In the early morning of July 2, Beijing time, Portugal, ranked 6th in the world, defeated Slovenia, ranked 57th, 3:0 in a penalty shootout, and advanced to the quarterfinals. In 90 minutes of regulation time and 30 minutes of extra time, neither side was able to break through the opponent's goal.
Among them, Ronaldo missed a penalty in the first half of extra time, which became the biggest surprise of the game. Slovenian goalkeeper Oblak successfully saved the ball from the bottom line, and Ronaldo hid his face and cried for it, deeply blaming himself.
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In this game, the strong Portuguese team dominated possession and created many shooting opportunities, but failed to break the Slovenian goal.
After 90 minutes of regular season, the game went into extra time, and just before the end of the first half, Jota burst into the box and was brought down by a defender, and the referee awarded a penalty.
Ronaldo's penalty kick was guessed in the right direction by Slovenian goalkeeper Oblak and saved accurately, and the score was still 0:0.
Cristiano Ronaldo burst into tears after missing a penalty, and his teammates hugged and encouraged the 39-year-old.
At the end of extra time, Slovenia almost killed the game.
Veteran Pepe made a mistake with the ball at the back, and Sesk got a great one-on-one chance. If it weren't for his weak shots, Slovenia would have had a good chance of knocking out Portugal.
But goalkeeper Costa saved the game and he kept the shot out of the net.
The game was eventually dragged into a penalty shoot-out, which was also the first penalty shoot-out of this European Championship.
In the end, Costa made a miraculous save to save Slovenia's penalty three times in a row to help Portugal beat Slovenia 3-0 and advance in danger.
Costa was named Man of the Match after the game.
Cristiano Ronaldo stepped up again in the penalty shootout and scored the ball to redeem himself.
"When the captain has to take responsibility, I have to take responsibility." Speaking after the game, Ronaldo said: "You can't be afraid, I'm never afraid to face difficulties. ”
At the same time, he said that this will be his last European Championship.
In the early morning of July 6, Beijing time, Portugal will face France in the quarterfinals. This match will also be Ronaldo's last quarter-final in the European Championship.