It is truly a sign of Cristiano Ronaldo’s ability and greatness that the Portuguese superstar is still going strong at the age of 35. Having moved away from Real Madrid to Juventus two years ago, he is still scoring goals and driving his team on, like he has been doing for the best part of his career, and his latest goalscoring exploits have only helped him break even more records as Juventus move closer to yet another Serie A title.
Ronaldo netted a brace in Juventus’ 2-1 win over Lazio, with those goals taking him on to 30 goals in the league this season, marking the first time since the 2015/16 season that he has hit 30 league goals in a season. At the same time, he became the first player to score 50 goals or more in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A. He is also the fastest to reach 50 Serie A goals, doing so in just 61 games. The previous holder of the record, AC Milan legend Andriy Shevchenko, had taken 68 games to do so, while Brazilian legend Ronaldo had reached this total in 70 games while at Inter Milan. These records just go to show how Ronaldo is still at the very top of his game, and reports of his decline have been greatly accelerated.
Ronaldo is also in the hunt for the Serie A top scorer award this season, having briefly moved ahead of Lazio’s Ciro Immobile last night, before the Italian netted a late penalty to bring him level again. Both of those players are on 30 goals in Serie A this season, with four games to go, and even those who bet at a real money casino would be wary of putting their money against Ronaldo. He has a habit of coming back to haunt his detractors, and the smart money would be on him picking up the top goalscorer award, along with a Serie A title as well.
This win moves the Old Lady eight points clear of second-placed Inter Milan, who could only draw 2-2 at Roma on Sunday. Juventus are thus in pole position to pick up their ninth Serie A title in a row, with Lazio, who were mounting a title challenge of their own, having fallen away since the restart, dropping to fourth in the table now, while they had been second behind Juventus when the season resumed.
Ronaldo had the chance to net a hat-trick in this match, but his effort came off the crossbar. Nevertheless, the Portuguese attacker has had an incredible season, even better than his debut campaign in Italy, and is showing no signs of slowing down. The news that there will be no Ballon d’Or awarded this year will have come as a bit of a blow to him, as he would have fancied his chances of picking up the gong for the sixth time. Nevertheless, given the form he is in, Ronaldo will be looking to end this season on a high, and do not write off his chances of picking up the award next year, while also guiding Portugal towards glory in the European Championship next June as well. Truth be told, you would be better off playing at websites such as johnny kash than betting against Cristiano Ronaldo.
