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What went wrong for Cristiano Ronaldo in his first World Cup 2026 match?
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
Messi, Mbappe, Haaland and Kane began the World Cup in style, but what happened to Ronaldo and Portugal?
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