‘Embarrassing’ Cristiano Ronaldo ‘showed his true colours’ in Portugal clash, fumes Prem icon as even BBC trolls him

CRISTIANO RONALDO has been labelled “embarrassing” after missing a penalty for Portugal and bursting into tears.

The Manchester United legend is yet to find the back of the net at Euro 2024 and he became increasingly desperate to score as time ticked on during the last-16 clash against Slovenia.

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Cristiano Ronaldo saw his penalty saved by Jan Oblak[/caption]

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Ronaldo looked devastated as he missed his golden chance to end his goal drought[/caption]

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CR7 burst into tears[/caption]

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His team-mates had to console the distraught legend[/caption]

Ronaldo grew more and more frustrated as he fired shots over the bar and continuously tried to beat opposition goalkeeper Jan Oblak with ambitious free-kicks.

But with the game 0-0 in extra-time, the 39-year-old striker then got his golden chance to score from the penalty spot.

But Ronaldo’s effort was brilliantly saved and the distraught icon then began to cry as he was consoled by team-mate Diogo Dalot.

The cameras even panned to his mum Maria Dolores, who also looked distraught in the stands.

When analysing his miss, the BBC brutally trolled Ronaldo with the caption “Misstiano Penaldo”.

He eventually made amends by scoring in the shootout and apologising to fans as Portugal won to book their spot in the quarter-finals versus France.

But with his desperation to get a goal overshadowing the win, Ronaldo was slammed by ex-Premier League star Didi Hamann.

The former Germany international, who was working as a pundit on Irish TV, took aim at him, saying: “I bought into all that ‘Ronaldo has turned into a team player because he needs the team more than he used to’.

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Didi Hamann took aim at Ronaldo for making the game all about him[/caption]

“I bought into that nonsense – but I think he showed his true colours again tonight.

“Missing the penalty, he starts crying on the pitch, he starts crying at half-time in extra-time. And I’m thinking it’s all about you.

“There’s a squad of 26 players, there’s 20 staff, there’s 30 or 40,000 fans in there, it’s not about you.

“You try to be mutual, but I was cheering Slovenia on because I though the reaction was embarrassing, I thought it was out of order.

“I’ve never seen anything like it, because once you show emotions, once you get emotional, it’s the end of it.

“So that was the point where the manager had to say, ‘you’ve got to come off because you’re not in the right frame of mind to carry on playing’.

“Credit to him he took the first penalty and he took it well, it was a very good penalty.

“But as I said I bought into all that ‘Ronaldo’s turned into a team player’. It’s absolute nonsense.

“All he thinks about is himself. He scores the penalty and apologises to the fans, he doesn’t need to apologise.

“He will start the next game but I can’t see any other outcome than a France win.”

Ronaldo explanation

Ronaldo defended his emotional outburst and claimed his alleged selfishness was due to “enthusiasm”.

He said: “It is without a doubt my last European Championship. But I don’t get emotional about that, I get emotional about everything that football involves.

“Because of the enthusiasm I have for the game, the enthusiasm of seeing my supporters, my family, the affection that people have for me. 

“It’s not about leaving football, because if I do, what else would I need to do or win?

“It won’t be about getting one more point or one less point. Making people happy is what motivates me the most.

“We have a tough game now against France, who are one of the favourites to win.

“But we’re going to war, the team is doing well and I’ll always give my best in this shirt.

“I missed the penalty but I wanted to be the first to score, because you have to take responsibility.”