Cristiano tells you why he is not ashamed of showing his feelings ❤️
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00:00You need to do that again, sorry. You were 24 and listen, I couldn't come and speak to
00:07you without asking you, like, now you've had time to reflect. When you were in that tournament
00:14and you were crying, what was that like? Because you've got some people saying, oh, why is
00:20he crying? Oh, it's his ego. It's this, it's that. What is the reasons behind it? And how
00:26do you feel now about looking back? It's much more easy to criticise than appreciate what
00:32you really have. We know the press, how it works. If you speak good, don't sell. You
00:38have to speak bad. It's normal. And if you speak about Cristiano, you're coming in the
00:42first page. It's normal. Because I'm the most followed guy in the world. It's not only because
00:47of my pretty face, but in everything. Why Cristiano is the number one follow in the
00:53world. Why? What do you think? Many things. Goals, trophies, family, lifestyle, everything.
01:03Because people say, why they follow? Because they, in some way, they like me. You understand?
01:10I think. And they criticise, all is going to exist. And it's part of the business. For
01:14me, this is not a problem. Your question was? Why are you crying? For example, I speak last
01:21night about that. When you have passion for what you're doing, you cannot be worried about
01:27all your feelings. If, for example, I cry the day that I miss the penalty, which is
01:35I believe that Oblak did a fantastic save. OK, but let's interpret that I missed the
01:40penalty. When I cry, it's not because I cry because I felt that if I don't score that
01:47penalty and if Portugal will be eliminated, the Gona world will collapse on me. Not because
01:53of that. No, it's people that don't know. They don't know me. It's imagine that the
02:02last 27 penalties you score, you miss in that period. You feel like bad from yourself. You
02:12don't even think about that. The people who come to the stadium, your kids, your mum,
02:17your girlfriend, everyone. I felt sad because of that. You think I'm well thinking. I missed
02:24the penalty, but Portugal Gona falling down on me. They're going to say that we failed
02:28because Cristiano missed it. But I didn't even think about that. I swear to God. I failed
02:32because I make pressure to myself. You know me. Since we're 11 years old, I always make
02:38pressure to me. Cristiano, you are the best player in the world. In my mind, I'm always
02:43thinking in that way. And I put a lot of pressure on myself. You have good sides when things
02:49go good, OK? But when things go wrong, you feel that too because you make too much pressure
02:54to me. I make pressure to me. But I love that. I know how to deal with that. But when I missed
02:59the penalty, I felt bad with myself, the fans, the family. Not because of other stuff that
03:06people say. It's not that. I saw you looking into the crowd. Was it like your mum, your
03:11kids? Exactly. Because I know that gets me emotional. In the World Cup, I cried during
03:16the national anthem. I heard my mum screaming. And it all came like this moment. What a moment.
03:21And I cried. It's a special moment. It's an emotional moment. When you saw your mum. Exactly.
03:26You have to express yourself. You cannot hide this kind of stuff. For me, if you're hiding,
03:33you lie to yourself. You have to be yourself. It doesn't matter if people like it or not.
03:39You think I'm going to change now? Our Christian self is always... I'm going to change now.
03:44You think with nearly 40 years old, I'm going to change? Of course not. Oh, you like me
03:48or you don't like me? It's part of the life. For me, it's not a problem. In the national
03:53team, it was like that. People say, he's done, he's 39, he's getting old. You know why? Because
03:59I didn't score a goal. And the rest, in the past... In the qualifiers, you scored like
04:0610 goals. 10 goals. In the qualifiers. And before the Euros, I scored two goals against
04:10Ireland. But this is part, it's real. Even if I will score in Euros, not we will change
04:17what Cristiano are. People try to hide stuff and speak bad. Listen, I don't score, no problem.
04:26Tomorrow, I will play against the national team and I will try to score. If I don't score,
04:30next game, I will try to score. Does that affect you? It doesn't affect you if you don't
04:34score goals? Are you the same person around the training camp? I'm always going to score
04:38goals. For me, it doesn't matter. To play against France and to play against Etifak,
04:43for me, it doesn't matter. Don't change nothing. If you don't score, what are you like? What
04:48are you like to be around? Are you Ruud van Nistelrooy? Remember when he didn't score?
04:53We could win 3-0, he didn't score, he's sitting like this.
04:56Yeah. I have one thing that I learned, Ryo. You can be upset in the moments after the
05:05game. If we win, it's always better. But if you win, if I score, I will be a little bit
05:09more happy. I have to be honest. I'm not going to be like that.
05:12It's natural.
05:13No. Or if you lost in the game, you have to show during this period that you are pissed.
05:22It's part of it. But the next day, I'm very capable and I learned that, listen, Cristiano,
05:27let's go. Life continues. Past is past, it never comes again. The present is the best
05:32gift that we have in our life. The present. Because you don't know what's going to happen
05:38tomorrow. You don't know. I don't know, you don't know. So live the present.
05:42How soon is that game or that moment gone then? So you finish the game,
05:45in a change of mind, I can imagine you being,
05:47how are we done? You were shit, I was shit. How soon is that game then gone for the next game?
05:53Some games and some moments, you're getting a little bit more upset. For example,
05:59after the Euros to eliminate penalties against France, it takes two days because it's a special
06:06moment, pressure. But that's it. Listen, third day, go back to the gym, work, because you have
06:13more to show. You understand? Life continues. You cannot live in the past. I'm really good on that,
06:19you understand? I learned by the years that, listen, Cristiano, let's go. Because pain,
06:25you're going to have all the time, uncertainty and constant work, constant work, constant work.
06:31It doesn't matter what's going to happen in your life, you have to continue. This is the way I see
06:35the life and football especially. So the performances of Portugal in the tournament
06:40in Euros 24, what's your thoughts on that now you've had a bit of time to reflect? Because I
06:44had you as one of the four or five favourites to win. When you lost the penalties, this year
06:52I lost three competitions by penalties. Who's going to tell me that this year I will win three
07:00trophies? It can be a signal. You never know. This is football. You know football, as much as I know,
07:07that it's like that. Football is like that. You lost the penalty, but the game before we win the
07:13penalties. So this has happened. So for me, I can say that was average tournament, but if you win
07:23the penalties, you will play semi-final against Spain. Semi-final, okay. People will understand
07:29much better. They was eliminated for Spain or not, you never know. Semi-finals was like the limit,
07:36but in my opinion, we lost penalties against France, which we controlled the game. We had the
07:42best chances. It's football. It's difficult because nobody likes to lose, but in my point of view,
07:51Portugal did average. We always can do it better, but it's a lesson for the future in my opinion.
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