⚽ UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany ⚽ - Qualifiers➡Group Stage➡1/8➡QF➡HF➡FINAL

[barisbilgili]

It wasn't a surprise to me that the Netherlands later won their quarter final match against Turkiye by scoring two goals in just 5 minutes. However, England will face Netherlands, and Spain against France in semi finals of the Euro.

The finished quarter final match was all like a finals match. Every team had their best performance and tactics to make sure they win their opponent. God of soccer favored some in their wins through penalty shootouts and some had a late goal win by surprise. The semi final game can end up that way because it will be as tough like the quarter final matches just finish playing, having Spain, France, England and the Netherlands qualify for the next round(semi finals)

The mentality of the Dutch players proved to be better in this match so they were able to turn things around, this was a quite dramatic match.
For the quarterfinals we have seen quite impressive drama, there were lots of surprises.

For the semifinal matches England vs Netherlands and France vs Spain it will be quite a fierce match and in my opinion this is a fairly ideal semifinal.
And no one is overly favored in the semifinal match, this will be quite fierce and interesting.

[Fiatless]

Murphy's statement makes sense. I was also concerned about how Mendes did not replace Ronaldo in the last game against France. Ronaldo did absolutely nothing. Mendes and Jota were at the bench. I though Mindes should give them a chance to play. But, it's absurd because of Mendes was always keeping Ronaldo to play.
Perhaps, Mendes may be doing it to honor Ronaldo. This was because  it's Ronaldo's last Euro with Portugal.

It's also very embarrassing to see how Ronaldo doesn't seem to realize if that damages his legacy more than failing to score or break new records.

It is needless to blame Ronaldo for the early departure of Portugal from the competition. We all know that this player works very hard and is a good shape. He is not the only striker who played four or five games and didn't get any goal. They are saying he had no positive influence because they forgot that he gave Bruno Fernandes a beautiful assist. There might be other younger players who would have done a better job but Ronaldo wasn't in bad shape. The only reason they are blaming him is because they lost the quarterfinal game. If they had won the competition, he would have been highly celebrated.

Life is all about trying and taking risks. I don't think Ronaldo expected that they would be knocked out at this level. He thought that he would score goals and win the competition thereby breaking records. Sadly it didn't turn out as he expected, so he needs to endure the pain of criticism and disappointment.

[dzungmobile]

It is needless to blame Ronaldo for the early departure of Portugal from the competition. We all know that this player works very hard and is a good shape. He is not the only striker who played four or five games and didn't get any goal. They are saying he had no positive influence because they forgot that he gave Bruno Fernandes a beautiful assist.

A team win and lose as a team and it's bad to attribute a win or loss to a single player. Cristiano Ronaldo proactively waived out chance for Portugal to take penalty shots first to France but if Portugal win, there will be discussions that attribute big contribution to Ronaldo, like he is genius and made a right decision. Portugal in fact lost the match and many people blamed the loss to Ronaldo's decision.

They will always find reasons to argue and blame everything on a single person, player if they don't like that man.

There might be other younger players who would have done a better job but Ronaldo wasn't in bad shape. The only reason they are blaming him is because they lost the quarterfinal game. If they had won the competition, he would have been highly celebrated.

He is very old now but he still has very good body, even better than many younger players. Soon he will retire and we will have to wait many years to see another player like him.

His appearance on field actually helped Portugal to have more space in two swings and they should take advantage of open space better. Other players failed to do that task, is it responsibility of Ronaldo?

There are many ways to contribute to a team and he actually made contributions. Other things must be done by his team mates but generally, it makes no sense to accuse everything on Ronaldo.

[topbitcoin]

If I may say so, this match was really boring. I thought yesterday's match between Portugal and France was the most boring match but today we saw another boring match.
The ball was mostly in the middle of the pitch, both teams were short on chances and even the on target chances were really poor.

