In a lighthearted gesture, Cristiano Ronaldo apologized to Gianluigi Buffon for his memorable bicycle kick goal that helped Real Madrid defeat Juventus in 2018.

On Thursday, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianluigi Buffon were in Monaco for the first-ever Champions League league draw.

When the conversation of Ronaldo’s incredible strike came up during the draw’s coverage, the Portuguese star apologized to Buffon and grinned.

In the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals in Turin, Ronaldo scored past a stranded Buffon.

Real Madrid lost the second leg 3-1, but they prevailed 3-0 in Italy to advance 4-3 on the scoreboard overall.

Cristiano Ronaldo jokingly apologised to Gianluigi Buffon for his bicycle kick goal for Real Madrid against Juventus in 2018

Ronaldo scored the incredible goal during the quarter-final stage of the Champions League

Buffon and Ronaldo were both present when the Champions League draw was held in its new format.

Real defeated Liverpool 3-1 in the final to win the Champions League that year.

Eventually, Buffon and Ronaldo became teammates at Juventus when the latter joined the Italian team in 2018 and the former returned the following year following a brief stint at Paris Saint-Germain. Until 2021, they both stayed in Italy.

In the 2019–20 season, Juventus won the Serie A championship; the following year, they also won the Coppa Italia.

Later, Buffon and Ronaldo teamed up at Juventus and were successful there.

After that, Ronaldo went back to Manchester United before joining Al-Nassr.

Prior to retiring in2023, Buffon, meanwhile, again visited one of his former clubs in Parma.