Thing with Cristiano in his later Madrid years is that even when he decided the game, he usually didn't even look like the best player on the pitch that evening. If you took a look at every action he had on the ball and rate it, you'd probably count like 30-40 actions, three to four of them very good ones (usually resulting in goals), 20-30 decent to average ones (side way passes etc.) and 3-4 bad ones (misplaced passes, bad touches, unnecessary shots). A Modric on the other hand probably had 5-10 very good plays, 50+ decent to average ones and 1-2 bad ones if at all. Kroos, Marcelo, etc. are similar stories. If you somehow forgot all players and what you associated with them and randomly watched one of those Madrid vs. Bayern or Madrid vs. Juventus quarter/semi finals, then you wouldn't say Cristiano was the best player on the pitch, even if he scored two goals. And if you would,
And that's why I don't get the glorification. I'm far more impressed by the stuff that Ronaldo did earlier in his career than what he did during Madrid's three consecutive CL wins. Lewandowski was just as good last season but he's nowhere close to the CR7 between 2008 and 2013. Goals and trophies aren't everything folks.