For Switzerland this might be a normal situation because they will definitely be a bit defensive, but for England they should be better than this because after all they are a champion candidate even compared to other national teams in the quarter-finals this time they are the team that has the greatest probability of winning. But with the game they had it really doesn't reflect a team that has a strong probability of winning the Europa this time.

England team lacks a good decisive coach. The match formation wasn't anything to write home about. But, recently after the Switzerland goal, England made some meaningful changes which I think empowered Saka to equalize the game. The games are quite boring because of the expectations we have on England and the other teams like Portugal. These are strong teams, but their performances are below the expectation. Not that viewers placed a high expectance. Yet, I'd say that these teams are being matched with other competent teams of equal level of skill which don't allow one party to perform extremely well as expected. I still wonder why the England coach have not been sanctioned for his blunders.

Indeed, from the beginning of the British power which incidentally was superior where they had into a good squad but it was the coach who was a problem for them today because it was until now Southgate was unable good but because of a bad formation and lack of southgate in training it actually makes the conditions bad and even if it can be said for now Southgate is not in accordance with the current price (salary).

Fortunately, for Euro this time England was in an easier pot where they only did a match against the team under them and not united with several other strong teams such as Germany, Spain and France which made them still a favorite to go to the final despite performance They are not very good.
But on the other hand, now England has been to the semi -finals and inevitably Southgate must change his bad habits to get to the final because they see the English opponents faced from the group phase until now, only the semi -final against the Dutch can be said as a balanced game Because previously the opponents of England were always below in terms of level.

[rendravolt]

In this tournament, France is playing bad, England is bad, Netherlands is bad, but they all reached the semi final. Spain is by far playing the best football. It would be a surprise if Spain doesn't become champion. Underdog teams like Türkiye, Switzerland and Austria played much better than these teams in this tournament. As a result, the cup will go to one of the favorite teams again, this is clear.

But what if in the end they still play badly and then one of them becomes champion, wouldn't that be even more surprising? I think it's still a possibility and I think everyone will be sick of the Euros this year. The reason is that as a top team they should be able to give a good performance, even though their players are also top players in their respective clubs.

Spain is our only hope of winning this year and if they don't face Germany in the previous match, these two teams should be the ones who deserve to be in the final. But unfortunately the two met sooner and this time I hope Spain can silence one of these teams in the final. Regarding Turkey, Switzerland, Austria, they have tried their best but their efforts are not enough to gain luck against these bad teams.

[davis196]

I guess that England was prepared for the penalty shootout against Switzerland, but playing 120 minutes in two consecutive games would probably have a negative impact over the physical performance of the English team in the semi-final. It still boggles me how England with their boring and slow style managed to get to the semi-finals. I think that a stronger opponent would simply destroy them at the final.
I wasn't expecting Turkey to play that good against Netherlands, but the Dutch team was simply better at the second half.
France and Portugal were kinda equal in in their performance, even though the French team missed the better goal opportunities.
Spain-Germany was a great match, but Toni Kroos had to receive a red card in the second half.

[Lida93]

England vs Switzerland will be the first action of the day. England were one of the favorites of this tournament before the tournament but they didn't perform well in the tournament. I think they were below expectations. Southgate is criticized a lot. I think there is justified criticism against him. Because they have a very good squad. But they cannot show a performance equivalent to this squad. On the other hand, Murat Yakın and Switzerland are one of the best teams in the tournament. I expect them to surprise England in this match. But I will bet on both teams to score.

England favorite? Hmmm for me that's too way off because from the start of this competition I have always known that england were going to be one of the struggling ones and this is because they have never been convincing in their style of play, I don't know how they have managed to even squeeze their selves to this round but what I do know is that Switzerland is certainly a big and major threat for them.

How England have managed to walk through into the semifinals stage is truly unbelievable if we are to juxtaposition them with their performance in every of the games they have played so far. Maybe they just haven't met with the team that will really unclad them to their underperformance with shocking scores of defeat.

