World football fans must feel lucky to still see Cristiano Ronaldo dominating EURO 2024.
Ronaldo and the ultimate emotion in the Slovenia match
Despite being the underdog, Slovenia showed how annoying they were when they forced the “European Selecao” to drag the match into 2 extra periods. Even a penalty shootout to determine the winner.
Ronaldo and his teammates have encountered many difficulties.
On a day when Portugal played ineffectively despite having many “heavyweight” attacking stars in the squad, Cristiano Ronaldo was the most talked about name.
CR7 is the player who steps up to the free kick spot the most for Portugal, and is always the destination of dangerous crosses. However, the precise marking and hard-working attitude of the Slovenian defense left Ronaldo helpless.
In the 105th minute, Ronaldo had a chance to help Portugal close out the match when Roberto Martinez’s team was awarded an important penalty. However, the striker who defeated Jan Oblak more than 10 times in La Liga could not defeat his “old enemy” this time at EURO 2024. Portugal was forced to enter a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.
Ronaldo lost to Jan Oblak in the 105th minute.
After that disastrous shot, Ronaldo cried at the prospect of his team facing countless difficulties due to psychological pressure when entering the penalty shootout. However, the excellence of Diogo Costa with 3 consecutive 11m penalty saves from Slovenia helped Portugal win a ticket to the quarter-finals. In particular, the first penalty shootout of the Portuguese team, Ronaldo successfully took charge and apologized to the fans.
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A hard-fought victory with an “emotional change of throne” from CR7.
The “King” who challenges the worst emotions and the greatest striker in football
When entering the fateful penalty shootout, Ronaldo took the responsibility of taking the first kick. According to usual practice, CR7 is probably the one who takes the decisive kick to close the victory (if any). However, this time with his bravery and determination to redeem himself, Ronaldo’s successful kick in the first round opened a very bright door for the European Selecao to advance to the next round.
In fact, Diogo Costa was the hero of Portugal when he won all 3 consecutive shots from Slovenian players, an “unprecedented” achievement to bring the Portuguese to the quarter-finals, but CR7’s “challenge for responsibility” and challenge of even the worst emotions was an extremely solid support for his teammates.
Few people thought that after missing a penalty in the 105th minute, Ronaldo would dare to take the first penalty kick of Portugal’s shootout. However, the class and spirit of a top star like CR7 have been reaffirmed. Ronaldo deserves to be the one to challenge the worst emotions in world football.
Making mistakes, daring to correct them and taking responsibility immediately to then celebrate victory with teammates, that is the style that made Ronaldo become the great striker he is today.
