Cristiano Ronaldo
will be rested for Juventus’ final match of the Serie A season on Saturday
against Roma, ahead of the Italians’ Champions League last-16 second leg
against Lyon next week.
Ronaldo, 35, was
left out of the squad for the game in Turin, with fellow forward Paulo Dybala
also absent with a thigh injury.
Juventus have
already wrapped up their ninth straight league title and are now looking
towards their home game against Lyon on Friday when Maurizio Sarri’s side need
to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit.
Nothing is left to
play for against Roma who are already assured of a fifth-place finish and the
Europa League group stage next term.
Ronaldo, however,
will miss out on winning a first ‘Capocannoniere’ award for top scorer in the
Italian top flight.
The Portuguese
forward has scored 31 league goals this campaign with Lazio’s Ciro Immobile now
assured of the top-scorer’s award with 35.
Immobile needs just
one more goal against Napoli on Saturday to equal the scoring record of 36
goals for a single campaign achieved by Gonzalo Higuain, playing for Napoli, in
the 2015-16 season.
