The AI language of Cristiano Ronaldo: How the often-maligned goal-hog is about a self-sufficient "I" as much as it is about assists
Ronaldo was hailed as a changed man on social media after he passed the ball to Bruno Fernandes against Turkey. Some compared him to the "humble" Messi, while others laughed it off as a publicity gimmick to change his reputation as a cold-blooded goal scorer.
A ten-year-old child dressed in a hot tracksuit picked the ideal time to slip onto the pitch and see his idol, Cristiano Ronaldo, while dodging the stares of bulky bouncers. In a generous mood, the Portuguese icon grinned broadly for a selfie with the fan, who was eventually identified as Berat, and was released with a warning rather than a fine. Before the guards started pursuing him, the football player muttered something in his ears. With a wry smirk on his lips, Ronaldo's gaze followed his admirer until he was apprehended and hauled off.
Ronaldo suddenly won over a lot more people in the crowd—or maybe the entire world—at that same moment. Beneath the façade of soap operatic preening and moaning, of hard-edged competitiveness, there was an ideal athlete who loved
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