Cristiano Ronaldo has been brutally slammed after appearing to cry following his penalty miss in Portugal's eventual 2024 UEFA European Championship round of 16 victory over Slovenia.
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The five-time Ballon d'Or winner's struggles in front of goal for A Selecao continued in their penalty shootout win over Slovenia on Monday night.
After a host of unsuccessful attempts, the Al Nassr captain's best chance of the encounter came just before half-time in extra-time, when Portugal were awarded a penalty following a foul on AC Milan's Rafael Leao.
However, Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak saved his effort to the right-hand corner expertly to keep Slovenia in the tie, with Ronaldo seen looking emotional during the short break before the second half resumed.
After the two sides were unable to be separated, Roberto Martinez's charges eventually claimed a 3-0 shootout win after heroics from goalkeeper Diogo Costa. Speaking on Irish TV station RTE, former Liverpool and Germany midfielder Dietmar Hamann took aim at Ronaldo after the final whistle.
"Thirty-nine-year-old plays 120 minutes, he misses a penalty, and I've got to say, I bought into all that 'Ronaldo has turned into a team player because he needs the team more than he used to'. I bought into that nonsense as well, but I think he showed his true colours again tonight," he said.
"Missing the penalty, he starts crying on the pitch, he starts crying at half-time in extra-time. And I'm thinking 'it's all about you'.
"There's a squad of 26 players, there's 20 staff, there's 30 or 40 000 fans in there, it's not about you.
"You try to be neutral, but I was cheering Slovenia on because I though the reaction was embarrassing, I thought it was out of order.
"I've never seen anything like it, because once you show emotions, once you get emotional, it's the end of it.
"So that was the point where the manager had to say, 'you've got to come off because you're not in the right frame of mind to carry on playing'.
"Credit to him, he took the first penalty and he took it well, it was a very good penalty, but as I said, I bought into all that 'Ronaldo's turned into a team player', it's absolute nonsense.
"All he thinks about is himself. He scores the penalty and apologises to the fans, he doesn't need to apologise. He will start the next game, but I can't see any other outcome than a France win."
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Portugal will take on France in the quarter-finals of the competition on Friday.
