Of the tears for missing a penalty in extra timea The laughter after beating Slovenia in the penalty shootout, Cristiano Ronaldo will have an extra life more in the Eurocup thanks to the great performance of their goalkeeper Diogo Costawho reigned in the tragicomedy of his companion after stop three penalties in the penalty shoot-out and of save a one-on-one against Sesko in the last minute of extra time.
Cristiano was eliminated from the Euro Cup for many minutes. Oblak, an impenetrable wallanother excellent goalkeeper who deserves a monument, stopped all his attempts. The most intense one, in the first half of extra time, brought tears to the eyes of the inexhaustible Portuguese footballer, who could not contain his emotions after missing a penalty that would have prevented the subsequent lottery from the eleven meters. But then Diogo Costa appeared, to rescue his teammate, who then dared to take another penalty, which, this time, he did not miss.
To Roberto Martinez He must not have liked the experiment of the last day of the group stage, in which, with a few exceptions, he faced Georgia with a starting eleven full of theoretical substitutes. He lost, the image was close to disaster and he returned to his origins, to his most recognizable team with which he triumphed in his first two games of the Euro Cup. The same team that defeated Turkey 0-3 appeared on the Frankfurt Arena pitch to end the adventure of the determined Slovenia.
Among them all, there was Cristiano Ronaldo again. The Al-Nassr striker has played almost all of the matches. He only missed the last 25 minutes of the defeat against GeorgiaHis ambition seems to have no limits and Roberto Martinez is going all out with his striker. He doesn’t care about the critics who suggest that no matter how many goals he scores or how well he is physically, be a burden on Portugal’s scheme. The Portuguese coach is betting on him and that’s it.
And as in the previous duels, Cristiano brought his anxiety to light again. He has not yet calmed down his insatiable voracity during the Euro and needs to celebrate a goal to calm down. It is absolutely necessary, because otherwise he will have an attack. Against Slovenia, from the first second, he demonstrated with a Excessive histrionics that wants to become the oldest player to score throughout the history of the tournament. This rush and this eagerness perhaps infected Portugal, which was overly revved up and always in fifth gear. There was no pause. Everything was running at too high a speed.
Slovenia, entrenched at the back around Oblak, managed to hold out against the Portuguese storm in the first half and only threatened Portugal with a shot from Sesko just before half-time. He came out alive and without conceding any goals because his rival was aiming off target. On occasion, it was missed by just a few millimetres when Cristiano was unable to head in two clear attempts; also, because the Portuguese striker sent a free kick from the edge of the area over the bar, very close; and Palhinha, at the last minute, completed the carousel of opportunities with a shot that kissed the base of Oblak’s post.
The passage through the dressing room calmed Portugal, who abandoned their initial madness for a slower game that also did not work. Only Joao Cancelopersistent and unbalancing on the right, managed to generate something within the defensive framework of Slovenia, very secure in its area of play and waiting for a counterattack that Sesko narrowly missed, showing his power in speed against Pepe only to fail in front of Diogo Costa.
Roberto Martínez looked for a solution to so many traffic jamsn Diogo Jota and without Vitinhawho was taken off the field to face the last half hour. Cristiano, meanwhile, remained entertained in his world.trying everything with a certain amount of selfishness, taking the fouls: the long ones, the close ones, the ones on the left or the right. All of them, except for one, which at least went against Oblak’s body, badly taken. And in the end, when he had to score, he didn’t score: in the 89th minute, in front of Oblak, he again sent the ball against the efficient Slovenian goalkeeper.
Portugal was faced with an extra time that Portugal probably did not expect. Slovenia’s plan was still in place, but now they had to extend the match to penalties with two teams who were terrified of any mistake and that is why nothing happened until the tragedy of the night. Diogo Jota caused a dubious penalty and Cristiano Ronaldo finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel with a unique opportunity. He grabbed the ball, no one else could take the penalty, and Oblak stopped it.
I made a quick edit of Cristiano Ronaldo with his penalties at the Euro Cup and ended up in tears. Thank you for so many idols, you deserve this cup pic.twitter.com/BKFZ8oMr9V
— Felipe Mejia (@FelipedelDIM) July 1, 2024
He left the extra time break in tears. Tragedy was brewing for Portugal. His mother, in the stands, was also crying inconsolably. His teammates were kissing and hugging an idol who seemed to have fallen and who was one step away from not even extending the match to penalties.
Diogo Costa gave Cristiano another match point with a decisive save in a one-on-one against Seskothe second he missed in a match that was decided on penalties. In those, again, the Portuguese goalkeeper appeared to stop the shots of Drkusic, Balkovec and Verbic.
10 minutes ago Cristiano misses a decisive penalty.
In the penalty shootout, he is the first to take the shot, he scores and ASKS FOR FORGIVENESS.
He’s sick, he’s my fucking hero, he’s the best in the fucking history of football.
I saw him play, you were my role model. pic.twitter.com/RH78GTr8Wn
— Real Madrid United™ (@RMadridUniido) July 1, 2024
So, Cristiano Ronaldo breathed a sigh of relief, his anxiety calmed and France awaits in the quarter-finals.
Datasheet:
Portugal, 0: Diogo Costa; Cancelo (Neves, min. 117), Ruben Dias, Pepe (Semedo, min. 117), Nuno Mendes; Vitinha (Diogo Jota, min. 65), Palhinha, Bruno Fernandes; Bernardo Silva, Cristiano and Rafael Leao (Conceiçao, min. 76).
Slovenia, 0: Cloud; Balkovec, Drkusic, Bijol, Karnicnik; Stojanovic (Verbic, min. 87), Cerin, Elsnik (Ilicic, min. 106), Mlakar (Stankovic, min. 74); Sporar (Celar, min. 74) y Sesko.
Penalty shootout: 0-0: Drkusic, for Diogo Costa; 1-0: Cristiano; 1-0: Balkovec, for Diogo Costa; 2-0: Bruno Fernandes; 2-0: Verbic, for Diogo Costa; 3-0: Bernardo Silva.
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy). Showed yellow cards to Drkusic (min. 32), Karnicnik (min. 37), Stankovic (min. 101), Bijol (min. 106) and Balkovec (min. 107) for Slovenia and Roberto Martínez for Portugal (min. 112). Sent off Slovenia coach Matjaz Kek (min. 106)
Incidents: Match corresponding to the round of 16 of the European Championship in Germany played at the Frankfurt Arena in front of nearly 58,000 spectators.
2024-07-02 01:04:02
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