Cristiano Ronaldo comforts disconsolate Pepe as Portugal makes cruel exit at Euro 2024
The Hindu
Ronaldo consoles Pepe after Portugal's Euro 2024 exit, raising questions about their future in international soccer.
This time, they weren't Cristiano Ronaldo's tears.
Instead, the Portugal superstar's role was to console a weeping teammate after a painful exit from their last European Championship — and, who knows, potentially their final major international tournament.
Pepe, a defender still excelling for his country at the remarkable age of 41, was dejected as he sobbed on the shoulder of Ronaldo in a embrace lasting about 15 seconds following Portugal's penalty-shootout loss to France in the quarterfinals in Hamburg on Friday.
Two Portugal stalwarts. A combined age of 80. It was quite the sight.
“Soccer is very cruel," Pepe said.
Ronaldo cried himself at Euro 2024 — after having a penalty saved during extra time of the last-16 match against Slovenia just four days ago. He cried at the 2022 World Cup after Portugal lost to Morocco in the quarterfinals.
Maybe he was out of tears, because this time he simply looked into the sky, appearing to be disappointed and rueful.
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