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It’s a very good time to be a Juventus or Cristiano Ronaldo fan, with the Portuguese superstar currently taking the Serie A by storm. Ronaldo arrived in the Italian topflight during the summer amid much skepticism from some football fans.
At 33, many feared he may not be able to replicate his lethal form of old, especially after taking his goal-scoring heights to a totally different level during his time at Real Madrid. However, the former Manchester United star has continued right from where he left off, and has become the main man at Juve.
On Saturday, Ronaldo was once again on the score sheet as Max Allegri’s men defeated SPAL 2-0 at the Allianz Stadium. He opened the scoring with a deft finish in the 28th minute, before Mario Mandzukic added Juve’s second in the 60th minute.
On a day when his former club Real Madrid laboured to a 3-0 loss against Eibar, Ronaldo showed exactly why the European champions should never have allowed him leave.
Saturday’s goal against SPAL was Ronaldo’s 9th in the Serie A, sending him joint-top of the league’s scoring charts, together with Genoa’s Krzysztof Piatek. However, the Portuguese sits as top scorer due to his superior assist record. Currently, Ronaldo has 6 assists in the league, while Piatek has none to his name.
The pair are closely followed on the top scorers list by Ciro Immobile and Dries Mertens, who are on eight and seven goals respectively. Meanwhile, social media has been buzzing since Ronaldo moved to the top of the Serie A scoring chart.
The 33-year-old has been praised by football fans across the globe for his perfect start in the Italian topflight. It remains to be seen if he could go on to win the top scorer award at the end of the season, but for now Ronaldo is trending for his lethal ability in front of goal.
Here are some of the best tweets after the forward moved top of the Serie A scorers chart.
