Allegri Explains Reasons Behind Ronaldo Purchase

By Max Wise

Juventus manager has explained the reason the Biaconneri broke the bank to purchase Ronaldo this summer, and said it was for the former's goal record in big games.

Juventus won their eighth Supercoopa Italiana last Wednesday with a 1-0 win over AC Milan in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, courtesy Cristiano Ronaldo's solitary strike just after the hour mark.

The Portuguese ace who joined the Turin club from Madrid for a fee of €100 million with an additional €12 million in other fees, timed his moves to beat a tight offside trap to connect Pjanic's fine cross into the net with an equally fine header just after the hour mark.

It was a good end for Massimiliano Allegri's men to a difficult game, and the manager hailed Ronaldo's ability to step to the plate in difficult games.

“We signed Cristiano Ronaldo because he is decisive and scores big goals, but the whole team put in a good performance", says Allegri

“There were a few too many counter-attacks, as we should’ve had more moves like the Paulo Dybala disallowed goal. Instead, we kept trying to move it around too quickly and allowed Milan some counters, forcing us to sprint back."

The trophy marks a record eighth for Juventus, and Allegri sang praises on his charges for winning what he termed as an 'entertaining game against a good Milan.'

“It was an entertaining game with several chances. We were up against a good Milan that caused us problems, but after the red card we could’ve done better to score a second goal.

“It was very warm and tiring, but we deserved to bring home the trophy thanks to a balanced approach.”

“Milan played well, we made a few too many mistakes in our passing. It was a good opening half-hour, but Milan were eager and we had chances where we could’ve made it 2-0, but were a bit hasty in the final ball.”