Oblak is a brilliant and well-known goalkeeper.
He saved Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty – his first in two-and-a-half years.
It was already the 15th minute of extra time, and Portugal had already languished for 105 minutes.
So Ronaldo cried.
We don't mention that he missed a penalty for the third time in a tournament, but it was clear to him that the last major tournament of his career was on his way.
Fans all over the world know that Ronaldo loves to cry.
It's not a pejorative meaning here, because he is moody and angry, and his expression is his mood.
Not only does he love to cry, he also loves to laugh, is easily angry, has rich body language, and is full of emotional value.
He has a record of crying since he was a child, crying at the age of seven in Madeira, crying in Lisbon, crying when he won the European Cup in France in 2016, and still crying when he missed out on the title in Saudi Arabia this year.
But what we remember the most is these two times.
On a Moscow night in 2008, his third penalty was saved by Petr Cech, and then in a state of apprehension came John Terry's slip and Van der Sar's final save.
His teammates rushed forward to celebrate, but Cristiano Ronaldo cried tears of joy in the centre circle and released the huge pressure for 10 minutes.
But at that time, he was only 23 years old, and he cried, normal.
14 years later, in the Qatar World Cup, Portugal was eliminated by Morocco. Ronaldo forced himself to walk off the field, and he couldn't help it when he walked to the players' tunnel.
At that time, he had just been refrigerated by his old club Manchester United, and he had been training unsystematically for a long time, and his condition was really poor.
Moreover, this year he is already 38 years old.
This year, he saw Messi become king, and he could only go to the Middle East. In addition to their own fans, orthodox historical materials will write: Closing the coffin.
From the perspective of Ronaldo, who has been strong in his life, "men hurt the most" more than this.
In 2024, Ronaldo, who will be 40 years old, is really old. In the past, he led a group of younger brothers forward, and now it is a group of younger brothers who support the eldest brother to advance.
Santos is gone, Martinez is coming, and Portugal's midfield is full of talent.
Cristiano Ronaldo's movement is still wonderful, and his jumps at certain moments are still amazing. But as a centre-forward, his role is too limited.
His nose for goals may still be excellent, but in modern football, a centre-forward is much more than just scoring goals.
Portugal can't suppress Slovenia, and it will be difficult for Ronaldo to score.
Even if he posed in 2018 every time and took a deep breath, it was exchanged for the lamentation of the commentators.
Until that penalty was missed.
It's just a line away from the headline of today's headline, "40-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo misses a point, Portugal is out of the game".
However, like Saunders in 2016, this time there were teammates who stepped up to save the day.
Sheshko made a one-on-one steal from Pepe, but was saved by Diogo Costa.
It was the 24-year-old Porto goalkeeper who, after saving the one-on-one goal, saved three Slovenian penalties in a row, becoming the first goalkeeper in European Championship history to keep a clean sheet in regulation time and penalty shootouts.
Even Santo, which you have been talking about for 24 years, failed to do that.
It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a god descending from heaven.
It was his pin-and-needle-like performance that allowed Ronaldo to get rid of the huge burden and complete self-redemption in the face of Oblak again.
This time Ronaldo smiled.
is like a drama full of plot tension, after the ups and downs, we finally reminisce:
A veteran who is almost 40 years old missed a penalty in extra time and cried emotionally, and the normal coach should let him not punish the more psychologically stressful mutual shooting link, right?
Martinez didn't, so he chose Ronaldo to continue the first penalty, or maybe Ronaldo wanted to be stronger in his life.
"The stadium, the stadium."
In short, he won and Martinez won.