“Everyone was saying, ‘Oh, 39, he’s getting old.’ You know why they said that? Because I didn’t score. But what about everything else I did? I scored 10 goals in qualifying and before Euro 2024 I scored two against Ireland.
“There will always be criticism, but people tend to forget one thing. They say Cristiano didn’t score, but I scored two goals. I was the first to admit: ‘I failed, but I won’t give up. I’m going to get up and take the penalty, even if I miss it.’ I’ll always be like that; ‘I’m not going to hide and pretend I have cramps,’ Ronaldo shared on his YouTube channel in a chat with Rio Ferdinand. It is important to note that the Portuguese national team reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2024, where they lost to France on penalties. Ronaldo provided an assist and managed to convert two penalties in the penalty shootout. In the round of 0 match against Slovenia (0-3, 0-XNUMX on penalties), he missed a penalty in extra time.
