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Portugal vs Slovenia, EURO 2024 Live Score: Portugal and Slovenia lock horns in a Round of 16 match in Frankfurt.

Portugal vs Slovenia Round Of 16, UEFA Euro 2024 Live Cristiano Ronaldo failed to convert a penalty as Portugal were kept at bay with the 1st half of extra time going goalless in a Round of 16 Euro 2024 match at the Frankfurt Arena on Tuesday.

With wins over the Czech Republic and Turkey, Portugal had hit the straps running quite early, prompting Roberto Martinez to fiddle around the squad for the last group-stage game against Georgia. They will be reminded of a similar 0-2 defeat at the hands of Slovenia, albeit in a friendly earlier in March.

Portugal: Costa, Joao Cancelo, Dias, Pepe, Nuno Mendes, Vitinha, Joao Palhinha, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Leao, Ronaldo. Slovenia: Oblak, Karnicnik, Drkusic, Bijol, Balkovec, Stojanovic, Cerin, Elsnik, Mlakar, Sporar, Sesko.

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A 10-year-old boy in a blazing tracksuit chose the perfect moment to evade the eyes of imposing bouncers and sneak onto the turf to meet his hero, Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese legend, in a gracious mood, smiled warmly for a selfie with the fan, later identified as Berat and let off with a warning and not a fine. The footballer whispered something in his ears, before the guards began to chase him. Ronaldo’s eyes followed his admirer, an amused smile dangling on his lips, before he was finally caught and dragged away.

At that moment, Ronaldo suddenly endeared himself a lot more to the crowd, or perhaps the world. Beneath the veneer of hard-edged competitiveness, of soap-operatic preening and whining, a consummate athlete who loved the role of playing the pantomime villain equally, whose hubris of profuse gravity, managers loathed and loved in equal measure, was a soft and kind man. Maybe, it took a child to bring out the child in him. READ MORE

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First uploaded on: 01-07-2024 at 23:26 IST