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Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first man in 60 years to hit 25 goals for Juventus in a single Serie A season, bringing up the milestone with his first-ever free-kick goal for the Italian giants.
The prolific Portuguese reached that mark by finding the target in Saturday's derby against FC Torino, which ended in a convincing victory for the league leaders.
His remarkable standards have been maintained throughout the current campaign, with the target found on 25 occasions through just 26 appearances in the Italian top flight.
Ronaldo is still looking to chase down the Capocannoniere crown in 2020, but remains 4 efforts short of Lazio frontman Ciro Immobile.
Time is still on the 35-year-old's side, though, and he remains a model of consistency.
He has helped Juve back to the top of the table this season, as they chase down a ninth successive Serie A crown.
Title glory was enjoyed during his debut campaign in Italy, but only 21 league goals were recorded by the 5-time Ballon d'Or winner.
That haul has been raised this term, allowing him to match the efforts of club legend Omar Sivori from 1960-1961.
The Argentine-born Italy star scored exactly 25 to help Juve win the Scudetto that season, although he was pipped to the top scorer title by Sampdoria's Sergio Brighenti.
Nobody has managed 25 league goals since then, with legendary figures such as Alessandro Del Piero, Roberto Baggio and Michel Platini all falling short.
Ronaldo's exploits in front of goal are now expected and no longer come as any surprise.
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Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first player in football history to score 50 goals in Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League.
The Portugal international hit the target during this evening's match against Lazio in Turin.
CR7 had already found the net 84 times for Manchester United in the Premier League and 311 for Real Madrid in La Liga.
This was his 61st Serie A appearance, so Ronaldo has also set a new record as the quickest player to score 50 Serie A goals.
Edin Dzeko has already got the record for top 5 European Leagues, as he became the first to score at least 50 goals in the Bundesliga, Premier League and Serie A.
The AS Roma forward achieved that feat in March 2018.
Ronaldo is also in the running for the 2019-2020 Capocannoniere title in Serie A, challenging Ciro Immobile of Lazio.
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Immobile is Europe's top scorer
Lazio striker Ciro Immobile is officially the 2020 Golden Shoe winner, as Cristiano Ronaldo isn't even in the Juventus squad to face AS Roma.
Ronaldo is the only player who could feasibly still catch Immobile on 35 Serie A goals this season, having found the net 31 times already.
However, Maurizio Sarri has rested CR7 for tonight's final Serie A match against Roma.
That means Immobile finishes as Europe's top league scorer with 35 goals, ahead of Bayern Munchen's Robert Lewandowski on 34.
He is the first Italian to take this title since Francesco Totti for AS Roma in 2007 on 26 goals, with Luca Toni crowned the year before for Fiorentina on 31 goals.
Lionel Messi of Barcelona had won the Golden Shoe for 3 years running, with Barcelona team-mate Luis Suarez taking it in 2016.
Immobile could also set a new all-time Serie A record this evening for goals scored in a single season, as he is one away from 36, set by Gonzalo Higuain for Napoli in 2016.
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Sarri's Juventus have the worst Serie A stats
Maurizio Sarri's Juventus have posted the worst Serie A statistics from the club's last 9 title-winning seasons.
Juve were crowned champions of Italy for a ninth successive season after beating Sampdoria 2-0 at the Allianz Stadium on 26 July. Sarri's men clinched the Scudetto with 2 matches to spare, but benefitted greatly from the inconsistent form of their main title rivals Inter, Atalanta and Lazio.
The Bianconeri only picked up 2 victories from their final 8 matches, and finished the campaign with back-to-back defeats against Cagliari and AS Roma.
After wrapping up their domestic schedule with a 3-1 loss at home to the Giallarossi, Sarri admitted that his side's motivation levels had dwindled.
While looking ahead to a Champions League last 16 showdown against Olympique Lyon, the Italian coach said Juve knew the title was all but wrapped up after last month's win against Lazio.
The truth is that Juve have failed to reach the same heights as in previous years throughout the season, which is reflected in their final points tally.
Their latest haul of 83 is the lowest number they've amassed in the last decade, and they also conceded more goals than in any of their previous 8 title successes - 43. Juve have recorded their worst goal difference of that period (+33) along with the highest number of defeats (7) and the smallest final points gap between the top two clubs.
To make matters even worse, the Turin-based outfit have dropped 21 points from a winning position, more than any other title-winning side in Serie A history, beating AS Roma's previous mark of 20 set in 1982-1983.
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Lukaku joins Eto'o, Ronaldo & Milito in exclusive Inter club
Romelu Lukaku joined an exclusive club on Wednesday as the Belgian striker scored Inter's first of 2 goals in a 2-0 Europa League triumph over Getafe.
Lukaku scored in the first half of the match, helping guide Inter to the quarter-finals of the competition.
The goal was the Belgian striker's 30th of the season, with the striker scoring 23 of those goals in Serie A.
It's the first time that the striker has eclipsed the 30-goal mark in his career, as Lukaku's previous career high of 27 goals came in 2017-2018, his first season with Manchester United.
Having hit the 30-goal mark, Lukaku became the first Inter striker to score that many goals since Samuel Eto'o in 2010-2011, when the striker famously netted 37 times just one season after Inter claimed an historic Treble.
Lukaku also joined the likes of Diego Milito and Ronaldo as players to have scored 30 goals for Inter over the last 30 seasons.
Like Ronaldo, Lukaku reached the 30-goal landmark in his first season with the club, with the Brazilian firing 34 goals in his first season after joining from FC Barcelona.
In addition to equalling legendary figures like Eto'o, Ronaldo and Milito, Lukaku also equalled a mark last set by Newcastle and Blackburn Rovers icon Alan Shearer.
With Wednesday's goal, Lukaku has scored in his last 8 Europa League matches, equalling the record for the longest streak in the competition set by Shearer in 2005 as the Newcastle star went on to score 11 times in just 9 matches.
Lukaku's streak extends back to his time with Man United, but his 3-goal haul this season makes him the first Inter player to score at least 3 goals in the competition since Rodrigo Palacio in 2014-2015.
In total, the Belgian international has been involved in 35 of Inter's 104 goals scored this season across all competitions.
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