however, despite making it all the room to Paris, it has been an deaf campaign for the three-time Ballon d’Or achiever. Ahead of Sunday ‘s collector’s item at the Stade de France, we track Ronaldo ‘s summer in France …
Portugal 1-1 Iceland – June 14 Having scored 51 goals for real Madrid in all competitions last temper, many expected Ronaldo to continue his goalscoring exploits in Saint-Etienne against an unfancied Iceland .
however, as they would go on to do throughout the tournament, Iceland failed to follow the handwriting, consigning Ronaldo to a night of frustration. The focal point of a steadfast Icelandic defensive plan, Ronaldo registered barely a single undertake on aim, and saw six attempts blocked, as Birkir Bjarnason ‘s second-half fusillade earned Iceland a point in their first bet on at a major tournament .
It led Ronaldo to launch an unnecessary rape on Iceland ‘s tactics post-match, saying : “ Iceland did n’t try anything, they were precisely defend, defend, defend and playing on the counter-attack. It was a lucky night for them. ” Portugal 0-0 Austria – June 18 Ronaldo ‘s misfortune in front of goal continued at the Parc des Princes four days late. It was all set up to be a night of celebration for the 31-year-old as he earned his 128th external cap to surpass Luis Figo .
captive on capping his landmark appearance in style, Ronaldo embarked on a one-man mission, laying siege to the austrian goal. He had three attempts on target, three off target and saw four efforts blocked as Portugal tried and failed to break the deadlock. Austria defender Martin Hinteregger then presented Portugal with their clear open, bringing Ronaldo to earth in the punishment area 11 minutes from clock. The real number forward dusted himself down, steadied himself, but sent the resulting spot-kick crash against the frame of the austrian finish. The bet on finished scoreless and Portugal were left with a battle on their hands to qualify for the hard stage .
Hungary 3-3 Portugal – June 22 A struggle was precisely what Portugal and Ronaldo faced when they took on Group F leaders Hungary in Lyon. Despite having already qualified for the last-16, Hungary refused to take their foot off the flatulence for their final group-stage game as Zoltan Gera ‘s deluxe strike put Bernd Storck ‘s side in front.
The contest was tied at half-time after Nani ‘s second goal of the tournament, created by Ronaldo, but back came Hungary as Balazs Dzsudzsak restored their lead after the break. Ronaldo then took matters into his own hands, turning Joao Mario ‘s hybridization home with a sublime flip to become the first player to score at four european Championships. After Dzsudzsak added Hungary ‘s third base five minutes subsequently, Ronaldo was on hired hand again to claw Portugal degree. His man-of-the-match performance sealed Portugal ‘s passage to the last 16 and gave the first glimpse of the Ronaldo many had been waiting to see. Croatia 0-1 Portugal – June 25 If Ronaldo ‘s performance against Hungary was inspired, his showing against Croatia was the opposite .
With Croatia fielding Luka Modric, Ivan Rakitic and Ivan Perisic, they were able to stifle the portuguese approach in Lens in what turned out to be a drab last-16 meet. Yet, despite having just a individual attempt at goal, Ronaldo however managed to make the dispute. Seconds after Perisic had headed against the post in extra-time, Ronaldo fired a low attempt on target which goalkeeper Danijel Subasic could entirely parry into the path of Ricardo Quaresma, leaving him with the dim-witted job of heading Portugal into the quarter-finals .
Poland (3) 1-1 (5) Portugal – June 30 Marseille ‘s Stade Velodrome played host to Portugal ‘s quarter-final with Poland, a game which pitted Ronaldo against another of Europe ‘s most-prolific strikers in Robert Lewandowski .
The Bayern Munich striker, who had failed to find the net in the tournament, broke his five-game finish drought with an early strike, but Renato Sanches responded to force extra-time for the moment consecutive game. It turned out to be a night of personal frustration for Ronaldo as he mustered merely two attempts on the polish finish in 120 minutes. He did, however, find the net with Portugal ‘s first penalty in the shoot-out, but the accolades belonged to goalkeeper Rui Patricio for denying Jakub Blaszczykowski at the death. Portugal 2-0 Wales – July 6 Having seen off the menace of Lewandowski in the previous round, Ronaldo and Portugal turned their attention to Wales and Real Madrid team-mate Gareth Bale.
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Buoyed by their stun victory over Belgium, Wales were able to contain the menace posed by the much-fancied Portuguese as a largely uneventful first half in Lyon passed without incident. But things soon changed after the demote though, with Ronaldo the anchor as Portugal booked their invest at their second base european Championship final. His towering header broke Wales ‘ decide before Nani turned his scuff stroke home three minutes late .
A finish, an aid and nine attempts on the Welsh goal surely answered those doubters questioning Ronaldo ‘s importance to this portuguese team. If they are to be crowned european champions at the Stade de France on Sunday, the man for the big juncture will surely have a separate to play .