Shortly before the World Cup, the British broadcaster Piers Morgan aired an interview with Ronaldo in which the star bashed Manchester United—a transparent attempt to force his way out of the club.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the most famous athlete in the world, at least by quantifiable metrics like global search history or social-media rankings. And he has long carried himself like someone who knows his exact follower count. A fussy precision runs through everything he does, whether it’s his measured stride and iconic, knuckling free kicks, his various haircuts, the anime-like goal celebrations.
Portugal has some of the most talented players at the World Cup. They won the Euro 2016 despite rarely seeming like the tournament’s best team. The team’s coach, Fernando Santos, prefers a practical, risk-averse style, which sometimes seems at odds with a cluster of young Portuguese attackers entering their prime. But the slower tempo suits an aging Ronaldo.
About an hour in, still scoreless, Ronaldo and Mohammed Salisu chased down a ball in the Ghanaian box. Salisu got there first—a sign of the times, really—but caught Ronaldo’s foot, and the superstar tumbled in the box. As he awaited the penalty, he closed his eyes and let out a deep breath. Seconds later, he became the first male player to score at five different World Cups.
Portugal continued giving the ball away, as though the team was suddenly allergic to pragmatism. Fernandes, a daring player who thrives when he is taking risks, continued attacking rather than just holding on to the ball. And, in the final few minutes, the Portuguese keeper Diogo Costa, one of the sport’s rising stars, made a couple of immature errors, at one point losing track of Iñaki Williams as he lurked behind him.
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