Did Cristiano Ronaldo prevent Portugal from winning EURO 2024? | ESPN FC Extra Time

1. In order to play at top performance one has to compete with the best. Imagine Roger Federer playing in college league for two years and returing to play with top ten players, he will get crushed.

2. Bruno fernandas he dont like ronoldo..bruno is a selfish player ,

3. But he's scored loads of goals in his pub league. ?
   Martinez cost Portugal. He should be sacked. Wasted Belgium squad and now doing that with Portugal

4. The goat will rise again

5. The correct caption should have been: Did Roberto Martinez prevent Portugal from winning the Euros ?

6. With Ronaldo in this superb Portugal ?? team they are playing with 10 men

7. Look at all these Pundits so happy at Ronaldo's loss.Astonishing to see so much of resentment for him. You are free to criticise, but this feels like you lot have some personal issues.

8. Do you guys think is possible that he's going to play in WC 2026?(Even if he's sitting at the bench).

9. Why people not criticise KILIan MBAPPEEEEEE?Are you people biased

10. Unpopular opinion: Ronaldo's international career is overrated.

    0 best player award
    3 goals in his entire k/o games
    Very average goal ratio

11. no

12. Yes, to be honest, no goals minimum impact amongst all players and yet he was the undisputed starter for Portugal, had a stinker all tournament and martinez kept him on when he had so much quality on the bench.

13. the Question is who is the next cristiano ronaldo? for portugal squad

14. Don't put English referees in the remaining matches please cos always makes mistakes and controversial ?

15. Ronaldo was the biggest liability in the field. He was non existent. Had Ramos or Jota played, Portugal may have advanced.
    Martinez seems to be pandering to Ronaldo for a coaching gig at Saudi.
    Yeah… With a better manager they would’ve easily reached finals or even won it…Martinez is awful.
    Thru out the tournament Portugal are playing with 10 men.. Everyone can see except coach or staff
    Jota wud have made the difference

16. Frank said, the French food is the best. Really? Italians have the best food.

17. Great Men are scrunized by little men who have never done anything nor will ever do anything like what CR7 did. From the safety of a chair little men pass judgements on great men. How predictable

18. He got no service, there was no chemistry between him and silva and leo.

19. I wonder why a 39-year-old will put his person achievement over a whole nation

20. Portugal was basically playing with 10 man this whole tournament. Ronaldo was a Ghost in every game and the Coach was too afraid to bench him. Such a shame because Portugal looked so strong.

21. How on earth could you have Jota on the bench and not bring him on whilst Ronaldo did nothing. Portugal probably would have gone through if Jota played. Martinez is clueless. How he got a gig with Portugal after failing with Belgium is bewildering also. Guys like Martinez and Southgate get paid millions every year for being incompetent. Incredible.

22. Id say he decreased thier chances of winning

23. France is just horrible to watch what a waste of space and time

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25. I’ve never liked Ronaldo as a team player. When he was young, this was not so much of a problem since his speed, power and overall attacking prowess compensated for his lack of teamwork. He was just a lethal apex predator in his prime. But once he started to slow down, he either needed to become more of a team player, passing up opportunities to other team mates, or step back (either dropping from the team or being used as an impact sub). I’d go so far as to say this goes back as far as eight years. Portugal won the euros when Ronaldo got injured. Sure, he has scored many goals over the years, but I’d expect that from a good striker given just how many chances his team offers him in front of goal.

26. Fact – when Ronaldo fails everyone ridiculed him. It's always his fault.

27. Frank Leboeuf, a French football legend who was part of the Les Bleus squad that won the 1998 World Cup and EUFA Euro 2000

28. Ronaldo fans hahahahahaha this is your goat !!!! How many goals did he score this tournament? Just asking

29. Ik this ridiculous channel will do no matter what to hate him. These pundits, who put those jokers on panel?

30. Why don't talk about Mbappe who do not get a mention about how poor he was.

31. Portugal should have subbed him with jota or ramos after half time..Cristiano is a top finisher but he is not effective anymore because of his age.he barely touches the ball.Portugal should have taken a bold decision.

32. Fair play to Les bleus, but this loss is solely on Martinez's ineptitude, a Spanish double agent if there ever was one. Conceding a tournament to satisfy Ronaldo's ego is straight-up reprehensible. The news outlets in Portugal will be licking their chops at the prospect of bringing in Mourinho.

33. Portugal deserved to win that game they played better for the most part,but failed in finishing,the goat had no business playing that full game it will never change the respect that people have for him, it’s ok to be substituted for the team to win.

