Cristiano Ronaldo joins Juventus: How Spanish media reacted to end of era

July 11, 2018 admin Transfers 0

Cristiano Ronaldo leaves Real Madrid for quite an expensive fee, but the FC guys feel everyone involved in the transfer comes out a winner.

Martin Ainstein discusses the many different reasons as to why Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid parted ways.

ESPN FC’s Stewart Robson and Craig Burley explain just how monumental Cristiano Ronaldo’s move to Juventus is for world football.

Speaking in March 2018, Cristiano Ronaldo admitted he loved watching Juventus play as a child ahead of his transfer from Real Madrid to the Italian side.

Stewart Robson tells us how Cristiano Ronaldo will fare at Juventus and if his goal-scoring prowess at Real Madrid will continue in Turin.

With news breaking that Cristiano Ronaldo is leaving Real Madrid for Juventus, take a look back at his many accomplishments for club and country.

The morning after Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure from Real Madrid to Juventus was confirmed, the Spanish media was torn between saluting his contribution at the Bernabeu, debating why he was leaving now, and wondering how he could ever be replaced …

Marca: There will never be anyone like him. Cristiano leaves, the legend of the 451 goals

AS: Ciao, Cristiano – it was nice while it lasted

Sport: Shock Cristiano – Madrid accept the request of their star and sell him to Juventus for €105m. The Blancos club are left without their references following his and Zidane’s goodbyes, and Florentino must get his chequebook out

Mundo Deportivo: CR Sette – Cristiano Ronaldo leaves Real Madrid and heads for Juve, four years and 112 million. After losing their marquee player (450 goals in nine years), Florentino launches his net for Neymar

El Mundo: Cristiano Ronaldo, the man who changed the modern history of Real Madrid

“Record club goalscorer with 450 and all-time “pichichi” in the Champions League (120), he leaves after nine years and 16 trophies including four Champions Leagues. His figure now sits on the same level as (Alfredo) Di Stefano and he will continue at Juventus a rivalry with (Lionel) Messi which remains the biggest in football. Cristiano Ronaldo goes into Real Madrid’s history as the man who was a step forward, an untiring guy whose desire to always want to score converted the best club of the 20th century into one which dominated Europe at the start of the 21st.”

Marca: 33 now, Madrid just got tired of his threats

“Cristiano left and Real Madrid began to lose. Or to draw, which is the same for this club at which only victory counts. Accustomed during the last nine years to starting games winning 1.029 to zero when the Portuguese was playing, Los Blancos will now have to accept the hard reality of beginning again at 0-0 … But if any club are able to take on such a loss, it is them … Cristiano leaves Real Madrid as he has been threatening to for years, without realising that one day they would call his bluff and open the door.”

El Pais: Goals are not love

“Football is so entangled that 45 days after becoming European champion for a third consecutive year, Real Madrid have lost their two principal symbols – Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo. It appears like there are not enough trophies or goals to satisfy everybody. It happened with the coach, and now the one to flee is the icon of the last nine years. And, in both cases, the divorces were not just down to money. You just have to contrast the cold goodbye between CR and the club — with two statements — and Zidane’s public emotional goodbye.”

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