Cristiano Ronaldo Celebrates After Scoring Against Inter Milan

Cristiano Ronaldo. (Photo: Twitter @juventusfcen)

JAKARTA - Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo says Cristiano Ronaldo looks happy in the dressing room after the mega star pulled out of a match against Inter Milan in the 37th week of the Italian League Saturday, May 15, local time.

CR7 contributed to Juventus' victory over Inter Milan, where the former Manchester United player contributed one goal in the 24th minute in a 3–2 win over the Bianconeri.

Ronaldo scored with a rebound after his penalty was blocked by Inter Milan goalkeeper Samir Handanovic. CR7's right foot kick was not able to be blocked by the Slovenian national team goalkeeper.

CR7 also contributed the most shots on target in the match by creating two of the seven shots that led to inter's goal. Despite performing very well, Ronaldo was then pulled out in the last 20 minutes.

The coach, Andrea Pirlo, replaced Ronaldo for the old lady's 10th game after Rodrigo Bentancur was shown a red card in the 55th minute. Bentancur was sent off by referee Gianpaolo Calvarese after fouling Romelu Lukaku.

After the game, Pirlo revealed Ronaldo was happy with the substitution. Even the former AC Milan midfielder said it was the first time Ronaldo had been happy when he was replaced.

"I think this is the first time he's happy to be replaced," said Pirlo, reported from Italian Football.

"He was happy and smiling in the locker room," Pirlo said.

Ronaldo's happy reaction was clearly different when the former Real Madrid bomber pulled out in the first leg of the Coppa Italia 2020-2021 semi-final on 2 February. In the match that ended with a 2–1 win for Juventus, CR7 was able to score a brace.

However Pirlo pulled out Ronaldo in the 77th minute and was replaced by Alvaro Morata. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner showed an upset face to Pirlo's decision.