The return of Cristiano Ronaldo to the Manchester United it was, along with the arrival of Leo Messi to the Paris Saint-Germain coming from FC Barcelona, the great bomb of last summer. After three seasons in the Juventus of Turin, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner ended his stage in Italy on August 27, just four days before the transfer market closed, leaving the ‘Vecchia Signora’ with no room for reaction.
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He has spoken about the departure of the Portuguese star Giorgio Chiellini, captain of the Juve and from the Italian team, current European champions: “It would have been better for us if he had gone earlier. It was not difficult to digest, but it did take us a bit by surprise. In my opinion, we paid it in terms of points in the first matches, if he had left on August 1, we would have had time to prepare better and arrive at the start of the championship a little more prepared, “he said in ‘DAZN‘.
He played the first day of Serie A 2021-22
Although leaving the bench, Christian came to play 30 ‘against him Udinese in a match corresponding to the first day of the A series 2021-22, which ended with a draw at two and in which a goal was annulled to Funchal in 94 ‘.
“There came a point where Cristiano needed new stimuli and a team that could play for him, when he finds a team like this it is decisive. It does not surprise me because he has shown it throughout his career and in his three years with us,” he commented Chiellini when asked if the exit of CR7 it took him by surprise.
“There came a point where Cristiano needed new stimuli and a team that could play for him”
He did not pass the quarterfinals in the Champions League
During his three campaigns in Turin, Cristiano Ronaldo scored 101 goals in 134 games, won two ‘Scudettos’, a Coppa and two Italian Super Cups, although his great pending account was the Champions League, where he fell in the quarterfinals against him Ajax (2019) and in the second round before Lyon (2020) and Porto (2021).