Ronaldo came out on top in the clash of two Real Madrid superstars with Gareth Bale, but consoled his club teammate at full-time and congratulated Bale in carrying Wales to their first ever semi-final.
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Portugal Captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, hopes to fulfil the dream of winning a competition for his country after securing qualification to the finals of the Euro 2016 on Wednesday.
Cristiano Ronaldo at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais stadium, Lyon, July 6 during Portugual’s 2-0 victory over Wales in the Euro 2016 semi-finals. “With a lot of work, humility and the spirit of self-sacrifice, which I have always shown in my career, these sorts of things are doable”.
Coleman lamented the unavailability of midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who was suspended for the last-four showdown.
“This Coach, these players, the medical department, they all deserve it. We haven’t won anything yet, but the dream is here”.
Ronaldo equaled France great Michel Platini’s record of nine goals in European Championship football when he timed a prodigious leap to perfection and planted home a header in the 50th minute. “I think they will go back to Cardiff to a nice welcome and they deserve that”.
“We found it tough but we didn’t give up”, Deschamps said as he celebrated the 2-0 win in Marseille.
“Keeping solid, we were very happy to qualify”.
Nani deflected the Portugal hero’s shot for the decisive second goal that saw their country into Sunday’s final where they will play against tournament hosts France or world champions Germany.
“I can’t tell you what went on”, Ronaldo said, having embraced Bale at the end.
After the game against Wales, Ronaldo has become the first player to appear in three semi-finals at the European Championships.
“We had hard moments”, Ronaldo said, “but it’s like I always say, it’s better to start poorly and have a positive ending, The dream is still alive”. They said my timing was not always the best as a player and it’s the same now as a manager with my contract.
One fearless ball boy made a decision to crash the Portugal men’s soccer team photo Wednesday, getting a laugh from star forward Ronaldo.
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