Cristiano Ronaldo has left some followers questioning as as to if he’s topic to the widely accepted legal guidelines of gravity after he was seen hovering above the Sassuolo defence throughout Sunday’s Three-1 win Serie A win for Juventus.
Ronaldo etched his title into the historical past books as soon as extra within the recreation, together with his 92nd minute strike making him the primary participant to have scored no less than 15 objectives in Europe’s prime 5 leagues in every of the previous 15 seasons.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the ONLY participant to attain no less than 15 objectives in every of the final 15 seasons within the prime 5 European leagues.
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— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 10, 2021
And whereas the accolade is certainly a formidable one for the evergreen Portuguese, some followers had been extra impressed by Ronaldo’s unimaginable leaping skill than by his continued goalscoring exploits.
The 35-year-old continues to defy the ravages of age in Italy’s prime flight due to an infamously sturdy coaching regime designed to take care of his celebrity physique for so long as potential and judging by footage from Sunday’s recreation, he actually is not neglecting field jumps in his coaching.
Simply take a look at that f*cking leap… ???
Ronaldo is ridiculous ? pic.twitter.com/NQyIkR5ApN
— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) January 10, 2021
Ronaldo floated ? pic.twitter.com/6EzhuaB259
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) January 10, 2021
AIR CRISTIANO. ✈️? pic.twitter.com/AsDA6UwzZr
— ? بـسّـام (@7DN26) January 10, 2021
Air Cristiano. Sassuolo's keeper + leap + arm = Ronaldo. Surreal. How tall is he, now? four meters? pic.twitter.com/bdoHKdhGGU
— Emanuel Roşu (@Emishor) January 10, 2021
Ronaldo’s aim – a low shot into the underside of Wojciech Szczesny’s internet in stoppage time close to the top of the match – was his 15th in simply 13 Serie A appearances to this point this season and signifies that he has scored no less than that many objectives in every marketing campaign for the reason that 2006-07 season in spells with Manchester United, Actual Madrid and now Juventus.
The aim takes Ronaldo’s tally in Italy to an unimaginable 84 in simply 104 appearances within the infamously defensive-heavy division.
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He has now scored an unimaginable 759 profession objectives for membership and nation, incomes a number of data alongside the way in which – together with being the all-time prime scorer for each Actual Madrid (450) and Portugal nationwide workforce (102), in addition to the highest goalscorer within the historical past of the Champions League (134).
And judging by Ronaldo’s gorgeous leap within the Sassuolo recreation, one would possibly count on quite a lot of goalkeepers to be plucking certainly one of his headers out of the again of their internet earlier than he calls time on his legendary profession.