“When you are passionate about what you do, you can be overwhelmed by emotions. For example, I cried the day I missed the penalty. It wasn’t because I thought my world would collapse if Portugal were eliminated; these people don’t know me.
“After scoring 27 penalties, missing one makes you feel bad. I was sad for everyone in the stands – my kids, my mother, my girlfriend. Do you think I was afraid that people would blame me for Portugal’s defeat? That thought never crossed my mind,” Ronaldo shared on his YouTube channel in a conversation with Rio Ferdinand. It is worth noting that the Portuguese national team reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2024, but lost to France on penalties.
