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Eight shots and only 30 passes - Ronaldo's Juventus debut in Opta numbers

Cristiano Ronaldo drew a blank as Juventus dramatically came from behind to win 3-2 at Chievo on his Serie A debut.

The Portugal captain started as the central forward for Massimiliano Allegri's side as they got their title defence up and running.

But Ronaldo had a tough start to life as a Bianconeri star, failing to score and being denied by goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino on multiple occasions.

Sorrentino had to be substituted late in the game after a collision with Ronaldo and here we assess the €112million man's performance with Opta data.

 

4 - Only half of Ronaldo's shots were on target, though, with Sorrentino making a fine block with his knees to keep out a viciously dipping long-range drive.

30 - Ronaldo attempted 30 passes during his Juve debut, which was fewer than any other outfield starter for the Bianconeri and only one more than goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny.

 

16 - Ronaldo was involved in a match-high 16 duels, but only won 31.3 per cent. He won half of the aerial duels he contested and also won two fouls.

13 - The Juve forward lost possession 13 times during the game - only Alex Sandro's 24 and Miralem Pjanic's 15 were worse tallies among Allegri's men.

4 - Ronaldo delivered four crosses during the game, all of which were from open play, with two of them categorised as good deliveries by Opta.

2 - The two key passes recorded by Ronaldo on his Juve debut was lower than Pjanic, Paulo Dybala, Joao Cancelo and Alex Sandro.