Cristiano Ronaldo grabs Serie A scoring record
The Juventus striker went ahead of Rui Barros as he grabbed his 13th Serie A goal of the season.
Cristiano Ronaldo was on the scoresheet within two minutes of the start of the Juventus v Sampdoria game in Turin on Saturday afternoon. The Portuguese striker picked the ball up on the left-hand corner of the box, controlled and fired it across Audero and into the far corner.
Ronaldo hits 13 goals in Serie A
That's Ronaldo's 13th goal in Serie A this season, and puts him level top of the scoring charts in the competition alongside Krzysztof Piatek of Genoa.
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It also means Ronaldo claims the record as the Portuguese player with most goals in a Serie A season, beating Rui Barrios' 12 goals for Juventus in the 1988-89 season.
Ronaldo later converted a penalty for a Ferrari handball for his 14th goal of the Serie A campaign, making it 2-1 to Juventus at that stage.
⚽️⚽️ @Cristiano at the double to score Juve's 💯th goal of 2018 in all competitions! #JuveSamp #FinoAllaFine #ForzaJuve pic.twitter.com/q8S6aKbWBQ
— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) December 29, 2018
Ronaldo praises the VAR
Ronaldo spoke after the game and expressed his support for the VAR after Sampdoria were denied a late equaliser with Saponara being ruled offside in the build-up to his superb strike.