Ronaldo fans are experiencing serious cognitive dissonance and compartmentalisation.
It's okay to admit that your identity is so strongly tied to CR7 that admitting someone else is better feels like a betrayal.
What you shouldn't do is try to make a "logical" argument for it.
When you bring up Messi’s Olympics trophy up as an achievement, they claim it doesn’t count. His own country men vilified him. Few years later, he has more international trophies than Ronaldo. Their goat should just take the L. The explaining plenty too much
Eder scored the solitary goal to win Portugal Euro 2016, we all know who got the praise for that victory. It’s a two edged sword. Once you are comfortable with the praise, deserved or not, you must live with the criticism too. That’s how it works.
Higuain kill3d Argentina in 2014, guess who got all the knocks? The one who dragged them to that final. And several more knocks for dragging them to other finals they lost.
This is the nature of the game. It’s too late to cry or complain about it.
Funny how Africans supporting Portugal isn't a problem. But support Argentina and suddenly everyone remembers history, colonialism, and human rights. Selective outrage is a sport of its own.