Euro 2021: end clap for Ronaldo?

Disgruntled, he knelt on the lawn of the Cartuja de Seville, throwing his captain's armband of the Selecçao.

Sunday night, when Portugal lost to Belgium (0-1) in the round of 16, Cristiano Ronaldo, 36, probably played his 25th and last match in a Euro.

When he got up, the Juventus Turin striker crossed paths with Thibaut Courtois, his former Real Madrid teammate.

“Lucky, isn't it?” Slipped the fivefold Ballon d'Or.

The ball did not want to enter today!

Lukaku's long hug did not dampen the frustration of the Lusitanian striker, his glare as he returned to the locker room.

What to have "the seum".

Because the Portuguese, title holders, largely dominated a Belgian team which only shot once on goal… and hit the mark with the strike from Thorgan Hazard.

Ronaldo had to settle for a powerful free kick to worry Courtois.

Cristiano Ronaldo to Thibaut Courtois after the game: "Fortunately, right? The ball didn't want to come in today. Good luck, man."

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"He had already scored five goals in the competition," observes coach Fernando Santos. He worked really hard during the game, he tried in every way he could, he was a real captain in every sense of the word, in his commitment to the game, in the way he wanted to reverse the game. He wanted to do things. "

Even if the consolation is meager compared to his immense ambitions, Ronaldo will still have taken advantage of the continental meeting to afford some new records: that of the number of goals scored at the Euro (14), the number of final stages with goals scored (5, in 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020) or the longest period between the first and the last goal in the competition (17 years and 15 days). Despite a slight statistical blur, the star also took the opportunity to equal (thanks to his double against France) the number of goals of a player in a national team held by Ali Daei (109).

"I actually scored 111," said the Iranian who claims two forgotten goals at the Asian Games. But I expected Cristiano to be the one to break my record. Considering the way he plays and his current level of form, I'm sure he will score a lot more goals. I sincerely believe that Ronaldo deserves this record. But for a player like him, reaching my record is a record like any other. "