Euro Championships: Superstar Ronaldo was consoled by teammates after his penalty kick in extra time was saved by Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak
When Roberto Martinez sat down with the Portugal Football Federation prior to taking the job as manager, one wonders if they inserted a Cristiano Ronaldo clause into his contract.
It goes without saying Ronaldo is one of the greatest players to ever play the game and deserves every record and accolade he has collected. Instead, Slovenian goalkeeper Jan Oblak produced a superb stop to deny Ronaldo, prompting the superstar to burst into a flood of tears at the break in extra time.UK View: Southgate’s greatest flaw exposed … and the reality we can’t ignoreRonaldo eventually atoned for his mistake in the penalty shootout as he bravely stepped up to take Portugal’s first and slotted it past a diving Oblak.
“There was an array of poor touches that led to possession being lost and, perhaps most striking of all, a series of crosses that he narrowly failed to get on the end of,”“The sprint is no longer quite there, the synapses not quite so sharp, the reflexes slightly lacking. Chances he would once have buried now go to waste.”
But they’d have injected plenty of energy and running into the team, something Ronaldo was not able to do.
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