Juventus stars are shocked with Cristiano Ronaldo’s mentality.

• Juventus stars shocked with Ronaldo’s mentality.

• De Ligt also hailed Ronaldo “best of his generation.”

Ahead of the Serie A’s resumption as they have never seen him so motivated for a game before. The season is set to restart tonight with Juve and AC Milan colliding in the Coppa Italia semi-finals after three excruciating months for Italy with the coronavirus pandemic recording a total of 236,142 cases and 34,167 deaths in the Mediterranean nation.

According to Tuttosport, Ronaldo is ready to leave it all out on the pitch and his team-mates have taken note as they see the kind of passion in his eyes that they have never witnessed before.

The star forward is determined to win the treble this year starting with the Coppa Italia as Maurizio Sarri’s men are favourites to make it to the final.
The Italian champions drew 1-1 with Milan in the first leg at the San Siro thanks to the Portugal international equalising after Ante Rebic opened the scoring.

The 35-year-old will also look to seal the Serie A title, as Juventus are top of the table, and will also focus on leading the Turin giants to their first Champions League triumph since 1996.

Former Arsenal star Aaron Ramsey, who now plays with Ronaldo at Juve, recently opened up about the Portuguese star’s training regiment claiming that he is always the first man in and the last one out of the gym.

De ligt was one of the stars at Ajax when they knocked out Ronaldo’s Juventus in the champions league quarter final stage in 2018/19 season, before eventually losing to Tottenham Hotspur in the semi finals.

Recently, Having seen what Ronaldo is capable of at close quarters, former Ajax defender De Ligt has praised the quality of his team-mate.

“Ronaldo is the best of his generation and a huge example for young players,” the Dutchman told Tuttosport . “I always try to improve the way I play by watching him because even in training he has a crazy intensity and you wonder if he really is 35 years old.
“We really have a good team, a lot of good guys. The most fun are the South Americans. Beside Ronaldo, I was impressed by Paulo Dybala and Rodrigo Bentancur: both players with an amazing technique. Rodrigo in particular is underestimated, he will have a great future ahead of him.”