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The Read Madrid superstar, who fired a mammoth 60 goals last season for the Spanish Giants, failed to live up to his expectations in the opening two games of the European Championships. He missed a simple one-on-one opportunity against the Danes in a match
in which the Seleccao somehow managed to squeeze out a 3-2 win. During the game, the Danish fans kept on chanting Messi’s name, with an aim of taunting him that the Argentinean maverick was a better player than him.
Following the match, Ronaldo was criticised for failing to deliver for his country time and again.
However, the winger responded in a manner fitting for a world class player. He fired a brace against the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753, and backed it up with another goal in the quarterfinal to help his team advance into the semis.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 mentioned that his disparagement at the start of the tournament had not affected his performance, pointing out that criticism was part and parcel of football.
He told the reporters, “Even Messi has his critics. You can't please everyone. But I don't get angry or frustrated by it. The bigger star you become, the greater pressure there is on you to perform at a level acceptable to get people off your back.”
Portugal will go at loggerheads with Spain in the semi-final on Wednesday.
The Seleccao skipper was optimistic his team can pull out a win against the reigning European and World champions, indicating that they had improved as the tournament progressed and unity amongst the squad was exemplary.
He added, “Our objective now is to reach the final. Why not? There's greater pressure on other sides in this tournament and we've been able to progress without excessive expectations.”
In their head-to-head record, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 leads Portugal by 17 games to 6, while 12 matches ended in a draw.
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