Ronaldo and Portugal say goodbye to Euros, fall to France

Cristiano Ronaldo’s final Euro Cup. France superior to the semi-finals of the Euro Cup by profitable 5-3 within the penalty spherical towards a Portugal that dismissed CR7who has been a star of worldwide soccer in current many years and who now performed his final worldwide competitors with the Portuguese nationwide crew.

With out displaying their finest modelBlues needed to go to penalties the place they had been good and took the win after Joao Felix, Portugal’s younger hope, failed from the penalty spot by sending the ball off the publish.

And so the celebration started for the French, who will now compete for a spot within the ultimate towards a Spanish crew that hours earlier eradicated Germany by the identical means, the penalty spherical.

In distinction, 39-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo remained silent, grimacing in frustration and disappointment, conscious that retirement is looming over him. It was his farewell to this match, the place he additionally left with out scoring for the primary time after 5 editions wherein he stood out as a goalscorer.

Commander He led Portugal to its first European Championship title in 2016 and now he was trying to regain the title, however his personal errors and people of his teammates prevented him from reaching the feat he had set for himself earlier than retiring.

Pepe, the 41-year-old defender who accompanied Cristiano all through his profession, was dropped at tears as he additionally stated goodbye to Portugal in worldwide competitions.

Cristiano Ronaldo and rising French star Kylian Mbappé had been shaping as much as be one of the crucial thrilling duels of the European Championship, however neither facet was in a position to fire up any pleasure on the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg.

Mbappé, who has been carrying a masks for cover after recovering from a damaged nostril, has nonetheless not been at his finest and this time was no exception. The sport led to a rating of zero in regulation time and went to penalties, the place the French proved to be extra resilient within the face of the nervousness that introduced Portugal down.