Champions League The Italian media focus in the run-up to Juventus – Ajax especially in Ronaldo, who the Italians to the next round must shoot.
La Gazetto dello Sport picks up tremendously on the cover. Cristiano Ronaldo, ‘king of the Champions League”, is cloaked in an armor of Juventus, sitting on ‘his’ throne. “My throne, not to touch”, is the headline in the newspaper. The throne is referred to the Iron Throne from the hugely popular series Game of Thrones , that this week his eighth and final season began. Also in Tuttosport and Corriere dello Sport adorns Ronaldo the cover. The latter newspaper refers to the comeback of Juventus against Atletico Madrid (3-0 win after 2-0 defeat in Spain), where he was a hattrick scored, and after a cojones gesture (he grabbed his private parts). “Juventus has another night of Ronaldo’s huevos ”, is the headline in the newspaper.
Cristiano hears the call of his cup.
Tuttosport
La Gazetto dello Sport looking for symbolism in the famous number of Ronaldo. “CR7, the king of five Champions Leagues and five Golden Balls, fight today for a new army: Juventus. Seven is his number, seven kingdoms fighting for the Iron Throne, seven finals were lost by the Old Lady,’”
“Cristiano hears the call of his cup,” writes Tuttosport . They refer to his transformation as the pressure increases. Of the 125 goals scored in the Champions League, he scored 64 after the group stage. La Corriere dello Sport also refers to his statistics, but in a different way. That are in the stadium of Juventus are excellent. In the nineteen performances – first for Real Madrid, since this season for Juventus – on the miljardenbal in the Allianz Stadium, he was good for seventeen goals and ten assists. “For more than five years is Cristiano in Turin striking and enchanting, but now it is public ally,” writes the newspaper.
The stadium can also play an important role in the collection of Matthijs de ligt, know Tuttosport and La Stampa : “following In the footsteps of Ronaldo, applause received after his stunning hit in Turin, the atmosphere of the fans Is to convince that this is his new home.”
