Portugal supervisor Roberto Martinez said the Euro 2024 punishment shootout rout to France was still excessively crude to make addressing inquiries on the fates of Cristiano Ronaldo and Pepe conceivable.
Joao Felix was the fall fellow as he sent his extra shot against Mike Maignan’s post in Hamburg after Portugal’s second goalless 120 minutes of the knockout stages.
While Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa was the legend in the last-16 when he saved each of the three of Slovenia’s punishments, by contrast France scored every one of the five of theirs in the shootout, with full-back Theo Hernandez opening the victor.
After the match Pepe, 41, was seen in surges of tears in the arms of Ronaldo, 39. Who had previously affirmed that this would be his last Euros after the Slovenia game.
Cristiano Ronaldo retirement
When gotten some information about Pepe, Martinez said after the match: “His tears are dissatisfaction. Pepe is a good example in Portuguese DT Entertainment. What he did this evening and in the competition will remain with us for the following ages.”
Martinez was then pushed on Ronaldo’s future and demanded: “It’s too early and crude after the match to discuss that and there have been no singular choices made.”
Expounding on the loss, he said: “We played well and set out many open doors. I’m pleased with the players, they showed incredible person.
“We had a greater amount of the ball and exhibited bunches of character. We had the right to win and it’s a miserable second, however the players ought to be very pleased with themselves.”
Portugal safeguard Ruben Dias said: “Punishments are dependably a DT lottery. They’ve been our ally previously yet they weren’t today.
“We really want to keep a calm mind and know about the level we played at. We’re out however we were extremely near advancing and I see our group as progressively proficient and clever. We really want to remember that, on the grounds that most of us will in any case be here [for future campaigns] and we’ll have new difficulties.”
