1 goal, 1 assist in 9 appearances ... whoever jinxed Messi last year has done a better jinxing job on Ronaldo this year. In this form I bet some of his senior teammates, ex-teammates and ex-coaches at Portugal will start to loudly wonder whether Ronaldo should start let alone Captain the squad. I bet there is a group of these people who resent the fact that Ronaldo took all the accolades for Portugal's success in the last few years, and now can't wait to dig in. They'll probably wait closer to the WC for maximum impact.
How can he collapse so badly? Did he stop training the entire summer to stay fresh for the WC?