Ronaldo revels in praising himself
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His preening style and pouty social-media photos showing off his six-pack can grate, but Ronaldo is pure box office.
A crowd of 68,000 in Yokohama marveled at his show-boating, even if his teammates weren't so enthralled.
It was inevitable at a tournament where FIFA trialed video referees for the first time in official competition that Ronaldo was central to that plotline, too.
When his semifinal strike was briefly reviewed - by accident, after a video official inadvertently kept his finger on the intercom button to alert the referee to a possible offside - Ronaldo's face turned to thunder.
Moments later, he was grinning broadly, order restored as the referee confirmed his 377th goal in 366 games for Real - now 380 in 367.
After its tiring trip to Japan, La Liga leader Real finally gets some time off before it hosts Granada on Jan 7.
But as Real savored another piece of silverware, disgruntled forward James Rodriguez faced a gloomy return flight on Monday.
Rodriguez, who has struggled for starts in coach Zinedine Zidane's team, hinted at leaving in the January transfer window.
But captain Sergio Ramos had a blunt message for the Colombian: "Today was a day to be happy and satisfied, not to focus on other matters."
