Cristiano Ronaldo but to determine Portugal future – Martínez

Portugal coach Roberto Martínez mentioned it was “too quickly” to say if Cristiano Ronaldo had performed his final sport for his nation following the group’s Euro 2024 exit by the hands of France in Hamburg on Friday.

Portugal misplaced 5-3 to France on penalties of their quarterfinal after a goalless stalemate through which Ronaldo missed a evident probability in additional time however transformed one of many kicks within the shootout.

“It is too quickly and uncooked after the match to speak about that and there have been no particular person selections made,” Martínez mentioned in a information convention when requested if it had been Ronaldo’s final sport in a Portugal jersey.

Friday’s loss to France on the Volksparkstadion was Ronaldo’s 212th cap. His 130 targets for his nation is method out by itself on the head of most scored in worldwide soccer, with Lionel Messi lately shifting second on the listing with 108.

Nonetheless, the 39-year-old struggled to revive former glories on the event in Germany and departed Euro 2024 with out scoring other than in shootouts.

It was the primary time in his profession that Ronaldo had failed to attain in a significant worldwide event and his 10 photographs with out a aim is tied for essentially the most with out discovering the online in a single Euros, matching Belgium’s Kevin De Bruyne in 2016.

Ronaldo’s 20-year profession within the Euros included the title in 2016 — when Portugal beat France within the last — and it stays to be seen if the five-time world participant of the 12 months will proceed taking part in for his nation via to the 2026 World Cup, when he shall be aged 41.

He mentioned following Portugal’s round-of-16 win over Slovenia that his record-breaking sixth European Championship could be his final.

“Unquestionably it is the final Euro [for me], in fact it’s,” Ronaldo instructed Portugal TV’s RTP.

“However I am not emotional about that. I am moved by every part that soccer entails, by the keenness I’ve for the sport, the keenness I see within the followers, having my household right here, individuals’s ardour … it isn’t about leaving the world of soccer. What else is there for me to do or win?”

After the ultimate whistle on Friday, centre-back Pepê collapsed sobbing into Ronaldo’s arms.

“I will not say it publicly,” Pepe instructed TV station Canal 11, when requested what Ronaldo mentioned to him. “However we really feel it so much. Opposite to what many individuals suppose, we really feel it so much.

“We really feel the frustration of not successful a sport, of being eradicated in such a giant competitors because the European Championship, figuring out that we had quite a lot of high quality to undergo. That is the ache we really feel.”

About his personal future, the 41-year-old added: “I’ll have the chance to talk sooner or later. I do not need to talk about it 1720228253 as a result of tomorrow individuals is perhaps talking about my future as an alternative of speaking about this course of.”

Ronaldo has gone 9 video games with out a aim for Portugal and missed a golden alternative to attain throughout additional time when Francisco Conceição broke behind the French defence and in the reduction of a go to Ronaldo simply exterior the six-yard field.

Nonetheless, Ronaldo launched the ball wildly over the crossbar — removed from a fairytale ending, whether it is certainly the top, of a record-breaking worldwide profession.

Info from Reuters and The Related Press contributed to this report.