Ronaldo, who was unable to score in extra time as Portugal advanced to the quarterfinals of Euro 2024, spoke of his “sadness” and “joy” following the team’s penalty shootout victory over Slovenia.

Ronaldo went through a roller coaster of emotions; he cried during the extra-time break but picked himself up to score Portugal’s first penalty in the shootout, and Diogo Costa made three incredible saves from the spot.

“Sadness at the start is joy at the end,” Ronaldo stated after Jan Oblak saved his penalty in extra time. Football is all about it. Encounters, unexplainable encounters.Oh no!I failed to convert a single, clear opportunity to put my team ahead. It was a good save by Oblak… I need to review the penalty once more. Whether I shot brilliantly or poorly, I didn’t miss a single shot all year, and Oblak came through for me when I needed him to.

I believe Portugal was rightfully awarded it due to our superior authority. Slovenia devoted nearly the whole match on defense. It’s a tough one, and everyone on the squad deserves praise, but notably our goalie, who pulled off three fantastic saves.As Costa pulled off the miraculous, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva converted penalties.

“It’s football, the one who fails is the one who tries too,” Ronaldo remarked to RTP. “When we are unable to score, it is frustrating, but that is football.”Since the outcome was positive—we won!—I have already moved on from that. Although I’ve scored over 200 penalties in my career, scoring penalties may be challenging at times.

Although I’ve lost twice this year due to penalties, I managed to win tonight. As far as I’m concerned, Portugal had every right to win tonight, thus the game was fair.Ronaldo was pivotal in setting up the penalty shootout after missing a penalty, according to Portugal coach Roberto Martinez.

We won as a team because we stuck together in the locker room, and our captain, Cristiano, proved that no matter how tough things become, we can always come back stronger.

This is how to proceed when things aren’t going according to plan, thus we must not give up.