Ronaldo saw his penalty saved in extra time against Slovenia, before successfully converting in the shootout
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00:00I told him something that is very important.
00:04Besides recognizing that only a great man, a great athlete,
00:10can not disguise that moment with all the career,
00:14all the path he had, with all the recognition,
00:17continue to feel the selection, feel the frustration of thinking
00:20that he had millions of compatriots who were frustrated at that moment,
00:24but that feeling was already worthy of a word of great stimulus
00:28that I had the opportunity to address him.
00:30But with the sporting spirit of those who also like to see all the details of the game,
00:35I also had the opportunity to tell him that more important than the first
00:39was that he scored the second.
00:41For what I said, in the first place because it was in a phase of the game
00:44that was no longer recoverable, unlike the other,
00:47and secondly because after having lived, as you realized,
00:50such an intense emotional load,
00:54he still had that sense of responsibility, of commitment, of courage,
01:01which was to score the first of the penalties of the last phase
01:06and do it with the confidence of those who were able at that time to score.
01:10And I think it was an absolutely decisive moment.