Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo has explained why he cried after missing a penalty in the round of 16 match against Slovenia in the “EURO-2024” round of 16.
“When you’re focused on your job, you can’t worry about how you feel. For example, I cried the day I missed the penalty. The reason I cried wasn’t because I felt like the world would fall on me if I didn’t. He didn’t score the penalty and Portugal were eliminated. That’s not the reason.
“After taking your last 27 penalties, you feel bad when you miss one. Those who came to the stadium, your children, your mother, your girlfriend, all of you, I felt sad about that. Do you think that I missed the penalty and that Portugal will be angry with me and say that we didn’t win because Cristiano missed the penalty? I never thought about that,” Ronaldo said during a conversation with Rio Ferdinand on the YouTube channel.
It should be noted that the Portuguese national team, which lost to the French national team in a penalty shoot-out, advanced to the quarter-finals of Euro 2024.
