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Does Ronaldo deserve empathy?

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There stood Cristiano Ronaldo, the greatest footballer in the world, dressed head-to-toe in black and gray. It was almost hard to recognize him with so many clothes on. He held his head like a bored king, trying to decide whether his jester was too ugly to bother executing.

"It was a lucky night for them," he said Tuesday, referring to the Icelanders who had just held Portugal to a draw and Ronaldo scoreless in Saint-Etienne, France. "I thought they'd won the Euros the way they celebrated at the end, it was unbelievable. When they don't try to play and just defend, defend, defend, this in my opinion shows a small mentality and they are not going to do anything in the competition.