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Giovinazzi joins Raikkonen at Ronaldo turns Sauber for 2019 focus to Juve The Portuguese star turns to Juventus challenge after FIFA best player snub

Antonio Giovinazzi AFP | 18th-placed Bologna, who shocked newcomers from outside , Roma 2-0 at the weekend, Juventus before the city derby against Lazio Reuters | London ristiano Ron- play ’s Napoli in a at the weekend. aldo turns his top-of-the table clash on Saturday. Frosinone are second from the talian Antonio Giovinaz- focus back to With no offence to Juventus have had a perfect start bottom of the table with 12 goals zi will race for Sauber C Luka Modric, I’d give I Juventus’s quest for a to the season with five wins and conceded, including two to Juven- next season in a new lineup treble this season on the Ballon d’Or to 15 points -- three points ahead of tus last weekend. with former world cham- Wednesday after los- Ronaldo for what Napoli. “At the end of the year when the pion Kimi Raikkonen, the ing out in the FIFA’s he did last season. I Allegri’s side also play Swiss points are counted the matches Swiss-based best player of the year think he deserves it club Young Boys in the Champions like the one in Frosinone you don’t team said yesterday. award. League a week on Tuesday, a game remember immediately, but you Giovinazzi, who had been Five-time Ballon d’Or which Ronaldo will miss after his know how important they were,” the reserve driver, made two winner Ronaldo skipped controversial sending off against said Allegri. race starts last year as a re- the awards ceremony in Valencia in Spain. Roma then host Czech club Vikto- placement for the injured London on Monday as his ria Plzen in the Champions League Pascal Wehrlein, who was former Real team - quarter-final, which even drew a Roma crisis next week, having lost their opener dropped at the end of that mate Luka Modric beat him standing ovation from Juventus Napoli host promoted Parma, be- to holders Real Madrid. season. for the award. supporters in Turin. fore their trip to Turin, with an eye Meanwhile, face a The 24-year-old’s con- The 33-year-old Portuguese Juventus coach Massimiliano Al- on their Champions League game tough task against Fiorentina in firmation means Sweden’s star also lost out to Liverpool’s legri had backed Ronaldo -- who against Liverpool in Naples. the Tuesday with coach Marcus Ericsson loses Mohamed Salah for the Puskas has scored three goals in his last “We won there (Juventus) last Luciano Spalletti serving a touch- his race seat, although he Award for the best goal. two league games -- for the award, season and still finished second,” line ban for his over-exuberant goal will stay on as reserve and He had been nominated for as he led the way in the Champions said Napoli striker . celebration against Sampdoria. ‘brand ambassador’. his superb over- League with 15 goals to help Real to “If we don’t win the midweek Inter have been struggling but “I am delighted to be join- head bicy- a third straight title. game with Parma, then the result their last-gasp win against the ing the Alfa Romeo Sauber cle kick “With no offence to Luka Modric, with Juve is irrelevant, so we have Genoa side followed their come- F1 Team. This is a dream for Real I’d give the Ballon d’Or to Ronaldo to take it one at a time.” from-behind 2-1 win in the Cham- come true, and it is a great Madrid for what he did last season. I think Under-pressure Roma host pro- pions League against Tottenham. pleasure to have the chance against he deserves it,” said Allegri. moted Frosinone looking for a boost Spalletti’s side travel to the Neth- to race for this team,” said Juven- The Italian champions face a after slipping to 14th with their erlands to play PSV Eindhoven in Giovinazzi. tus in heavy week in Turin with three weekend defeat in Bologna. the Champions League next week. Giovinazzi will be the last sea- games in their Allianz Stadium in Coach has Fiorentina are third in the table first Italian driver to start a son’s Cham- the space of seven days. reportedly been given a week to five points adrift of Juventus, with Formula One season since pions League After Wednesday’s game against save his job, starting against the Inter in ninth. 2011. Messi backs Modric, Ronaldo opts for Varane, FIFA reveals The Best votes

(L-R) Presenter Former Brazil and Barcelona player , Brazil and PSG defender Dani Alves, Real madrid and Spain defender , Real Madrid and Croatia Luka Modric, Chelsea and Belgium midfielder Eden Hazard, British actor and event host Idris Elba, Paris Saint-Germain and France forward Kylian Mbappe and Chelsea and France midfielder N’Golo Kante, Brazil’s defender Marcelo, France and real Madrid defender Raphael Varane, Manchester United and Spain goalkeeper David De Gea and presenter former captain Michael Ballack with their trophies at the presentation for the FIFA FIFPro World11 award 2018 during The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony

Goal.com | London encounter, inspiring a crushing 3-0 Cristiano Ronaldo taking third. lections by placing him in second fol- Messi, while Brazil’s Tite overlooked victory for Croatia that included a stun- Curiously, the Argentine overlooked lowed by Griezmann. local hero Neymar in favour of Modric, arcelona star recog- ning long-range effort from the Real his Barca team-mates in the top three, Griezmann, who has attracted crit- Mohamed Salah and Ronaldo. Bnised Luka Modric as 2018’s best Madrid midfielder. while Ronaldo picked two former com- icism in some quarters recently by There were even a couple of nomina- player in the voting for FIFA’s The Best But Messi showed there were no hard panions from Real Madrid. placing himself alongside the likes of tions for World Cup Golden Boot win- awards, the federation has confirmed. feelings as he picked the World Cup Raphael Varane was Ronaldo’s top Messi and Ronaldo, did at least win the ner Harry Kane, who won the approval The pair have been rivals for years in finalist and The Best winner as his top pick, followed by Modric and Atletico backing of one international captain: of Bahamas coach Dion Godet and Chi- La Liga, and also clashed in this year’s player of 2018. Madrid sharpshooter Antoine Griez- Uruguay skipper and Atletico team- nese Taipei’s Gary White, though Kane World Cup when Argentina and Croatia Kylian Mbappe, another player who mann. mate Diego Godin. himself voted for Ronaldo first, Messi faced off in Group D. made Messi and Argentina suffer in Varane also received the backing of Among the coaches, interim Argen- second and rival Kevin Modric came off the better in that Russia, was Messi’s second choice, with Modric, who mirrored Cristiano’s se- tina boss Lionel Scaloni plumped for De Bruyne third.