the effort they put into not accepting cristiano ronaldo as a leader might be more than the effort they put into winning the world cup. the players being unbelievably distant toward one another. there's a separate coldness toward ronaldo, but the problem isn't just that either. bruno, neto, vitinha... none of them give off an energy that pulls the others up. everyone's playing their own match. we are watching live as a team fails to emerge from 11 quality footballers.