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VIDEO: Cristiano Ronaldo brutally mocked by Slovenia fans waving Lionel Messi shirt and chanting Inter Miami star’s name after Portugal hero missed several chances in Euro 2024 clash

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Portugal player ratings vs Slovenia: Diogo Costa digs crying Cristiano Ronaldo out of a hole as goalkeeper's penalty shootout heroics set up Euro 2024 quarter-final with France

Slovenia fans held up a Lionel Messi shirt and chanted his name to mock Cristiano Ronaldo after repeatedly missing chances against Slovenia.

  • Ronaldo missed several chances
  • Messi chants filled Slovenia end
  • Portugal eventually won on penalties

WHAT HAPPENED?

One Slovenia fan could be seen at Waldstadion in Frankfurt holding up an Argentina shirt bearing Messi’s name and number 10. Many others were chanting for Ronaldo’s great rival every time the Portuguese icon missed a chance, of which there were increasingly many, during the last 16 clash.

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Cristiano Ronaldo Petar Stojanovic Portugal Slovenia Euro 2024

THE BIGGER PICTURE

At his sixth European Championship, 39-year-old RonaldoĀ failed to score in the group stage of a major international tournament for the first time in his career. His luck didn’t seem to change as the knockouts began for Portugal either, firing shots, headers and free-kicks either wide of the target or straight at Jan Oblak. In the dying seconds of the first half of extra-time, Ronaldo lined up a penalty following a foul on Diogo Jota. He had scored his previous 13 from the spot for Portugal, but Oblak was equal to it and parried the ball onto the post, leaving Ronaldo visibly upset and in tears during the brief interval. In the end, he had the last laugh though, converting in the penalty shootout as Portugal prevailed.

DID YOU KNOW?

It’s not the first time that Ronaldo has beenĀ mocked by fans chanting Messi’s name. The jibes have happened for more than a decade, notably cropping up at Euro 2012, Euro 2016 and in qualifying for Euro 2020. Earlier in 2024, CR7 even wound up with aĀ fine and suspension from football authorities in Saudi Arabia when he reacted to such chants from Al-Shabab fans while in action for Al-Nassr.

Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal Eurocopa 2024

WHAT NEXT FOR RONALDO & PORTUGAL?

Ronaldo and Portugal live on at Euro 2024, mainly thanks to Diogo Costa’s heroics, who made a hat-trick of shootout saves and a one-on-one stop to deny Slovenia striker Benjamin Sesko in extra-time. They now go forth to the quarter-finals and will face Kylian Mbappe’s France in Hamburg on July 5.

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