Ronaldo looks to secure his legend

There might be 22 players on the pitch when Portugal take on Spain tonight but there is only one man all of Donetsk appears to be talking about — Cristiano Ronaldo.

With no Lionel Messi at European football’s showpiece tournament, Ronaldo is the man of the moment, the one true superstar to be strutting his stuff at Euro 2012, and the locals are entranced by him.

Yesterday in Donetsk, one local journalist asked Paulo Bento whether the Portuguese coach thought it would be to his side’s advantage that 95% of Ukrainian women were obsessed with Ronaldo. Bento joked in response that he expected the remaining 5% to be won over tonight.