In the early morning of July 2, Beijing time, a key match in the 1/8 finals of the European Cup, played by the Portuguese men's football team against the Slovenian men's football team. As Portugal's leading star, the 39-year-old Ronaldo missed opportunities in a row, in just 16 minutes, first failed to score, then missed a penalty, and also hugged his head and cried loudly, fortunately, goalkeeper Costa made 3 saves in the penalty shootout to help Portugal eliminate Slovenia 3-0.
In terms of individual performance, Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest player in the history of the European Championship, with the most appearances in history, the number of appearances and appearances, the number of appearances, the number of minutes played, the number of games won, the number of appearances as captain, and the total number of goals scored in history. Now, the 39-year-old Ronaldo has ushered in his sixth European Championship journey, setting a new record and will also be his last.
In the previous group stage, Ronaldo failed to score in three consecutive starts, eager to break the goal drought in the knockout round. In this game, Ronaldo continued to start, not only ushering in the 1,230th appearance of his career, but also playing in the European Cup for the 29th time, all of which refreshed his previous appearance record.
This Portugal team still has Ronaldo as the tactical core, and the whole team revolves around him, so after the opening, teammates passed the ball to Ronaldo. In the 8th minute, Leao broke through and sent a straight stopper, Ronaldo missed a good opportunity by stopping the ball in the penalty area, and in the 13th minute, B sent a cross, and Ronaldo failed to flank it in front of the goal. In the 32nd minute, Cristiano Ronaldo took a free kick slightly over the crossbar. In the 36th minute, Vitinha crossed to the goal, and Ronaldo jumped up and failed to miss the opportunity again.
Throughout the first half, Portugal was scoreless, Ronaldo had 3 shots on goal and 0 shots on target, only 1 dribble, 1 tackle, and was rated 6.8 points.
In the second half, Ronaldo continued to be active in the frontcourt attack, and the free kick goal alone reached 3 points, which was either saved or played high, and there was no threat. In the final moments of the game, Cristiano Ronaldo missed the opportunity to help Portugal to score, bursting into the penalty area and shooting was held by goalkeeper Oblak.
In the 12th minute of extra time, Jota burst into the penalty area and was tripped down, the referee awarded a penalty, and then Ronaldo was directly saved by goalkeeper Oblak, and Portugal missed the opportunity to take the lead.
At the end of the first half of extra time, the whole Portuguese team gathered together, and Ronaldo, who missed the penalty, was very uncomfortable, hugged his head and cried loudly, very sad, and his teammates also stepped forward to comfort him and encourage him. In the end, Portugal won the penalty shootout, and Ronaldo also relieved the feeling of loss.