Dybala: Cristiano Ronaldo? “Quite normal.”

Juventus Turin striker Paulo Dybala gave a glimpse of life with Cristiano Ronaldo during his first season in Italy, and praised Real Madrid’s superstar. “He likes to joke and he jokes with everyone,” Dybala explained in an interview with Corriere della Serra.

“Everyone has an idea of what kind of character he has, but in the dressing room he’s very different,” Dybala continued, defending the extroverted Ronaldo: “The life of a footballer is like riding a roller coaster: One day you’re the best and the other day you’re considered useless. This happens to everyone, even champions like Messi and Ronaldo: despite everything they have accomplished in their careers, they are still criticized.”

According to Dybala, the fact that the move from Ronaldo to Turin in the summer of 2018 actually took place was also a huge surprise for the Juve stars: “None of us imagined playing with Cristiano Ronaldo at any time. We thought they were just headlines in the media. But then we saw him up close, and he’s just a normal person.”

However, Paulo Dybala’s personal achievements were not positively influenced by the arrival of CR7: This season, he will only score five goals in the league, while last season it was their 22nd Juventus legend Marco Tardelli sees the reason for this in the game focused on the Portuguese European champions: “Some players suffer from Cristiano Ronaldo. Dybala is one of them,” he claimed at Rai Sport.