Italy: Ronaldo "not like the others" to win Juve

Cristiano Ronaldo was warmly welcomed on Monday in Turin, where he signed up for Juventus for four years with the aim of printing his extraordinary brand there too.

"I'm not like the others said the five-year-old Golden Ball of 33 years at the presentation press conference, explaining that at his age, many preferred to leave to secure their fortune in Qatar or China.

In front of journalists from around the world The entire striker transferred from Real Madrid for 100 million euros showed his usual confidence in him and evoked his "new challenge."

"I have nothing to prove to anyone, the numbers are there. the world knows what I did for football, but I'm ambitious and I like challenges, I do not like to stay in my comfort zone, after what I did for Manchester and Real Madrid, I want to leave my mark on Juve, "he said.

He arrived Sunday night at Turin, where the city center is lined with thousands of posters proclaiming "bem-vindo", "welcome" in Portuguese.

In the Piedmontese capital, the black and white jerseys of Juve with the number 7 Ronaldo is sell like rolls and a "CR7 taste" ice cream, with a hint of sherry and chocolate, was also launched.

At Juve headquarters, where he spent a battery of medical exams Monday in the day, Ronaldo was rather reserved against hundreds of raging tifosi come to welcome him, spending barely a minute to shake a few hands and sign autographs.

"It's a great emotion, the best player in the world ! I never imagined that … ", badured AFP Fabio, a young supporter," It's a dream ", exclaimed another behind him.

Midfielder Claudio Marchisio , future teammate, was equally enthusiastic: "It is an absolute champion who arrives, it will be really interesting to participate in everyday life, especially at work."

– Beneficial for all – [19659002] The arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo should allow Juve to finally win the Champions League, the Grail of football that has escaped him for more than 20 years, with two recent defeats in the final.

European Champion 2016 with the Portugal, Ronaldo has also won four of the last five editions of the Champions League, and scored a record 120 goals in this competition, including a spectacular aerobatic comeback this year against Juventus, even applauded by fans of the Old Lady. 19659013] "I have to work hard because winning the Champions League is not easy. I hope I can help, "tempered the interested party.

" We will fight not only for the Champions League but also for Serie A and other trophies, "he said.

Indeed, he will also motivate the rest of the team during the championship, after seven consecutive titles and a place already won in the history of Italian football.

According to experts, Juve will not be the only to benefit from the arrival of Ronaldo, who should benefit all Italian football.

"Ronaldo has more than 300 million subscribers on social networks, he is known in every corner of the planet and it is one of the five most famous personalities in the world, "Lucio Lamberti, a professor at the Politecnico di Milano in the columns of the Stampa, recently recalled.

For the legendary goalkeeper of the Nazionale, Dino Zoff , world champion in 1982 at age 40, "Ronaldo will offer a very big contribution to the Juve and pull up the overall level of the championship. "

In this enthusiastic concert, hard to find a dissonant voice: at the Fiat plant in Melfi, in southern Italy, call for the strike of a minority union against the expensive transfer – 100 million euros paid to Real – made a flop. The management of the car manufacturer, owned like Juve family Agnelli, has identified 5 strikers.

The champion will for his part go on vacation. He announced he would return on July 30 to begin training, before a first match on August 12 and the resumption of the Italian championship on August 19.