Portugal it was terminated Euro Cupafter beat France on penalties, this Friday (5). The “big villain” in the end was João Félix, a striker who missed the only penalty during the dispute, sealing his team’s downfall.
Despite the attacker’s mistake, his teammates came to his defense. Bernard Silvawho went through a similar situation a few months ago, when he failed regarding penalties and the City of Manchester ended up being eliminated by Real Madrid already Champions Leaguethe “cruelty” of ending a competition in this way was mentioned.
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“I went through this not long ago, we were eliminated in the Champions League by a penalty error from me in the quarter final, against Real Madrid. Only those who take the penalty fail. The fact that I took responsibility, went there and carry the weight of scoring the penalty We all feel the pressure in these moments and someone has to fail a team today was there, but we are all with him just as it was cruel for Slovenia in the round of 16, it was a day today is cruel for us to move on, it is a lesson, and we will try to improve. CNN Portugal.
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The speech was similar to that of Rafael Leão, who valued the importance of João Félix for the Portuguese team now and for the future, as he is only 24 years old: “For me, he is a player who is different, who gives different . things with football today, he is a player with incredible talent, and although he had an unfortunate incident today, I am sure that this incident will turn around him, because he is a player that I believe in a lot and is very important to us now and in the future.”
Finally, Portugal now return home, while France continue in the competition and prepare to face the Spainin the first of the Euro semi-finals.