Christian Ronaldo’s Departure from Real Madrid and Underwhelming Juventus Stint

Christian Ronaldo completed a circle of glory at Real Madrid with 16 official titles – 4 Champions League, 3 Clubs World Cups, 3 European Super Cups, 2 Leagues, 2 King’s Cups and 2 Spanish Super Cups – and 451 goals in 438 games, numbers that made him the top scorer in the History of Chamartin Club.

However, he did not depart from the white club in accordance with his legendary status. In the summer of 2018, after winning his fourth European Cup with Real Madrid, the Portuguese had already told the field that his cycle had come to an end.. What was seen as a change due to personal challenge ended up being, in reality, a disagreement with Florentino Pérez about his modernization and his economic claims. Finally, the Portuguese ended up signing for Juventus in exchange for 100 million euros for Madrid.

In Turin, Cristiano He did not complete the challenge he signed up for: winning the Champions League. It was in his first season that he came closest, falling in the quarter-finals against Frenkie de Jong’s Ajax. Former Juventus team-mate Giorgio Chiellini spoke about the Portuguese’s time at Vecchia Signora on the BSMT podcast:

“I was impressed by his personality in difficult times. The first year He wanted to shake the world and show that he was stronger than all of Real Madrid.“said the Italian. “We had bad luck with injuries and we lost against Ajax. If we had reached the final, he would have taken us to victory“, said Chiellini in a confession that shows Cristiano’s desire to ‘take revenge’ for leaving Madrid.

“In the following years Cristiano’s level dropped a bit and he was older He could no longer carry the equipment alone. It was icing on the cake, but he needed a bigger cake,” said the Italian who years ago had criticized how the Portuguese had said goodbye to Turin.