Not that England don't have the talented players for them to be in frontline of this tournament as potential winner but it all seems that there is a large gap of connection and coordination between the players on the pitch. And Southgate hasn't been making the game any better with his choice of starting X1, Cole Palmer still not starting in today's match despite how the young lad has been so effective coming from bench. I think Southgate needs to understand he's playing with a Switzerland team that dissembled the Italian team defense just within the first 45 minutes of official playing time which is why I had expected he was going to do things differently starting with his first X1.

This is the worst and most boring match in the quarter finals as there was no shot on target by both teams and their goalkeeper didn't have any ball to save but just relaxing because of weak strikers. England as usu took dominaceof the first half but they couldn't create a better chance of finding the back of the net. Switzerland was on the defensive side because they are being careful and don't want to make any mistakes because England is in charge of the midfield. I don't know what will be the outcome of the second half and I hope that it will be interesting.

The second half of the game came up lively with much dynamic changes and brilliant performance from both sides. And despite that Switzerland eventual loss to England, I truly admire their zeal and fighting strength to not losing out cheaply to England. Fast-forward to the penalty shootouts, unbelievable how Palmer was one chosen to first take the penalty in a squad he's always made to come from the bench, tells a lot how Southgate believes so much in his confidence and talent at taking penalty kicks. Congrats to England sail through to the semi's.

[aoluain]

Murphy's statement makes sense. I was also concerned about how Mendes did not replace Ronaldo in the last game against France. Ronaldo did absolutely nothing. Mendes and Jota were at the bench. I though Mindes should give them a chance to play. But, it's absurd because of Mendes was always keeping Ronaldo to play.
Perhaps, Mendes may be doing it to honor Ronaldo. This was because  it's Ronaldo's last Euro with Portugal.

It's also very embarrassing to see how Ronaldo doesn't seem to realize if that damages his legacy more than failing to score or break new records.

It is needless to blame Ronaldo for the early departure of Portugal from the competition. We all know that this player works very hard and is a good shape. He is not the only striker who played four or five games and didn't get any goal. They are saying he had no positive influence because they forgot that he gave Bruno Fernandes a beautiful assist. There might be other younger players who would have done a better job but Ronaldo wasn't in bad shape. The only reason they are blaming him is because they lost the quarterfinal game. If they had won the competition, he would have been highly celebrated.

Life is all about trying and taking risks. I don't think Ronaldo expected that they would be knocked out at this level. He thought that he would score goals and win the competition thereby breaking records. Sadly it didn't turn out as he expected, so he needs to endure the pain of criticism and disappointment.

Being in great shape isnt the only requirement needed for a forward player, they
also have to create targets for the wingers and to create space by pulling defenders
out of position for fellow attackers, Ronaldo doesnt do that anymore or he doesnt have
the movement anymore. So he might be in great shape but his skills have diminished.

Martinez should get some criticism for not being strong enough or not seeing
that he needs to replace Ronaldo for someone who poses a bigger threat to the
opposition throughout the tournament.

Its the same with Southgate for England, he is reluctant to pull his big
players in a match eventhough he has a world class bench to call on.

In contrast Koeman of the Netherlands is a strong coach and made changes
right after half time to change things in the team, and it worked, they played with
more pace and purpose and caused Turkiye bigger problems than in the 1st half.

[mammusu]

I guess that England was prepared for the penalty shootout against Switzerland, but playing 120 minutes in two consecutive games would probably have a negative impact over the physical performance of the English team in the semi-final. It still boggles me how England with their boring and slow style managed to get to the semi-finals. I think that a stronger opponent would simply destroy them at the final.

England's game is always boring to watch, if they want to play fast, they can actually do it. However, it seems they prefer to play it safe and be ready for penalty scenarios and that is what happened in this match. They conceded first, but they managed to equalize 5 minutes after the goal was scored against them. Well they should be able to play like they did after they conceded, and if they do that from the start, then I think they will finish the match in just 90 minutes.

