What else can you say about Cristiano Ronaldo? The forward is one of the best footballers in the world and there are those who argue that he discusses the reign of Lionel Messi. Both are figures in their teams and the Portuguese, after shining at Real Madrid, came to Juventus so that Italian football can enjoy him, inside and outside a stadium. For example, in today’s practice at Vecchia Signora, the Lusitanian delivered magic with a series of little games combined with pirouettes, which dazzled his teammates. These images were seen on the Turin team’s networks and were all the rage.
CR7 lifted the ball, passed it between his legs, at one point it was suspended and that image was an icon for this Thursday. It was a few seconds, but enough to arouse the attention of his teammates, who do not stop admiring him in each training session. It is possible that he will look in those flashes for the best way to warm up, that he focuses to perform at one hundred and ten percent and emulates the remembered one Diego Armando Maradona, who in the run-up to the 1994 World Cup in the United States, played little games with balls of any type and size (soccer, tennis and golf) and assured that “that was concentration.”
Cristiano has fun with this type of chiches in the practices of the current Italian champion and that today is fourth in Serie A, seven points behind the leader, Milan, and with one game less. His team also seeks glory in the Champions League where on February 16 they will visit Porto in the first leg of the round of 16.
However, his demonstration was not for the rostrum because Cristiano goes further. At 36, he is an example of overcoming and he made it clear in the last match of the Italian Cup when he got angry because his coach, Andrea Pirlo, took it out after converting two goals. The striker, current Calcio scorer with 15 conversions (4 from penalties), is insatiable with his hunger for glory. He lives 24 hours a day focused on his work and that is why he did not need a time to adapt in this league nor is the level he has shown since his arrival in Italian football surprising.
The Portuguese are the kind of natural leaders who do not need to wear the captain’s belt, because he kills himself in every training session and the result is then seen on the field, where he usually takes his teams to a higher level. It is true that Juve has come from sweeping the last nine championships in Italy in a row, and that this year they are not looking at everyone from above. Although it is also true that Ronaldo’s teammates have an extra motivation every time they go out on a court and that is to have someone like him, who inspires them to give their best and because he infects them with his dedication.
How far will CR7 go? Only he knows. If you want to be the highest-scoring footballer in history and ruin any universal controversy, you can surely do so. Because to break records and keep breaking networks, the famous “work in the week” is not a catchphrase for this number one. He is someone who breathes football and when he wants, he delivers magic, as in today’s practice.
What Andrea Pirlo said to Cristiano Ronaldo after the Portuguese’s anger at being substituted against Inter
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