34. It was like ronaldo has corona and Portugal players had to maintain social distance. They were always apart in the pitch. Ronaldo didnt drop to help the build up

35. Lmaooo Ronaldo fans love dragging Messi saying both are not performing don’t forget they wrote of Messi at psg saying he’s finished then at the world cup was putting on crazy performances every single game it’s like he was thriving under the immense pressure and the rest is history lmaooo

36. Pessi should have retired also. He already retired once, can't wait for him to become the first Argentine player to retire TWICE ?

37. I am choosing to work instead of watching England play, that's how boring they are

38. I pray and hope Georgina’s safe don’t forget she’s Argentinian guysb?

39. Wasting Giancarlo Ramos and Jota, playing a 39 year old for 120 minutes is criminal.

40. Ronaldos fault that Joao Felix missed the penalty ?

41. Poor Team. Poor Team Performance. And A Coach That Already Has Destroyed Golden Generation Of Belgium. Saltue To The Management

42. Ronaldo needs to accept his role as a bit part player . Could’ve easily been SUBBED ON in their last two games. Instead of how it panned out

43. Portugal had every chance to beat France. They didn’t execute there opportunities

44. Ronaldo sucked big time, perhaps with another player Portugal could have won the game against France

45. As far as Ronaldo is in Portugal national team they will never win any thing in football again.

46. He is finished now.he should retire from international football.

47. I just want to say that Argentina had won world cup 2022 and copa 21 without messi also

48. yes

49. When i said playing ronaldo as a starter will be a bad choice for the team. His fans kept defending him .martinez is a coward for playing him for the whole tournament without substituting him or starting him on the bench.

50. I mean they didnt even play to his strengths which is only heading now. How many headers did he get. Abysmal tactics

51. Jota was at the bench ?

52. These same pundits blaming Roberto Martinez now said harsh things against when EtH froze Ronaldo out of the team

    Unpopular opinion: Ronaldo's 2nd coming spoilt the work Ole did during the COVID season.

53. If football is about popularity and not performance. Then the manager should keep ronaldo playing till 60 years old. I believe portugal will win world cup. ?

54. It looked to me like Bruno took the penalty without Ronaldo"s appproval. Go back, Ronnie looks surprised and angry. Then Bruno gets subbed off early to the surprise of literally everyone…. ?

55. Football pandits and keyboard warriors down in comment sections are clowns, they barely know much about sport. Ronaldo was playing as striker, which fits POR team, as he can create chances to score goals from anywhere around 44 yards. His last match rating comparably same as Bruno's rating, arguably best player of POR side last night was Bruno. POR played well last night, they had better possession rate and made more passes than FRA, sadly penalty miss sent them home. POR had four chances to score, one in after 110th min(arguably best chance to score) or if POR 3rd penalty taker could've scored, then POR could have sent FRA back to Paris. Let's exonerate CR7 instead; He assisted once and scored two in penalty shootdowns in Euro. It's painfully embarrassing to see pandits and keyboard warrior blame shifting Ronaldo for POR exist, tragically comical to blame one player for failure, it's a team sport for those who doesn't know this already. I humbly request you to get a life instead of fixating on Ronaldo. And, also looking at sport multidimensionally doesn't hurt you, just saying.

56. It’s always good to see Maca. My favourite announce team was Maca & Ian Darke.

57. Ronaldo playing for 120 minutes certainly stopped Portugal playing to their best as a team. Even his own team mates realised he was poor and avoided passing to him most of the time.

58. They all are happy now, this is one of disgraceful show

59. Free kick doesn't pass.. all wasted..insist to take every free kick.. his free kick just 50% was not accurate enough

60. You guys hate ronaldo foursome stupid reason say why we are all waiting

61. That's more on the coach than Cr7. The coach is the one who is in charge. In my opinion, Portugal has the best team in Europe at the moment.

62. Ronaldo is a narcissist, he put himself before what could have been a great team, Portugal should be in semis, Ronaldo has missed chance after chance on front of goal, it is his and the managers fault, I feel sorry fot the Portugal team, football is about teamwork not honoring a demigod.

63. "the food the wine… not the people" lmao

64. I don't know if he prevented them, but he was surely a weak link.

65. Craig Burley being rude and a bully as usual

66. Did Ramos get a sniff

67. It's always amazing to read the comments and comfirm that 99% of people are morrons. Well that's the world we live.

68. without creating controversy in the name of Ronaldo this garbage news channel will not survive.

