Rome (AFP)
Phenomenal! Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal was illustrated by a jump to 2.56 m high to score the goal of the victory against Sampdoria in Genoa with a head, congratulated his club on his site internet Thursday.
"As he rose in the air, where he was obviously suspended for a fraction of a second, Ronaldo reached an impressive height of 2.56 m when his head touched the ball," said the club, past at the head of the championship thanks to this goal (2-1).
For this 11th goal scored from the head since it is at Juve, the quintuple Ballon d'or took off 71 cm from the ground, specifies the club of Serie A, estimating that it was anything but a "goal of the ordinary head. "
Cristiano Ronaldo modestly drew a parallel with American basketball legend Michael Jordan, by publishing a photo sequence of his gliding flight, accompanied by the commentary: "CR7 Air Jordan".
On a bell center from Alex Sandro, Ronaldo made an incredible jump just before half-time to offer Juve the top of the Italian championship standings, with three points more than Inter before his match against him on Saturday Genoa, in difficulty.
Fans on Twitter noted that Ronaldo had already scored a header by jumping 2.93 meters against Manchester United in 2013 and 2.61 meters against Wales in 2016.
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