The Al-Nassr attacker saw his profligate streak continue in torturous fashion in Portugal's opening knockout match, where he failed to propel the Selecao to glory inside 90 minutes, despite having a handful of attempts on goal. When Portugal were awarded a penalty on the stroke of half time in extra time, Ronaldo's curse would seemingly be lifted, only for Jan Oblak to spring himself to the left and beat away the 39-year-old's spot kick. Ronaldo immediately broke down into tears during the half-time team huddle and was on the receiving end of some sympathetic gestures and some sharp words of motivation from his teammates, who would be taken all the way by Matjaz Kek 's side.
Despite finding himself 1-0 down in his individual penalty battle with Oblak, Ronaldo stepped up for Portugal's first spot kick in the shootout and successfully found the opposite corner, despite his Atletico Madrid counterpart again diving the right way. © Reuters The ex-Manchester United man put his hand up to the celebratory Portugal crowd and apologised for his earlier penalty miss, before Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva also did the business from 12 yards, where Diogo Costa saved all three Slovenia attempts. Thanks to their trio of perfect penalties and Costa becoming the first male goalkeeper to save three spot kicks in one Euros shootout, Portugal can now look ahead to a tantalising quarter-final with Hamburg on Friday, where the victor will face either Spain or Germany in the semi-finals.
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