Floyd Mayweather celebrates the Italian Super Cup title with Ronaldo (photos)

- Juventus on Wednesday night, January 16, won the Italian Super Cup beating AC Milan 1-0

- Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo scored the goal that gave the Old Lady the trophy

- And after the match, boxing legend Floyd Mayweather joined the players in the dressing room to celebrate

World boxing champions Floyd Mayweather on Wednesday night, January 16, celebrated with Cristiano Ronaldo and his Juventus' teammates after winning the Italian Super Cup.

The 2018/19 Italian Super Cup will now be Ronaldo's first trophy with Juventus since he completed a mega million move to the club from Real Madrid.

He also scored the only goal that condemned AC Milan to a defeat in the final of the Super Cup that was played in Saudi Arabia.

The win over AC Milan was also Juventus' first success in the competition since 2015 having lost the two previous Suppercoppa finals.

And after the game, unbeaten boxing legend Floyd Mayweather joined Juventus' players in the dressing room to celebrate with them.

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"It was a very difficult match, it's very warm and hard to play in these conditions.

"We played well, created a lot of chances and obviously I am happy to have scored the winning goal.

"It was my intention to start 2019 with a trophy, I have my first title with Juve and I am very happy.

"But it is only the start, we will take it one step at a time. We've got this trophy, now we must keep working hard to achieve the next one,'' Ronaldo told Rai Sport.

Earlier, Legit.ng had reported how Cristiano Ronaldo's second half was all Juventus needed to claim the Italian Super Cup after a hard-fought 1-0 win over 10-man AC Milan on Wednesday, January 16, 2019.

The encounter saw Ronaldo’s headed goal turned the table in favor of Juventus after finishing twice as runners-up in the previous attempts.

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