“Better than Ronaldo, Messi & Co.” The press celebrates Ciro Immobile

The 30-year-old comes from Torre Annunziata, a municipality in the greater Naples area. And although Immobile was with Lazio on the last matchday of Serie A 1:3 at Napoli conceded, the Romans celebrated the dark blonde bearded man in golden letters on social media as “The King”.

“I have loved this sport since I was a child, and it is precisely this love and passion for football that has made me dare to pursue my dreams more and more and believe in them,” Immobile wrote on Social on Sunday Media and thanked fans, teammates and his family.

Immobile sets Higuain record On Saturday, with his goal in the 22nd minute, he could be sure that he had equaled the old Serie A record of 36 goals set by Argentine Gonzalo Higuain. In the European rankings, Immobile had already overtaken Robert Lewandowski (34 goals) on the penultimate matchday. World star Cristiano Ronaldo came third (31 goals) ahead of Timo Werner (28 goals).

Italy's media called Immobile's record-breaking season "historic" on Sunday ( Corriere della Sera ). The football nation had to wait over a decade (13 years) for a compatriot to bring home the “Golden Boot”. In fact, only two Italians have achieved this before him in recent decades: Roma icon Francesco Totti (2006/07) and former Bayern star Luca Toni (AC Fiorentina) a year earlier.

That the “King of the Bombers” ( Journal of Sport ) would even trump superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, Immobile knew before kick-off. The already established champions Juventus had not fielded the Portuguese European champions. Immobile is better than players like “Ronaldo, Messi, Lewandowski and Haaland,” commented the Gazette continued exuberantly. Real estate difficult time in Dortmund With the goalscoring “shoe”, the southern Italian crowns a career that almost took a different direction in Germany. As a professional at the Bundesliga club from Dortmund, the man in his mid-twenties was unable to meet the high expectations. There is a lot of speculation about the reasons for the failure.

Purchased in mid-2014 by BVB, which was then coached by Jürgen Klopp, for 18,5 million euros, Immobilien obviously did not warm to the club. And not with Germany. He suffered, and spoke in an Italian newspaper interview ( SportWeek ) at the beginning of 2015 that the Germans were cold.

Even though the Italian international apologized afterwards; it wasn't put up much. From the summer of 2015 he was loaned out to Seville in Spain and then to FC Torino. He has been playing for Lazio since mid-2016 and his contract runs until mid-2023.

Back in Italy, he made an impressive name for himself. Apparently he was in the wrong place at the wrong time in Dortmund. He was at home in the stadium in Naples, as his beaming face showed after the goal.

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“Better than Ronaldo, Messi & Co.” The press celebrates Ciro Immobile

Europe has a new football king: former Dortmund flop Ciro Immobile celebrated his great triumph as the continent's best striker almost at his birthplace.

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