And he suffered Ronaldo (39 years old) who participates in European Cup For the sixth time in his professional career, in the current edition, his inability to score so far has raised doubts about whether he still deserves a starting place in the Spanish coach’s ranks for the Selecao. Martinez.
“As far as Cristiano is concerned, we are human beings and he felt emotional when he missed the penalty. That is completely acceptable,” Silva said on the eve of Portugal’s quarter-final clash with France in Hamburg.
Portugal needed penalties to beat Slovenia in the last 16 after they missed a penalty. Ronaldo A penalty kick in the last minute of the first period of extra time was saved by goalkeeper Jan Oblak.
Ronaldo succeeded in scoring the first penalty kick for Portugal, which decided the result 3-0.
Silva added, Manchester City English on the missed penalty: “You want to help the team and he felt he could have done better in that moment.”
“In my opinion, it was a very good penalty (for Ronaldo) and a great save by Oblak. Then he cried a little bit, which is normal, and this is how humans deal with emotions sometimes,” he continued.
Ronaldo, the world’s top scorer (130 goals), has failed to find the net so far in this edition, and has looked desperate at times, especially with the number of failed attempts from free kicks against Slovenia.
Silva continued his defence of his national team captain and former Real Madrid star: “We don’t complain about criticism. It’s good and bad. It’s part of the job. Everyone knows a little bit about football. When it comes to June and the World Cup or the European Championship, everyone thinks they are coaches. We understand that and we accept that.”
Meanwhile, coach Martinez indicated that Ronaldo may not necessarily take a free kick if the opportunity arises. France.
According to Opta statistics, Ronaldo has converted just one of the 60 direct free kicks he has taken in major international tournaments.
And he said Martinez“The players train in training. Cristiano and Bruno Fernandes are the players who take responsibility. Sometimes it just depends on who is best to do it or the position or the moment, but we are lucky to have players at this level.”
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