With Diogo Costa's magical play in the penalty shootout, Portugal beat Slovenia 3-0 on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Championship with great difficulty, and Ronaldo will atone for his guilt. In the quarterfinals, Portugal will meet France in a narrow way, Ronaldo vs. Mbappe.
In the group stage, Portugal started with two consecutive wins to advance and secure the top spot in the group, while Slovenia played an unbeaten record with three consecutive draws. When the two teams met, the situation was very obvious, Portugal with obvious superiority in strength, Slovenia in defense, and as a result, the two teams performed a wonderful offensive and defensive battle for the fans, especially Slovenia's defense, which was simply amazing.
In a regular 90 minutes, Portugal had 13 shots on goal, but only three were on target. The most threatening one came in the 89th minute, when Ronaldo missed a well-placed one-on-one chance. On top of that, Portugal were lackluster in attack, but Slovenia were even better in defence, with Oblak's Slovenian backline blocking Portugal.
The climax of the game was overtime. In the 105th minute, Jota broke through the penalty area outside the penalty area and was brought down, the referee decisively awarded a penalty, Ronaldo personally took the penalty, and Ronaldo took a half-high ball, which was the goalkeeper's favorite way, and Oblak easily saved. In the 115th minute, the 41-year-old Pepe made a mistake in stopping the ball, and Sesco got an absolute one-on-one shot, and this time it was the turn of Portuguese goalkeeper Diogo Costa, the magical goalkeeper who saved Pepe and saved Portugal.
After 120 minutes of penalty shoot-out, Slovenia took the first penalty, but Diogo Costa continued to play bravely, saving Ilicic's penalty first, and Cristiano Ronaldo was still full of warriors after missing a penalty in extra time, taking the first penalty for Portugal and hitting it safely. Subsequently, Costa saved penalties from Barkovic and Welbic in quick succession, and B Fee and B seat hit it easily, and Portugal won 3-0.
At the end of the game, Portugal defeated Slovenia 3-0 on penalties with the help of the miraculous goalkeeper Diogo Costa and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the European Championship. After Ronaldo missed a penalty in extra time, he stepped forward in the penalty shootout and hit it steadily to complete the redemption!