Ronaldo insists Euro 2024 was not a failure for Portugal

Cristiano Ronaldo believes the expectations were too high for Portugal at Euro 2024

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00:00The expectation that people put around the football stadium was too high.

00:05And people end up getting lost in their thoughts.

00:10What I mean by this is that if you win the penalties, you're in the semifinals.

00:15Or in the semifinals, semifinals.

00:18And everyone was already happy.

00:20And then you faced Spain, could it go well or badly, you don't know.

00:24It seems that there was a disappointment.

00:26Not moving was not a disappointment.

00:28It was part of a process, of a growth, of a selection.

00:31With new players, a new structure, a new selector.

00:34Who has to have their time to be able to put the team to play in their own way.

00:39And not moving was positive.

00:41Sincerely, it was positive.

00:42No one likes to lose.

00:43But, I repeat, for me it was not a failure.

00:47On the contrary, I think it was a victory and we have to be proud of it.