In many ways, the 52nd hat-trick of Cristiano Ronaldo ’s career was very much like the others. It was brutal, irresistible, dominant and domineering, the loot of a bully. In another sense, however, this will have meant more than most.Quite apart from the fact that it was his first for Juventus and single-handedly pillaged a Champions League last-16 tie that many felt was dead on arrival in Turin, it was as much a rejoinder as a rejoicing: a reminder that even at the age of 34, in a foreign city and with his primacy in doubt, this is still what he does.With four minutes left to play, his right-footed penalty nestled into the corner of Jan Oblak’s net to win the tie on aggregate and eliminate Diego Simeone’s stunned Atletico side. That first Champions League will have to wait for another year: on a crisp night in the foothills of the Italian Alps, they discovered that even the most impenetrable of safes can be blown open if you pack enough dynamite.From extras.For the rest of us, a reminder that primal urges die hard. While the goals have poured forth for Ronaldo in Serie A like candies from a beaten pinata - 19 so far - he had just one in his last nine Champions League games. If the vultures weren’t quite circling, then it was at least legitimate to question whether Ronaldo was still one of those players who could win a game through sheer force of personality.And then, of course, there has been the lingering rape accusation dating back a decade, through which Ronaldo - publicly at least, seems to have brazened through like a defender’s shoulder barge. This will, at least, give those who prefer to ignore it plenty of reasons to do so.But to lay this triumph solely at the hands of Ronaldo would be to do a disservice to many. To coach Massimiliano Allegri, for one, who pulled off a tactical coup: using the full width of the pitch, drawing Atletico out of their tight central cage, and then plundering the extra space in the channels. Juventus didn’t waste their time trying to play their way through. Instead the full-backs Leonardo Spinazzola and Joao Cancelo pushed high, Giorgio Chiellini and Leo Bonucci pumped plenty of diagonal balls to Ronaldo and Mario Mandzukic, and ultimately Atletico were strafed, carpet-bombed, blitzed from the skies.