Portugal scraped through to the European Championship quarter-finals after beating Slovenia in a penalty shootout at the end of a match during which Cristiano Ronaldo was reduced to tears. Ronaldo had a penalty saved by Jan Oblak in extra time with the game goalless and he was barely consolable during the half-time break that followed. The 39-year-old CR7 went into the game without a goal at Euro 2024.
The last-16 game went the distance because Ronaldo's extra-time spot kick in the 114th minute was saved by Slovenia goalkeeper Jan Oblak – leaving him in tears and consoled by every teammate before restarting play. Regulation and extra time finished 0-0.
When they went to penalties, Ronaldo scored his and Portugal's first, and teammate Diogo Costa saved all three of Slovenia's kicks from Josip Ilicic, Jure Balkovec and Benjamin Verbic.
Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva also scored for Portugal to seal the shootout 3-0 with two kicks to spare.
Portugal will face France in the quarterfinals on Saturday in Hamburg, a rematch of the 2016 final that Portugal won in Paris after Ronaldo went off injured early.
