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<item> <title>Still scoring, but less soap opera: Cristiano Ronaldo enters Euro 2024</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/18/still-scoring-but-less-soap-opera-cristiano-ronaldo-enters-euro-2024</link> <description><p>Roberto MartÃnez does not bow to every whim of his superstar No 7 as forwardâs career draws to a close</p><p>After all the years of propping up Portugal, there is no more of Cristiano Ronaldo putting the national team on his back. Now, he&nbsp;is well into his victory lap. âYour&nbsp;happiness is our happiness, captain,â was Sport TVâs caption to a reel of his best bits from last weekâs 3-0 friendly win over the Republic of Ireland. In previous tournaments, Ronaldoâs every micro-move was replete with nuance, potentially a gamechanger, but there is now less of a daily soap opera feel around the team. âI see quite a calm team, I donât see anyone anxious,â Ronaldo told reporters on the squadâs arrival at their Euro 2024 base in Germany.</p><p>That calm was not extended to Portugalâs first public training session on German soil. For the workout at Güterslohâs Heidewaldstadion on Friday 8,200 fans turned up, tickets were reputedly changing hands for up to â¬1,000 (£850) and, inevitably, Ronaldo was hugged and jostled by a series of pitch invaders. Ever since the captain became a bona fide megastar at Manchester United, almost two decades ago, there has been a circus-like aspect to Portugal at major tournaments. Regardless of the residual elite quality of the squad, the periods before, during and after Cristiano will be eras of starkly different shades.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/18/still-scoring-but-less-soap-opera-cristiano-ronaldo-enters-euro-2024">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/euro-2024">Euro 2024</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/ronaldo">Cristiano Ronaldo</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/portugal">Portugal</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/european-championship">European Championship</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2024 07:00:06 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/jun/18/still-scoring-but-less-soap-opera-cristiano-ronaldo-enters-euro-2024</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dfb5ba0f498ccad1f506a23e48f9b6ea10a6397f/0_69_6238_3743/master/6238.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f185cc6a316149338447fbc8bb0dfa5a"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PatrÃcia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/dfb5ba0f498ccad1f506a23e48f9b6ea10a6397f/0_69_6238_3743/master/6238.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a7d755698c2a2db0c1223eebd3df5126"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: PatrÃcia de Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Andy Brassell</dc:creator> <dc:date>2024-06-18T07:00:06Z</dc:date> </item>
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