new Man Utd’s no.7 believes Red Devils can win silverware this season.’As I told you before, we have huge potential,’ he said after their victory over the Magpies. ‘We have fantastic players, a good coach, a good team. We need to build up the mentality to win the Premier League and even the Champions League. ‘So I am here to help the team. I think we have the 11 that are playing and those on the bench that can help as well. We have a good team, as I told you, and the spirit is there.’Juve will try and get back to their winning way in their Champions League clash against Swedish side Malmo on Tuesday evening.