The tempo of the match tends to be slow, which in my opinion benefits Switzerland, because they can easily rotate from attack to defense and vice versa. I think Switzerland also has the same scenario, namely forcing England to go to a penalty shootout. but in the penalty shootout round they were not lucky enough to win and they had to be eliminated in this round. However, in terms of their play since the group stage, they deserve appreciation.

[skarais]

As we know the final 4, it's about time for the updated odds:


As expected, Spain is the favourite here and England is 2nd regarding chances of winning according to oddsmakers and that's because of how the teams are matched up, with France being considered a much stronger team than the Netherlands.

I don't see this opportunity as something to underestimate France, England and the Netherlands, in fact I also think Spain has something special at Euro 2024 and they really deserve to win the title. Even if many people don't agree with this one, but I think Spain played well and deserved to be in the final. But what is certain is, France is not an easy opponent to beat in the semifinals.

France should be slightly superior when they meet Spain, of course this is because Spain has crucial problems in defense due to Carvajal's absence. Carvajal and Pedri are out due to red cards and injuries and this is a danger sign for Spain especially in defence. Carvajal is really important in the squad, in fact I don't think Jesus Navas can handle the defense as well as Carvajal.

[Velvet78]

Such a character showed by Turkey last night. But it was still not enough for the win. They were the much better side than Netherlands in the first half and this brought about the goal as well. However they once again had to deal with the manager's hard-to-understand choices. He preferred a very defensive system in the second half which just made things easier for Netherlands to organize more attacks.  

He is such a poor manager that he didn't even want to make substitutions right after conceding the first goal. If it weren't for the players' extra effort Turkey wouldn't be able to reach this phase.

Turkey could have really won last night as Netherlands weren't that great. New generation has great players, Arda Güler coming first. They really can bring bigger successes to their country in the future.  

[Farma]

England's game is always boring to watch, if they want to play fast, they can actually do it. However, it seems they prefer to play it safe and be ready for penalty scenarios and that is what happened in this match. They conceded first, but they managed to equalize 5 minutes after the goal was scored against them. Well they should be able to play like they did after they conceded, and if they do that from the start, then I think they will finish the match in just 90 minutes.

The tempo of the match tends to be slow, which in my opinion benefits Switzerland, because they can easily rotate from attack to defense and vice versa. I think Switzerland also has the same scenario, namely forcing England to go to a penalty shootout. but in the penalty shootout round they were not lucky enough to win and they had to be eliminated in this round. However, in terms of their play since the group stage, they deserve appreciation.

They did this because they were in a lagging position, if they did it from the start of the match it would be quite risky because their impressive attacking play would leave a void in the defense line.
Indeed, basically England's performance was not that impressive, especially their attack line which was unable to take advantage of many opportunities so they had quite difficulty scoring goals.
Winning via penalty shootout has a bit of an element of luck, and England were lucky this time to advance to the semifinals.

And in the other quarter-final match, Balanda managed to beat Turkey and ensure the final ticket to the semifinals, this is quite interesting because the Netherlands were 1 goal behind in the first half until finally they were able to turn things around in just 5 minutes, this shows that the mentality of the Dutch players is quite good. .

There are only 4 best teams left now, England, Netherlands, Spain and France.
It will be quite difficult to predict who will enter the final because all of these teams have almost the same strength.

[MinoRaiola]

For the semifinal matches England vs Netherlands and France vs Spain it will be quite a fierce match and in my opinion this is a fairly ideal semifinal.
And no one is overly favored in the semifinal match, this will be quite fierce and interesting.

If you look at the semi-finals and the teams, you can say that all four are very good. Portugal and Germany could and perhaps even should have been there. Portugal had play the best qualifying and Germany played very well in the group stage, but unfortunately not everyone can always win. I think the final match will be Spain against Holland. England have not play so good as Holland so far and Spain are simply the best team. England havent managed to win within 90 minutes in the last two games, 1x extra time and 1x penalty shootout. Spain have won all of their last 8 games, even if they were lucky against Germany. The semi-finals are well filled, I dont think there are any surprise.

