Cristiano Ronaldo started his New Year with a prolific record. The Juventus star stuck his first hat-trick against Cagliari at the Juventus Stadium for Serie A. Now, CR7 netted three goals at 49th minute and at the 69th minute of the game, he converted a penalty into a goal. His last goal came in at the 82nd minute of the match. The Juventus star scripted history by becoming the only player to have scored hat-tricks in Italy, England, Spain and the World Cup. Juventus won the game by 4-0. Performance is Most Important Aspect: Ronaldo After Scoring Hat-trick.

When Ronaldo played for Real Madrid, he scored 34 La Liga hat-tricks and was only one behind his arch-rival Lionel Messi. The Barcelona star has slammed 35 hat-tricks in history of La Liga. CR7 has managed to score 56 hat-tricks in his career which just equates to 23 per cent of his 715 career goals. Post winning the match, Cristiano Ronaldo posted a picture of himself rejoicing after scoring a hat-trick.

 

View this post on Instagram

 

Amazing feeling to kick off 2020 with a hat-trick and a victory!⚽⚽⚽💪🏽 #finoallafine #forzajuve

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on

"It was a good start to the year, but the important thing is the team," Ronaldo said after making history with his hat-trick, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. "We created chances, and scoring is always important."Our game is getting better game by game but we have to work and keep improving." With this Juventus has 45 points in its kitty and is placed on number two of the Serie A 2019-20 points table.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 08, 2020 09:23 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).