Btw, not related with todays matches, but I just remembered this story that I’m not sure if I have already told.
This spring I went to travel across the 5 Stans in Central Asia, and we were together with some friends of other nationalities.
Everytime we would cross a border or passed some police control, they would look at their passports, serious face, question about destination/days staying/visa.
BUT, when they would look at our - Portuguese - passport, the serious face suddenly would become a smile with ALWAYS the same sequence of words: “Portugal??! CRISTIANO RONALDO!! “
Every time, everywhere, even at super restricted serious censored Turkmenistan!!
I must say I was really surprised, I totally underestimated Ronaldo popularity across the world