[Salahmu]

Murphy's statement makes sense. I was also concerned about how Mendes did not replace Ronaldo in the last game against France. Ronaldo did absolutely nothing. Mendes and Jota were at the bench. I though Mindes should give them a chance to play. But, it's absurd because of Mendes was always keeping Ronaldo to play.
Perhaps, Mendes may be doing it to honor Ronaldo. This was because  it's Ronaldo's last Euro with Portugal.

One thing about Ronaldo is that he is the kind of player that loves recognition and respect so no matter how inconsistent he could be on a match he doesn't like to be substituted because that was actually one of the reasons why he was having a problem while he was on Manchester United, perhaps it could be that with how far he has gone in football he will feel disrespected if they should substitute him on the match because just like you mentioned there were more vibrant players on the bench that even has more energy and speed than Ronaldo but they refuse to bring them forgetting that Ronaldo is no longer the forceful player we use to know before because he has come of a age that his strength and energy has started weaken.

Maybe like you said the reason why there coach decided not to change him was because he needed to allow him since this season will be his last playing for Portugal, though his performance on that match was totally not impressive at all because he wasn't helping the team but the only influenced he had was the title.

[arimamib]

Such a character showed by Turkey last night. But it was still not enough for the win. They were the much better side than Netherlands in the first half and this brought about the goal as well. However they once again had to deal with the manager's hard-to-understand choices. He preferred a very defensive system in the second half which just made things easier for Netherlands to organize more attacks.  

He is such a poor manager that he didn't even want to make substitutions right after conceding the first goal. If it weren't for the players' extra effort Turkey wouldn't be able to reach this phase.

Turkey could have really won last night as Netherlands weren't that great. New generation has great players, Arda Güler coming first. They really can bring bigger successes to their country in the future.  

One by one the underdog teams have experienced defeat in euro today, previously we hoped that one from of Switzerland and Turkey would be able to reach the semifinals of the Euros, but instead both of them lost with great honor to a team that was bigger and stronger than them, talking about yesterday match, of course it was quite painful for Turkish fans, their team should be able to win over the Netherlands after being able to perform quite well throughout the match, even though they often get pressure in the first half, Turkey is still able to play quite well and can even trouble the Dutch defense, but the Turkish defensive line really suffers the bad effect of losing Demiral in this match because that the Dutch attackers were often able to move freely in the Turkish defense.

A one goal lead should have made Turkey play more aggressively in order to score goals again and secure their chances, but their coach seemed to prefer to secure a 1-0 win in the second half, what the Turkish coach did of course backfired on them because hoping for a 1-0 win from a big team like the Netherlands, but apart from this defeat of course I am quite impressed to see Turkey game which has improved rapidly over the this years.

[knowngunman]

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None of yesterday's matches were as competitive. The England vs Switzerland match was not that competitive either. The gameplay of both teams was slow. Actually the match was not that enjoyable. Neither team tried to attack too much in this match. Both teams performed very carefully and kept their defenses strong.

But I would say England were lucky in this match. After Breel Embolo scored in the 75th minute, I thought England would not be able to make a comeback in this match. Because Switzerland's defense was strong. But Saka's goal equalized the match in just 5 minutes. And finally England won through a penalty shootout.

Perhaps, that yesterday would be one of the worst performance England have displayed so far in this tournament. Sincerely speaking, I was rooting for their elimination due to how irritating they were playing. Switzerland played the game with utmost dedication and I wish they won the match.

From the beginning of this tournament, England have been surviving on luck even against a weaker team that one might expect them to win easily. Defensive errors and poor positioning of the goal keeper gave room for the England equalizing goal. Switzerland try their best to defend their goal but Saka has always been a freeman since the kickoff and couldn’t be stopped.

English team were lucky to win the game but the Switzerland goalie was very poor in spot kicks, he should have been subbed out for a better kick stopper. I felt sad for Switzerland after all the effort they put in that game.

