Transfers – "Let there be light": the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo seen by the Italian and Spanish media

Sports writers around the world had to phosphorus long, in the night, to determine what would be their Une. Cristiano Ronaldo or the semifinals of the World Cup? In Italy and Spain, the choice was quickly seen. The transfer of the Portuguese striker from Real Madrid to Juventus Turin has focused all attention. Too eager to see the star put on the shirt of the Old Lady, the Italian media have gone from their little editing, making appear the behemoth of world football with the black and white jersey. " Ronaldo is bianconeri, here he is! ", headlined this morning Tuttosport. In its columns, the daily made the calculation: " Operation Ronaldo will cost 400 million euros, the largest expense in the history of Juventus. The coup of the century! "Before adding:" This brings Serie A back to the center of the world, multiplying the media appeal on a planetary scale. Bem-vindo, Ronaldo. You have no idea how much our football was waiting for you. "

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For his part, the Corriere dello Sport headline of his newspaper "Fiat Lux", a Latin address meaning "Let there be light." With this transfer, Juve " turns on Serie A According to the daily. Ivan Zazzaroni, director of the publication, wrote about him in his editorial: " I can not believe it (…) I thought it was impossible to convince one of the two biggest football players to end his career in Italy, in a somewhat devalued Championship, after the selection failed to qualify for the World Cup . "The earthquake is such that Cristiano Ronaldo did not even No need to wait for his first minutes with the jersey of Juve to put the boot upside down. Proof is, for the Gazzetta dello Sport, " 10 July 2018 will remain in the history of Italian football. "

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In Spain, the sneering has given way to tributes for the one who wrote one of the most beautiful pages in the history of Real Madrid. The pro-Madrid newspaper Marca headlined: " There will be no other such ," describing Ronaldo as " the legend to 451 goals ." The newspaper has represented those goals on his cover, adding the legendary bicycle of the Portuguese striker against Juventus Turin. In his columns, Marca describes "the end of an era" and worries about Ronaldo's succession: " Its impact is only comparable to what Di Stefano did. And his departure plunges the club into the unknown. It is another pair of races to find one's successor . "Still according to the Iberian daily, Neymar remains" the great dream ", but the Real also explores other tracks.

As revealed by France Football on Tuesday in the afternoon, the final break is rooted in the Champions League final, when Cristiano Ronaldo suggested he could leave the Real Madrid. Marca abounds: " Since this declaration, the different positions seemed irreconcilable. And within the club, his words were interpreted as a wish to start. "

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On the side of the Catalan media, we concealed only moderately his satisfaction to see Ronaldo go, posting the striker in A with the jersey of Juventus. " CR Sette ", for example, entitled Mundo Deportivo, " Sette " meaning " seven " in Italian. This did not prevent his editorial director Santi Nolla to pay homage to the great champion he is: " His departure is bad news for La Liga. He is a reference, the one who has maintained the most brutal duel in football with Lionel Messi. Real was able to resist the best team in history thanks to him . On the other side of the Alps, Cristiano Ronaldo will surely remain a character cleavage on many points. But when it comes to recognizing his immense talent and his unbridled ambition, the sound of the bell is the same everywhere.