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Ronaldo's Tears, Sadness Eventually Turns to Joy
PK Miss → Penalty Shootout Goal… Ronaldo's Tears "Sadness Eventually Turns to Joy"
Ronaldo's last Euro tournament, 20 shots in 4 games, 'no goal streak'
Sadness eventually turned into joy. That's football.
In the round of 16 of Euro 2024, which was effectively his 'farewell stage' for the European Football Championship, the 'captain' of the Portuguese national football team, Cristiano Ronaldo (39, Al-Nassr), experienced a dramatic situation where 'tears and laughter' intersected.
On the 2nd (Korean time), in the round of 16 of Euro 2024 against Slovenia held at the Frankfurt Arena in Frankfurt, Germany, Ronaldo hung his head after missing a perfect penalty kick situation in the final minutes of extra time when the score was tied 0-0.
Ronaldo's shot, aimed for the corner of the right goal, grazed the fingertips of Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid), who dove, and then hit the right goal post and went out. 토토사이트
Ronaldo, who missed a crucial scoring opportunity, covered his head with both hands and made a pained expression, and eventually left the ground in tears after the first half of extra time, being consoled by his teammates.
In the end, Portugal failed to decide the winner 0-0 in a 120-minute battle with Slovenia, including the first and second halves and extra time, and went into a bloody penalty shootout.
Portugal, ranked 6th in the FIFA rankings, attempted a whopping 20 shots against Slovenia, ranked 57th in the FIFA rankings, but all of them were in vain, and as the match went into a penalty shootout, they were in danger of ending their bid to reclaim the crown for the first time in eight years since winning the 2016 tournament prematurely.
Finally, the penalty shootout began with Slovenia's first kick.
Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa (Atletico Madrid) quickly dove and blocked the left-footed shot from Slovenia's No. 1 kicker Josip Ilišić (Maribor) that went to the right of the goal.
Ronaldo took the first kick for Portugal.
Ronaldo, who had missed a penalty kick, attempted a right-footed shot toward the left corner of the goal this time.
Oblak, who had blocked Ronaldo's penalty kick, also predicted the direction and dove, but this time his fingertips missed the shot and he conceded a goal.
Portugal goalkeeper Costa put on an amazing show of saves, blocking the shots of Slovenia's 2nd and 3rd kickers, and Portugal's 2nd and 3rd kickers all scored, winning 3-0 in the penalty shootout and securing a ticket to the quarterfinals.
According to UEFA, Costa became the first player in the history of the Euros to make three saves in a penalty shootout, and was honored with the 'Player of the Match' award.
When Portugal's advance to the quarterfinals was confirmed, 'Captain' Ronaldo hugged goalkeeper Costa tightly and expressed his gratitude.
Although he advanced to the quarterfinals, Ronaldo has yet to score in four matches (three group matches + round of 16) in this tournament after missing a penalty kick against Slovenia.
Ronaldo, who is playing in his sixth Euro, attempted 20 shots in 366 minutes over four matches but did not perform a goal celebration.
In the second match of Group F against Turkey, he gave up his greed in a 1-on-1 goal opportunity with the goalkeeper in the 10th minute of the second half and passed the ball to Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), who ran from the opposite side, recording one assist.
With the assist at the time, Ronaldo recorded a career-high 8 assists in the Euro tournament (2 assists in Euro 2004, 1 assist in Euro 2008, 3 assists in Euro 2016, 1 assist in Euro 2020, 1 assist in Euro 2024), tying for the most assists in the history of the Euro tournament along with Karel Poborski (Czech Republic, 8).