[abhiseshakana]

Such a character showed by Turkey last night. But it was still not enough for the win. They were the much better side than Netherlands in the first half and this brought about the goal as well. However they once again had to deal with the manager's hard-to-understand choices. He preferred a very defensive system in the second half which just made things easier for Netherlands to organize more attacks.  

He is such a poor manager that he didn't even want to make substitutions right after conceding the first goal. If it weren't for the players' extra effort Turkey wouldn't be able to reach this phase.

Turkey could have really won last night as Netherlands weren't that great. New generation has great players, Arda Güler coming first. They really can bring bigger successes to their country in the future.  

One by one the underdog teams have experienced defeat in euro today, previously we hoped that one from of Switzerland and Turkey would be able to reach the semifinals of the Euros, but instead both of them lost with great honor to a team that was bigger and stronger than them, talking about yesterday match, of course it was quite painful for Turkish fans, their team should be able to win over the Netherlands after being able to perform quite well throughout the match, even though they often get pressure in the first half, Turkey is still able to play quite well and can even trouble the Dutch defense, but the Turkish defensive line really suffers the bad effect of losing Demiral in this match because that the Dutch attackers were often able to move freely in the Turkish defense.

A one goal lead should have made Turkey play more aggressively in order to score goals again and secure their chances, but their coach seemed to prefer to secure a 1-0 win in the second half, what the Turkish coach did of course backfired on them because hoping for a 1-0 win from a big team like the Netherlands, but apart from this defeat of course I am quite impressed to see Turkey game which has improved rapidly over the this years.

There are no black horse teams at the Euros this time. With the defeats suffered by Switzerland and Turkey, only the top teams will advance to the semifinals. I think Turkey is certainly very disappointed with their defeat because they already have tried their best, but they have had many misfortunes in the finishing touch. This is quite reasonable because after Netherlands managed to catch up, Turkey looked rushed and unable to control their composure. As a result, they cannot maximize the good opportunities they have.

[TastyChillySauce00]

Of course, Turkey's victory is being envied elsewhere. The German minister applied for an investigation after Merih Demiral's sign. I don't think UEFA will give a penalty, I think it shows the respect of Germany that the German minister, who was silent about a lot of actions before this action, is silent about this action. Turkey's win seems to have upset not only the Austrians.

Although Uefa had previously fined players such as Bellingham and Xhaka, it gave Merih a 2-match suspension, without any postponement. Uefa, which announced Bellingham's penalty in 3 days, approved Merih's penalty in 3 hours. That's why there is no more trust anymore. Merih was a defender who could make a great contribution in the Netherlands match played yesterday. We will now say that we are eliminated, that's it.

But i think used such gesture was unnecessary, though UEFA was sanctioned merih, but they were no parties who can be blamed. I agree. UEFA was not fair about the ban given to bellingham and merih, bellingham was 1 match, but Merih was 2 matches. Merih could have avoided the ban by not making a sensitive gesture. And i think he should have known very well that if he is playing in the highest national competition in euro. I think both, merih and bellinghem deserved it.

UEFA is not totally wrong here. I think Merih must realize if he did something wrong that cost his club a loss against the Netherlands. Last, I hope Merih will be more professional in the next competition by avoiding use such unnecessary gesture like that.

[Smartvirus]

From the beginning of this tournament, England have been surviving on luck even against a weaker team that one might expect them to win easily. Defensive errors and poor positioning of the goal keeper gave room for the England equalizing goal. Switzerland try their best to defend their goal but Saka has always been a freeman since the kickoff and couldn’t be stopped.

English team were lucky to win the game but the Switzerland goalie was very poor in spot kicks, he should have been subbed out for a better kick stopper. I felt sad for Switzerland after all the effort they put in that game.

2 elite teams that have made it thus far in the tournament of the likes of France and England haven’t done very much to earn their spot in the semi final. They’ve just been lifted this far by share grace but, I don’t see that helping any team to lift the trophy. I think all share grace will end around Spain. Spain remains the one team that haven’t depended on luck to push forward but, put in the work, showing their might in all games, defeated Germany even with their home support.
England knows what to do, I didn’t see Saka to have been any free in the game against Switzerland but, he was rather relaxed and not much engage. It only dawn on them when they were loosing by a goal. You know you’re a step out of the tournament and have to put in your all to get back.

