Are Portugal better without Ronaldo - and is he un-droppable?

Cristiano Ronaldo is about to play at his sixth World Cup for Portugal [Getty Images]It was the sort of friendly that could easily have slipped from memory.Played early in the season against Kazakhstan, who had only recently joined Uefa, the fixture took place in front of a sold-out crowd of just 8,000 fans and on a pitch so shabby that the grass had to be painted to improve its appearance.And yet, that narrow 1-0 win in Chaves in northern Portugal has never really faded away.That is because 20