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Published 10:19 11 Jul 2016 BST
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Ahead of Portugal's qualifying match against Serbia in March 2015, the article laid out five reasons why the Real Madrid man would never earn a major title with A Seleção. Number one on the list? 'Because Portugal never wins'.
It also cited the paucity of Ronaldo's international team-mates, with only Pepe and (at the time) Fabio Coentrao playing with him at Real Madrid. It mentions that the rest of the squad have not been playing for Europe's top teams - little did they know that the winning goal in the final would come from Éder, who joined Lille from Swansea City just weeks before the tournament began.
We imagine they won't be so quick to write off anyone in future, let alone someone as driven as Ronaldo.

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