CR7's hairstyle

During the US-Portugal match, one of the most popular athlete on the pitch sported a hairstyle that makes you wonder if his barber fell asleep.  Well, the stylist was very much awake and was just following instructions from the football superstar.

Cristiano Ronaldo, as a tribute, had the hairstyle done to match the scar on the head of a young fan who was recently operated on to remove a tumor.

It was reported and rumored that Ronaldo offered to pay the full amount of $83,000 for the brain procedure.  The child, Erik Ortiz Cruz, is from Spain and suffers from cortical dysplasia, a condition that if not treated, could give the child as many as 30 siezures a day.

Ronaldo has been known to share his time with sick children and had reportedly took care of the cancer treatment of a nine-year-old kid in 2012.  With the millions in dollars he is earning annually, CR7, despite egos bigger than the football field, had endeared himself to fans, particularly children and their parents with his benevolence.

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Reports yesterday said the US-Portugal match was the most viewed sporting event on US television.  Chances are, tomorrow's match with Germany will further eclipse the record.  Considering that the US national men's football team has a German coach and have five players with German roots, more people will be watching the match as the outcome determines who advances to the next round.