Faintness.
This is the feeling that ran through the stands of the huge Lusail stadium on Tuesday, during the Portuguese card against Switzerland (6-1), when the public demanded Cristiano Ronaldo as a gift, as for a jubilee.
“
It's normal for people to come to the stadium to see him, to cheer him on, he's the most famous player in all of history or even in sport!
I don't see what's surprising about that
”, is surprised Bruno Fernandes.
We are talking about the effect of a living legend, a monument whose CV and records would be too long and tedious to list.
Except that Ronaldo hasn't been Ronaldo for a long time.
Logic ?
Yes.
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