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Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t at Parken, and still he loomed larger than anyone else. The meeting with Portugal underscored the new national team’s strengths and its weaknesses.

Rarely has so much, on such a scale, been about a man who wasn’t there

Some Portuguese fans delivered a very unmistakable declaration of love to the national-team coach, Jorge Jesus, after his confrontation with Cristiano Ronaldo. Foto: Jens Dresling
Some Portuguese fans delivered a very unmistakable declaration of love to the national-team coach, Jorge Jesus, after his confrontation with Cristiano Ronaldo. Foto: Jens Dresling

»There is nothing harder than coaching a superstar when he is no longer a superstar«.

Not every sports fan knows Doug Collins. But his quote applies across elite sport.

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