World Soccer Presents - Rise of Ronaldo (2022)

80 RISEOFRONALDO

CristianoRonaldo’sdebutseason

inSerieAendsindomesticsuccess,

butcelebrationswereflataftertheir

Europeanexit,asPaddyAgnewreports

e wasa cruel, poetic

justiceaboutthe manner

inwhichJuventuswrapped

upa 35thSerieA league

titlewith a 2-1 homevictory against

Fiorentina.Notwithstandingthe fact

that, formanyreasons,thiswasan

historicnight,there wasa strangely

anticlimactic feeltothe occasion.

powerhouse jus

becomethe first clubfromthebig

fiveEuropeanleaguestowineight

consecutive domestictitles.Furthermore,

CristianoRonaldohadjust becomethe

first playerto have wonthePremier

League, La LigaandSerieA treble.

AndyeteventhoughColombian

starJuanCuadradojumpedaround

eight in a row

Juventus make it

eacra man, spraing eoam

onthe heads of team-matesandcoach

MassimilianoAllegri,thesecelebrations

somehow lookedjust a tad ritualistic.

Thepointisthat,just fourdays

earlier, Juventus hadcrashedoutof

theChampionsLeague,eliminatedina

quarter-final tiebyAjax.WhenJuventus

sprangthe“transferofthecentury”last

Eightinarow...Juve

playerscelebrate