EURO 2024: Cristiano Ronaldo started crying in the middle of the field, Portugal sweated to defeat Slovenia

Slovenia, ranked 57th in the world rankings, kept Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal’s team of many legendary players from scoring a goal for 120 minutes in the pre-quarterfinals of Euro 2024 football, but the team lost 0-3 in the penalty shootout.

Portugal will now face the challenge of France in the last eight. This match was very up and down for captain Ronaldo, in which he could not control his emotions.

Ronaldo faced trouble

Ronaldo, who was looking for his first goal in Euro 2024, missed five-six such chances in the match, which he has been converting into goals in his career of the last 20 years. After the match remained goalless in regular time, the match remained goalless even in the extra time of half an hour. However, Ronaldo had an easy chance to give the team the lead in the 105th minute of the match, but the 39-year-old player missed the goal on a penalty kick.

Slovenia’s goalkeeper Jan Oblak made a brilliant save by diving to his left to prevent Portugal from taking the lead. Ronaldo became emotional after this attempt failed. However, his teammates encouraged him, kissed his forehead and asked him to keep his focus on the match.

On this occasion, Ronaldo’s mother, who was present in the stadium, also became teary-eyed. Even after extra time, the match ended in a goalless draw. Portugal’s goalkeeper Diogo Costa then foiled all three attempts of Slovenia in the penalty shootout. On the other hand, Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva scored goals for Portugal and gave Portugal a 3-0 win. Ronaldo, who came to take the first attempt, scored a goal and gave the team the lead and also apologized to his fans.