In the summer of 2018, Ronaldo joined Juventus with a record contract of 105 million euros. Immediately, he left his mark with the "Best Player Serie A" award in the 2018-2019 season.
In his first season in Italy, CR7 also managed to "pocket" 28 goals in all competitions. This is not a bad number, even quite impressive for a rookie.
However, for the owner of 5 Ballons d'Or, that is definitely not enough. And if compared to the previous 9 seasons at Real Madrid, this is the year Ronaldo scored the worst goal.
However, it is also necessary to clearly understand that Ronaldo is 34 years old this year, so he has only played 31 matches in the national championship. Along with that, Juventus' playing style tends to be defensive and quite "inferior" to the Portuguese star.
Real, M.U or even Portugal have applied defensive counter-attacking play. However, no team carries a defensive mindset like "Ba Lam gia". This unintentionally disrupts Ronaldo's freedom in attacking play.
Last season, he still did very well what Max Allegri asked. However, if Juventus wants to see the "monster" scaring the whole of Europe with the ability to score 50 goals/season, they must "unlock" Ronaldo.
And the solution is none other than an attacking style of play, a tactical system in which CR7's defensive role is reduced.
This seemed a bit easy, but coach Max Allegri himself had to "package up" because he could not do it. And now, the person who will replace him to help Ronaldo shine will be Coach Sarri.
In recent seasons, "teacher" Sarri has always preferred to use strong attacking patterns such as: 4-3-3, or 4-3-1-2. In those diagrams, the striker position is still the biggest weakness of the "Sarri ball". Finding a spearhead capable of carrying the attack is probably still an unanswered question for the Italian strategist.
Higuain once shined with a record of 36 goals in Serie A 2015 2016 for Napoli, but when he left, there was no worthy replacement. Last season, when they reunited at Chelsea, the Argentine striker's form declined. He could not even compete with Giroud, a good striker in Europe.
However, currently, Sarri has an extremely valuable asset in hand, which is Ronaldo - the world's leading "goal-scoring machine" for the past 10 years. On the day of his press conference, the 60-year-old strategist promised to help CR7 set many more records. And most likely, his way of doing things will be to bring him to the center forward position so he can stand closer to the goal.
The biggest problem here is Ronaldo himself. At Real, he was uncomfortable playing with his back to the goal. The 34-year-old superstar still likes to start from the left wing, then suddenly runs into the middle to take advantage of the space created by his teammates.
However, age does not allow the Portuguese star to stay as strong. Maybe under Sarri, this will be a suitable opportunity for him to completely transform into a CR9.
