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(Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo tied on eight Serie A goals this season on Saturday with AC Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic, as he and the Swede continue to challenge their years of advancement and show young people how it’s done.
With a combined age of nearly 75, both Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic could be forgiven for at least showing signs of exhaustion, but the goals show no signs of wearing off as the pair lead their teams to the top two places in the standings.
Coming into Juve’s clash with Cagliari on Saturday, Ronaldo had just returned from three games with Portugal to make his fourth league start of the season.
In his last game with Juventus before the international break, Ronaldo had to be replaced due to an ankle injury, and that was after he had to isolate himself due to COVID-19.
Yet even with those interruptions, Ronaldo, 35, cannot be detained, as Cagliari found out.
With Juventus struggling to get going in Turin and wasting several opportunities, Ronaldo scored a signature opener, shooting to the bottom corner after jumping in twice.
Unfinished, the Portuguese added a brilliant second four minutes later, showing great athleticism with the ball seemingly heading behind him to score a fine shot.
“We have to keep our young man like this,” Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo said of Ronaldo.
“He gave me great availability in training, in games, for anything. His goals and goals. His talent is not natural, we are lucky that he plays for Juventus.”
Now it’s up to Ibrahimovic, with Milan playing Napoli on Sunday. The tall Swede has scored a goal in every Serie A game that has started this season and Ronaldo may be trying to catch up again next weekend.
(Reporting by Peter Hall, Ed Osmond Editing)
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