Published 11:40 IST, August 6th 2020
Serie A SNUBS Cristiano Ronaldo in naming 6 MVPs of 2019-20 season
Serie A has snubbed Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to crown Paulo Dybala as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season despite his stellar performances.
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Cristia Ronaldo guided Juventus to its ninth successive Serie A title, with his splendid run of form throughout course of season. However, his performance has seemingly gone unticed by Serie A, with Portuguese icon snubbed by league for all of six individual awards at end of season.
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Paulo Dybala beats Cristia Ronaldo to clinch Serie A MVP award
Juventus superstar Cristia Ronaldo scored 31 goals in Serie A this season, most for any player in team. However, Serie A decided to award Most Valuable Player (MVP) award to Ronaldo's teammate Paulo Dybala. Argentina international h netted 11 goals along with an equal number of assists this season.
Meanwhile, Juventus shot-stopper Wojciech Szczesny was crowned best goalkeeper by Serie A for his scintillating performances between sticks. Inter Milan centre-back Stefan de Vrij bagged best defender of season award ahe of likes of Leonardo Bonucci and Kalidou Koulibaly. Alejandro 'Papi' Gomez scooped best midfielder crown, having netted seven goals and 11 assists this season for Atalanta.
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Ciro Immobile crowned best forward by Serie A
Ciro Immobile netted most goals in Serie A; across Europe, in fact. With his 35 goals in Serie A, worthy European Golden Boot winner bagged Best Forward of Season award. Lazio hitman beat likes of Robert Lewandowski and Cristia Ronaldo to score most goals in top five European leagues.
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Interestingly, Cristia Ronaldo clinched MVP award in his debut season in Serie A after his famous move to Turin in 2018. However, his numbers weren't as impressive as his stats this season. This season, he scored most match-winning (12) goals in Serie A while also bagging most points through his goals (24).
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Juventus to play Lyon in Champions League
Despite setback, Cristia Ronaldo has been sweating it out in training ahe of his side's Champions League Round of 16 fixture. Maurizio Sarri's men were defeated 1-0 by Lyon in first leg with second leg set to be played at Allianz Stium on Friday (Saturday according to IST).
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11:40 IST, August 6th 2020