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Football legend Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Funchal in Portugal on February 5, 1985 and has become one of the all-time greats of the game. The Portuguese footballer played a major role in country winning the 2016 UEFA Euro Championships and 2019 Nations League titles. He holds the record for most goals in the history of football, most goals in UEFA Champions League, most goals for Real Madrid and all-time highest goal-scorer for Portugal. We check out some little known facts about Cristiano Ronaldo.

The agreement also gives Juve an option to buy the 27-year-old at the end of the season for 45 million euros to be paid over three years, the Turin club added. They could otherwise take him on loan again for the 2021-22 season for another 10 million euro fee and then buy him outright in 2022 at a reduced cost of 35 million euros. Morata returns to the club where he spent two seasons between 2014 and 2016, including scoring in the Champions League final loss to Barcelona in Berlin in 2015.

The 35-year old who started his Juventus journey in 2018, finished the 2019-20 Serie A season with 31 goals. Ronaldo is also the fastest player to score 50 goals in Serie A (61 appearances), in the three-point era since 1994/95.

Juventus now have 75 points in 30 games, seven ahead of second-placed Lazio.

He returned to Turin in a private jet earlier this month but then had to spend two weeks at home under Italy`s quarantine rules.

The interior ministry's go-ahead has allowed players to return to club training facilities two weeks ahead of schedule, offering a glimmer of hope that the 2019-20 season might yet be saved.

The second leg of the last-16 tie between Juventus and Lyon will be played on March 18. 

The club has already signed Matthijs de Ligt, Aaron Ramsey, Adrien Rabiot, Luca Pellegrini, Merih Demiral and Gianluigi Buffon ahead of the upcoming season.

With this move, De Ligt has now become the most expensive defender in the history of Serie A.

Guardiola signed Alves for Barcelona from Sevilla in 2008 before his first season in charge of the Catalans and the pair won three Liga titles, two Champions Leagues and two King`s Cups together.

Juventus could be investigated for breaching third-party ownership rules after Raiola said in an interview last year the club were not the sole owners of the player`s rights.

Ronaldo, Portugal`s all-time leading scorer, is the latest in a long line of soccer players in Spain -- among them Barcelona`s Lionel Messi and Neymar -- to be caught up in cases over tax or transfers.

To prevail, Juve must shed their status of perennial Champions League bridesmaids, having finished runners-up on a record six occasions and lost their last four finals.

Now 39 and heading towards retirement following the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Buffon remains one of the world`s best.

Higuain, who now has 31 goals this season, received applause from all around the ground as he came off to be replaced by Juan Cuadrado late on after a clinical display that showed just why Juve paid 90 million euros ($98m) to sign him from Napoli last year.

Roma`s 1-1 draw at home to Atalanta -- with Dzeko levelling Jasmin Kurtic`s 22nd minute strike five minutes after the restart -- allowed Juventus to extend their lead as they target a record sixth consecutive scudetto.

Almost two years on Juventus are much changed but veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon believes they are "more clinical" now thanks to their attacking stars.

On the other hand AC Milan win 1-0 against Bologna despite being down to 9 men

Barcelona's world class trio of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar pulled the trigger at the right moment waiting to break free on the counter.

The deciding leg will take place in three weeks time.