Just because of the missed penalty kick, Cristiano Ronaldo became the subject of gossip on a TV station.
In the last minute of the first extra time, Ronaldo had a great opportunity to help Portugal break the deadlock after Diogo Jota brought a penalty kick for Portugal. However, CR7’s kick from the 11m mark could not beat the excellent diving of goalkeeper Jan Oblak. Unable to hide his disappointment, the star born in 1985 burst into tears immediately after.
At this time, the BBC TV channel was also analyzing the situation of Ronaldo’s missed penalty kick. However, in the middle of the analysis and comments, suddenly a line of text parodying Ronaldo’s name, “Misstiano Penaldo”, appeared in the left corner, at the bottom of the screen.
BBC made a disrespectful move towards Ronaldo with the words “Misstiano Penaldo” while commenting on the Portugal vs Slovenia match in the round of 16 of Euro 2024.
The UK’s leading TV channel’s disrespect for Ronaldo immediately sparked outrage. Former England and Chelsea captain John Terry angrily shared on his personal page: “BBC, this is a disgrace!”. The post quickly received support from fans, especially CR7 fans.
“It’s unacceptable. A big TV station like BBC has such disrespectful actions. Whether it’s a big star like Ronaldo or any other player, that should never happen,” one comment said. Meanwhile, others called for a boycott of the BBC, and demanded that this “big” TV station publicly apologize to the Portuguese striker.
Despite missing a penalty kick, Ronaldo still showed his bravery in the penalty shootout afterwards. Thanks to CR7’s successful penalty kick in the first round, his teammates like Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva were more confident in completing their kicks, thereby bringing a 3-0 victory for Portugal. Of course, we must also mention the hero in the Seleccao goal, goalkeeper Diogo Costa, with all 3 successful penalty saves.
Ronaldo successfully took the first penalty kick, helping Portugal reach the quarter-finals
After the match, Ronaldo made fans a bit disappointed with his revelation. “This will definitely be the last Euro in my career. But I’m not sad about this. Anyway, I have and will always give my all for the national team. That’s my life”.
“For 5 years, I have not missed a penalty, but now it’s time to look at myself. Jan Oblak made an excellent save. Unfortunately, when Portugal needed me, I couldn’t score. Anyway, the most important thing is that we are in the quarter-finals. Congratulations to the whole team, especially Diogo Costa, he made 3 impressive saves”, the former MU striker shared.
