Ronaldo Sets Almost Unbeatable Football Record Despite Not Playing in Juventus Final Serie A Game

Ronaldo Sets Almost Unbeatable Football Record Despite Not Playing in Juventus Final Serie A Game

Akan Anwankwo
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:49 PM
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- Cristiano Ronaldo is the first player in history to emerge topscorer in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A

- The 36-year-old finished the current Serie A scoring 29 goals his first Golden Boot since joined Juve in 2018

- Ronaldo was left on the bench in Juventus 4-1 win over Bologna as the Bianconeri secured Champions League football

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Cristiano Ronaldo finished as Serie A's topscorer during his second spell with 29 goals making him the first player to win the Golden Boot in England, Italy and Spain, 90 min.

The 36-year-old's 29 goals was assured that he was going to win Seri A's Golden Boot after Inter Milan's Romelu Lukaku finished the season with 24 strikes.

It is also the first time Ronaldo will be finishing as the season's topscorer in Italy since he joined Juventus from Real Madrid back in 2018.

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CR7 was beaten by Fabio Quagliarella and Ciro Immobile in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 campaigns respectively.

On the other hand, Ronaldo won the highest goalscorer award with Manchester United during the 2001-08 season and three times with Real Madrid.

Ronaldo Sets Almost Unbeatable Football Record Despite Not Playing in Juventus Final Serie A Game
Ronaldo is the first player in football history to win topscorer in England, Italy and Spain. Photo by Jonathan Moscrop
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And his remarkable form with Juve continued despite reports linking him out of the club this summer.

Juventus nine-year dominance in the Italian topflight division ended as rivals Inter won the league in style with former champions finishing in fourth position.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Juventus players had to wait a little more on the pitch to confirm their place in next season's Champions League after defeating Bologna by 4-1 in the final game of the season.

Cristiano Ronaldo was not featured in the match but the Portuguese striker was among Juve players monitoring the result between Napoli and Verona which finished in a 1-1 draw.

Federico Chiesa opened the for the scoring Bianconeri while Alvaro Morata scored a brace and Adrien Rabiot was also among the scorers.

The former champions started the game on a positive note after Chiesa was at the right place at the right time to tuck home a rebounded shot from Morata to make it 1-0.

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