RITS,
If that wall of text of yours isn't perfectly attesting to my earlier hypothesis on what's wrong with Hardcore Internet RM fanhood, I don't know what is.
FWIW, I think most people like Messi more is because he's the better football player.
It's true he comes off as a very likeable person, too, ofc.
It's also true many people tend to dislike Ronaldo, but I don't believe it's really due to reasons you listed.
It's because he's a whiner, craving for attention and exhibits unsportsmanlike behavior.
I mean, playing for the richest club in the universe and blaming his teammates for having less trophies than Messi/Barcelona is straight up there in the lolwtfbbq-territory.
Or being a dead waste of space in two CL finals for about 240 minutes but still trying to make it all about him in the end after a meaningless goal or a succesful PK.
People just don't like narcissists, I guess?
I personally don't care, i like to see it as a part of the showbiz we call football.
Also, I agree with your assessment that Portugal stand no chance to win it if they had to face Germany/Spain. Or even Italy.
Turns out it was pretty important to be piss-poor in the group stage!
FWIW I was actively rooting for them in the final. I've always had a soft spot for the Portuguese NT for some reason. Even more beautiful when their main man turned out to be ÉDER of all people. Ronaldo trying to make it all about him once again sort of ruined it somewhat, but that's to be expected I guess.