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Raul Albiol: 'Cristiano Ronaldo will find it tough in Italy'

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Napoli defender Raul Albiol says that Cristiano Ronaldo 'will find it hard to score 40 goals a season' at Juventus.

Napoli defender Raul Albiol has said that Cristiano Ronaldo 'will find it hard to score 40 goals a season' at Juventus.

Ronaldo managed 450 goals in 438 appearances for Real Madrid before leaving for Juventus, but he is yet to register in his three Serie A appearances for the Italian champions.

The 33-year-old scored more than 40 goals in eight of his nine seasons at the Bernabeu, but Albiol has said that "football is more tactical and defensive" in Italy, and Ronaldo will therefore struggle to put up similar numbers.

"It's true that in Italy, football is more tactical and defensive, as well as being very physical, so you have to know how to play," Albiol told AS. "Cristiano's a great player with tremendous quality, but in Italy it'll be harder for him to score 40 goals.

"Also, I hope he doesn't because it would be good for Juventus but bad for Napoli. He also started slowly with Madrid last season.

"He didn't score goals at the start of the campaign, yet he finished up again with some mindboggling numbers. If Cristiano has spent his entire career scoring bags of goals every season, it's not by chance."

Juventus are next in action at home to Sassuolo on Sunday afternoon.

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