Ronaldo was desperately yearning to play at this tournament, because he knew he could. Now 41, he accepts his body cannot do what it could for so long, and has changed his game accordingly. He is now chiefly a goal-hanger, a figure lurking in the box, a rare creature that feasts only on crosses into the area or pullbacks put on a plate for him.
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