Cristiano Ronaldo and the humanizing of a G.O.A.T.

Rocky is playing out at the World Cup here. For a millennial to invoke the late 1970s underdog idea so simply would show how Hoalid Regragui, the Morocco manager, articulate, thoughtful, scheming and now, a minor cinephile too, knows his popular metaphors too. “We are making the whole world happy. You know, when you watch Rocky Balboa, you want to support Rocky because he’s the one who loses, that is normal,” he would say.