Juventus’s defeat to Lazio in the 2019 Italian Super Cup ended Cristiano Ronaldo’s slick record in the race for the title.
Ronaldo has never lost a match in the race for the title since 2014. After Real Madrid lost to Atletico Madrid in the 2013 Copa del Rey final, Ronaldo always managed to be the winner in the top match.
Ronaldo always appears as champion in 12 trophy fight matches in a variety of situations, both winning in normal time, extra time, or penalties.
In 2014, Ronaldo won the Copa del Rey, Champions League, UEFA Super Cup. After failing to reach the final with Madrid in 2015, Ronaldo then returned to appearing impressive in the race for the 2016 trophy.
The Champions League, European Cup and Club World Cup titles seemed to be a testament to the luck of the Portuguese player.
In 2017, Ronaldo again won the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup. A year later, the former Sporting Lisbon player returned to victory in the Champions League final.
When he moved to Juventus, Ronaldo returned to success in the title decider at the Italian Super Cup.
This year, along with the Portugal national team, Ronaldo maintained his magic at the Nations League final.
Magical Ronaldo in the race for the title destroyed at the King Saud University Stadium, Saudi Arabia. Ronaldo and Juventus lost to Lazio. The final score 1-3 was Ronaldo’s first defeat in a title fight in the last five years.
Ronaldo also showed a reaction of dissatisfaction after the defeat of Lazio by removing a new medal put on him at the procession after the fight was over. Christiano Ronaldo Only Put the medal for one second.
Ronaldo did not smile while attending the medal rally. He even missed direct the hand so that the medal quickly put on.
After the medal circled around his neck, it only took a second for Ronaldo to immediately take it off. Ronaldo also missed a handshake with one of the men who stood in the medal procession.
This failure made Juventus fail to get the first trophy of the season as well as the first trophy under the direction of Maurizio Sarri.
Ronaldo and Maurizio Sarri’s relationship itself has been said to be less harmonious in recent times. CR7 was disappointed when Sarri was withdrawn him several times for the team’s strategy needs.
Paulo Dybala and Gonzalo Higuain who are other players on the front lines were able to apply Sarri’s strategy well. The problem is getting more complicated because Sarri was committed to not playing Higuain-Dybala-Ronaldo simultaneously.
Sarri eventually melted and played the three players simultaneously in several matches, including the Italian Super Cup final match.
But Sarri’s decision to play the three players simultaneously did not bear fruit because Juventus lose at the end of the match against Lazio.
