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Juventus and Turin warmly welcomed Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo, who signed his contract on Monday and put the Italian championship back on the European stage. The superstar arrived as early as Sunday night, which took a back seat to his fans and the media because he was only expected on Monday morning in Turin, where the city center is lined with thousands of posters proclaiming "bem-vindo "," welcome "in Portuguese.
Monday morning, arriving at the headquarters of Juve where he must pass medical examinations, Ronaldo, rather reserved and surrounded by several bodyguards, was greeted by hundreds of raging tifosi and took several minutes to win the gate.
" Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Ronaldo " chanted the fans, before singing "Ronaldo bring us the Champions League". "It's a great emotion, the best player in the world I would never have imagined that …", assured AFP Fabio, a young supporter. "It's a dream," exclaimed another behind him.
The striker then had to visit the facilities of Juve then a presentation press conference is scheduled at 18:30, after which the champion of Europe 2016 with Portugal should go on vacation. According to the Italian media, he will only join the rest of the Turin squad at the end of July, when he will be touring the United States.
"He is an absolute champion who arrives it will be really interesting to participate in his daily life, especially at work ", that is to say in training, commented his future teammate, the midfielder Claudio Marchisio. "And if I speak as tifoso, then I must say that it's a great move," he added.
Even if Ronaldo's visit will only last 24 hours, it will be the "Ronalday" or the "Ronaldo-day" in the city, ensure all the media. The black and white jerseys of Juve with number 7 Ronaldo sell like hot cakes and a "CR7 taste" ice cream, with a hint of sherry and chocolate, was also launched in the Piedmontese capital.
Beneficial for all
The arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo could allow Juve to finally win the Grail of football that escapes for more than 20 years, the C1, but also pull up the entire Italian football world "The League champions in black and white jersey More than any other wonder, that's what Juve asks Cristiano ", writes the Gazzetta Sportiva. For the Corriere dello sport, Ronaldo will also have the mission to motivate the rest of the team during the championship because, after seven consecutive titles and the place already conquered in history, the group will certainly feel satisfied. "The Champions League is a separate speech, because in the black and white cloakroom, all are hungry to lift the cup after the disappointments of the last four seasons", with two defeats in the final and two eliminations in the quarterfinals, said the
However, Juve will not be the only one to benefit and it is the whole Italian football system that will benefit, experts say. "Ronaldo has more than 300 million subscribers on social networks, he is known in every corner of the planet and is one of the five most famous personalities in the world, which is enough to say that there will be positive effects not only for Juve but for all Italian football ", recently estimated Lucio Lamberti, professor at the Polytechnic School of Milan, in the columns of the Stampa.
For the legendary Nazionale goalkeeper, Dino Zoff, world champion in 1982 at age 40, "Ronaldo will offer a great technical contribution to Juve and pull up the overall level of the championship." [19659003] In this enthusiastic concert, difficult to find a dissonant voice: the Fiat plant in Melfi, southern Italy, the call for a 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 the Juve family Agnelli, recorded 5 strikers.
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