Head coach of Italy Andrea Pirlo explained his decision to start Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench for Juventus’ win against Lazio on Saturday.
Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench
Juve won the game with 3 goals against Lazio thanks to Alvaro Morata’s double and Adrien Rabiot’s goal to return within seven points of Inter’s Serie A leaders. They are getting closer to Inter Milan’s dominance. Keep in mind that Inter Milan has 7 more points that Juventus right now but Ronaldo’s team has a game in hand. It will be a very interesting end of the season.
The top scorer of the competition only made a twenty-minute appearance for a substitute, with Pirlo claiming that Ronaldo agreed to take a break after leading the line so many games in a row.
Famous and best Juve boss told the post-match press conference: “It happened from eight or nine games in a row, we reached an agreement within a week. It was already planned.
Cristiano Ronaldo has already scored 20 goals.
“Cristiano Ronaldo is added value, the boys did what they had to do. Cristiano Ronaldo had already scored 20 goals, it was okay that the others did too. When you give the ball to him, something can always happen and you often start 1-0. He’s fine.”
He had to rest
This rest was agreed for a week because he played so many games in a row and needed to rest.”
Despite turning 36 years old last month,Cristiano Ronaldo has shown no signs of slowing down, while simultaneously leading Juve’s latest silverware bid on multiple fronts. The Portuguese superstar has hit 27 goals in 31 games for the club in all competitions this timeframe, including 20 in Serie A and four in the Champions League. Cristiano Ronaldo will be fully eligible and risk heading off again when Juve play host to Porto in the return leg of their Champions League 16 draw round of 16 on Tuesday night