While speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport the Italian forward says: “CR7? Welcome to him, but I’m curious to see how he’ll adapt to our league. He won’t be able to win games by himself.
“Personally I prefer Messi for what he represents for football, but the talent of the Portuguese is not in question. If he’s won five Ballons d’Or it means something.
“Italian defences are very strong though, even if he proved against Juventus that he’s a phenomenon. In a longer tournament we’ll see…
“Maybe Ronaldo will save himself to aim for the Champions League, which is his big objective. Then in the Champions League last 16 two years ago he didn’t score against us. We hope to repeat that.”
Juventus have won 7 consecutive Serie A titles and will be hoping that with the help of Cristiano Ronaldo they can finally win the champions league for the first time since 1996.
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