69. Pendu is finished. Retire please

70. Leave Ronaldo alone please ?stop. Don’t just blame him on anything. You’re hatred. I am not really big fan of CR7 but I appreciate what he has done in football. No one perfect ?

71. What a delusional discussion guys, come on ??

72. Ronaldo obviously wants to help but at this point you have to ask yourself are you helping or are you being a detriment to the team

73. It was better Ronaldo played all the games, i think he finally admits himself that he is no-longer the same Ronaldo. Now he gets to retire happily. It was important for a Portugal legend to admits for himself with support from coach and supporters.

74. The fact that messi and ronaldo are still playing for their national teams is wild.

    Kante on the other hand doe, everyone thought he was done and hes probably the 2nd best pkayer in that position in the world. That surgery revived him and saudi comp kept him fresh LOL.

75. Slam all you wanna Cristiano Ronaldo but they had made it to the peanlty shoot out and the way Joao Felix walked there I knew he was gonna miss. No idea why he was chosen before jota or any player why he was subbed in

76. Oh wow…

77. entire Portugal team plays like garbage except Pepe and the goalkeeper. ESPN FC: did Ronaldo prevent Portugal from winning the Euros? ?

78. The best game Portugal ever played was whit Cristiano on the bench. It wqs the 2016 Euro final vs France.

79. Unsubscribe button >>>>

80. Ronaldo didn't even play bad lmao the fact that he can still compete at an elite level at 39 is insane

81. Absolutely useless

82. A front 3 of Bruno, Leao and Conceicao would have been better without trying to just throw the ball in for headers for someone who has clearly lost his reflexes to fetch them.. CR7 is the Goat of all “strikers”, but not anymore.

83. FIFA paid Joao Felix to miss that penalty now it’s time for World against me ??

84. Why did jao felix walk like that towards a penalty. Too obvious he was gonna miss no charisma keeper easily read him. ?

85. I think ronaldo should be subbed with other striker like g.ramos after 60 minutes.

86. Dcks crying dcks commenting dcks hatin ronaldo thats espnfc for you nothing else

87. Ronaldo didn't cost the game Martinez did. He accommodated Ronaldo walking around the pitch for 100 of the 120 minutes he played. Such great talent on the Portugal squad and he left them on the bench most of the tournament.

88. So bitter ypu guys wasted a whole section to talk about a legend we know espn is an anti ronaldo channel nothing new we are used to it Im even shocked they did not say that Jao felix miss the penalty because of Ronaldo ??

89. The disrespect is insane. Literally the top goal scorer of all time. Typically what have you done now mind set. The man leads off in penalties to set the tone. He deserves way more respect since he is the one responsible for putting Portugal on the map.

90. They are afraid of Ronaldo's status, a lot of future jobs will be gone if he doesn't get his way, thats why nobody speaks up, he can ruin future generations easily. You think penaldo is finished. Wait untill he retires and starts coaching?

91. No Martinez did

92. lol I think the ones that are old and need to retire are these Espn commentators, not Ronaldo or Pepe.

93. Espn just lost whstever remaining validity it had to me.

94. Nope. Ronaldo wasn't even involved much. I'd say France still would've won even if Portugal played without Ronaldo. Portugal dominated but France had better chances. In fact I truly believed that was as good as it was going to get for the Portuguese. The best chances were from Bruno and Cancelo. Ronaldo should've probably done better with his shot as well. But…..that shot from Camavinga was the best chance of the whole game. I have no clue how he missed it.

95. The guy is finished, it’s been finished for the past 5 years

96. What kind of advice can the English and the Scottish give to anyone if they don't excel in anything (sports wise) and I mean… Nothing? Therefore, what kind of advice can you give anyone? How to lose? Complete lack of self awareness!

97. Yes

98. Why did Portugal coach called up G. Ramos if you not gonna play him ?‍♂️

99. Cristiano Ronaldo ruined the Euro for Portugal. For several years he has affected other players projection and given nothing to the team.
    This was visible against France, Portugal played with 10 men. He was the one who prevented Portugal from going further in the European Championship.

100. He prevented Joao Felix from getting criticized. He missed the game winning header and then missed the penalty. And he's a Joao. That sucks for that Joaozinho. His name for some reason is what they call an incompetent person in Portugal. If you mess something up they'll call you a "Joao". I think it's like Joe Blow. or some Joe. How many games have gone to a shootout in this tournament without the same criticism that Portugal gets? England went to shootout against Switzerland. What happened? You should have started Goncalo Ramos. He had a hat trick against Sweden.

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