Before Morocco, 4 Matches Made Cristiano Ronaldo Cry
Cristiano Ronaldo caught all eyes after the match, after he left Al-Thumama stadium crying, affected by his failure to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals for the second time in his history, after he led Portugal in the 2006 World Cup to the semi-finals, before losing to France with a goal scored by Zinedine Zidane.
Cristiano Ronaldo, accompanied by Portugal, was eliminated from the 2022 World Cup after losing to Morocco 0-1, on Saturday evening, at Al-Thumama Stadium, in the quarterfinals.
Although Cristiano Ronaldo's tears are rare, they have appeared on many occasions before, most of them with the Portugal national team itself.
Euro 2004 Final
The beginning was 18 years ago, specifically in Euro 2004, when Portugal qualified for the final match, to face Greece, the surprise of the tournament at the time.
Although Greece had defeated Portugal at the opening of the tournament 2-1, everyone expected that Portugal, the host of the tournament at the time, would sweep its Greek counterpart, but the guests had another opinion, as they achieved victory again with a goal scored by striker Angelos Charesteas.
Thus, Greece was crowned champion of Europe.
After the end of the match, Cristiano Ronaldo was seen crying, after he failed to win his first title with the Portugal national team, and a photo was taken of him that has been widely circulated on social media since that time until now.
2008 UEFA Champions League Final
After 4 years, Cristiano Ronaldo cried again, but this time with his English team, Manchester United.
Crying this time was like tears of joy, after Manchester United beat Chelsea 6-5 on penalties, in a match in which Cristiano scored a goal in original time and missed one of the penalty shootouts.
Euro 2016 Final
Apart from winning and losing, other factors contributed to Cristiano Ronaldo crying, as happened in the Euro 2016 final with Portugal.
In that match, Cristiano Ronaldo came out of the match in the eighth minute, after suffering a severe injury against France, due to violent interference from Dimitri Payet.
Portugal managed to win in the end one nil so Cristiano Ronaldo returned to tears after the match, but this time with tears of joy after the first coronation with the national team.
The red card with Juventus
About two years later, Ronaldo was participating for the first time with Juventus in the European Champions League, during the match against Valencia, Spain, in the group stage.
Ronaldo was sent off a few minutes after the start of the match, due to assaulting the Valencia defender, so Cristiano entered into a crying fit amid failed attempts to calm down by his colleagues.
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