the leader and captain of the portugal national team. at 41, the elder of the squad. he has an indescribable, unbelievable career, and despite all of it he still hasn't earned his team's respect. to manage that under these conditions, you have to have a character like a total dick, and that's exactly what ronaldo has pulled off. you're wasting your time debating why the messi crowd hates ronaldo, when the man's own team and his former teammates don't even like him. the freak's only friend is piers morgan. when the captain of one of the world cup's most special squads changes his tune before the tournament, just because his rival won, and says "the world cup isn't a dream, it won't affect my legacy," nobody's going to respect him. and if they hadn't brought in a puppet coach precisely so he'd do this, they wouldn't have even put a guy who says these things and who's washed up in the arab league on the squad in the first place. one of them cries after a match he turned around, saying he was about to let down the team he made champions, while the other, after getting knocked out, talks about himself like he's someone else and says "before cristiano, portugal had no cup, my conscience is clear." you're a disrespectful to everyone, that's why nobody likes you. now get the hell out of here and go slap emojis on the insta posts claiming they rigged the cup for messi.