Transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid C.F. to Juventus F.C. "AS" reported that the Spanish club lost almost one million followers on Twitter in the 24 hours that followed the transfer announcement. Social Blade, however, was more economical in their estimate. Incidentally, Real Madrid's first match of the season had their worst La Liga attendance—46,446—since the last game before Ronaldo's arrival from Manchester United in 2009. Moreover, according to Ryan Plant of "The Football Pink", 'many' believed that manager Julen Lopetegui wouldn't had accepted Real Madrid's job offer in the summer of 2018, had he know that Ronaldo was on his way out. Thus, Lopetegui's time at the club was
Cristiano Ronaldo latter award. In the knockout stage of the Champions League, Ronaldo scored the decisive goal against Lyon, which helped United advance to the quarter-finals 2–1 on aggregate, and, while playing as a striker, scored with a header in the 3–0 aggregate victory over Roma. United advanced to the final against Chelsea in Moscow, where, despite his opening goal being negated by an equaliser and his penalty being saved in the shoot-out, Manchester United emerged victorious. As the Champions League top scorer, Ronaldo was named the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year. He additionally received the PFA Players' Player of the