The Swiss did good with their penalty spot kick I tell you, Akanji was just unlucky as the delays and mind games that Pickford tried worked. Pickford guess the right way and saved the first penalty, giving England the advantage as, it comes with a lot of confidence for the English players through the rest of the kick. It doesn’t become any difficult to take the shot afterwards, you’ve got lifeline.

There are no black horse teams at the Euros this time. With the defeats suffered by Switzerland and Turkey, only the top teams will advance to the semifinals. I think Turkey is certainly very disappointed with their defeat because they already have tried their best, but they have had many misfortunes in the finishing touch. This is quite reasonable because after Netherlands managed to catch up, Turkey looked rushed and unable to control their composure. As a result, they cannot maximize the good opportunities they have.

Just a note, it’s Türkiye now, no longer Turkey. I know it would take some time but, you would do well to help yourself remember.


Well, there was only a couple of ways the game could have gone and this time, Türkiye shot themselves in the foot. Haven’t conceived that equalizer, they went ahead to conceive an own goal. It isn’t any less disappointing but, they did the much they could against the might of Netherland. The Oranges did themselves solid.

[Richbased]

Murphy's statement makes sense. I was also concerned about how Mendes did not replace Ronaldo in the last game against France. Ronaldo did absolutely nothing. Mendes and Jota were at the bench. I though Mindes should give them a chance to play. But, it's absurd because of Mendes was always keeping Ronaldo to play.
Perhaps, Mendes may be doing it to honor Ronaldo. This was because  it's Ronaldo's last Euro with Portugal.

It's also very embarrassing to see how Ronaldo doesn't seem to realize if that damages his legacy more than failing to score or break new records.

It is needless to blame Ronaldo for the early departure of Portugal from the competition. We all know that this player works very hard and is a good shape. He is not the only striker who played four or five games and didn't get any goal. They are saying he had no positive influence because they forgot that he gave Bruno Fernandes a beautiful assist. There might be other younger players who would have done a better job but Ronaldo wasn't in bad shape. The only reason they are blaming him is because they lost the quarterfinal game. If they had won the competition, he would have been highly celebrated.

Life is all about trying and taking risks. I don't think Ronaldo expected that they would be knocked out at this level. He thought that he would score goals and win the competition thereby breaking records. Sadly it didn't turn out as he expected, so he needs to endure the pain of criticism and disappointment.

To be frank I don't know why anybody should point hand at Ronaldo for the exit of his country from the competition because literally, this is a player that got emotional when he missed a penalty against Slovenia and we all don't know how he's feeling considering the fact that he didn't score any goal in the competition. We should understand the fact that country games and league games ain't same because it is always difficult to understand the pattern of play of your teammates in the national team unlike the league games where you are familiar with your teammates because you guys plays together on regular basis so it would be bad pointing fingers at the Portuguese International footballer Cristiano Ronaldo. There is no way he can pass the ball to himself and score goals as a team success is more of a combative efforts rather than just being dependable on a particular player. I know Ronaldo is a big name but that doesn't mean that big players doesn't face challenges in matches. I have watched some of the matches of Portugal in this competition and I can strongly say that Cristiano Ronaldo was selfless in his play because most of the time he passes the ball to a teammate to score instead of being selfish or self centered.

 It is so bad how people are often interested only when you are making progress or becoming successful unlike during your challenging and trying times. I was even surprised that Ronaldo was cheerful after the quarter finals with France and was even consoling an emotional Pepe who was crying because this EURO competition was his last in his football career. No one also cares about how Ronaldo was feeling after their elimination or is it because he didn't express his emotions as well?. They also need to know that France is not also an easy team to win so they met a strong opponent and not lesser team and when a game enters into penalty shoot outs it is always based on luck because any team can lose in penalties.