Following http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Portugal-c2984, the Real Madrid centre-back believes his side deserved to win the game and qualify for the final of the prestigious tournament.
Spain and Portugal squared off in the semi-final of the Euro 2012 and both the teams found it extremely difficult to find the back of the net against each other. Therefore, the match ended in a penalty shootout, with Spain qualifying for the final after
Portugal failed to convert two of their penalties.
Before the match between the two sides took place, the footballing fans in the world thought that the game would be like a walk in the park for the Spanish side since they are widely considered as favourites to win the prestigious tournament. However, Portugal
made things difficult for Spain and they were the better side by a mile when the two teams faced each other.
Following the match, many Spanish players came out in the open and admitted their side qualifying for the final is a miracle. Cesc Fabregas and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Iker-Casillas-c16815 both believe that Spain were lucky enough to get past Portugal in the semi-final as their opponents
gave them a tough competition.
However, even though most of the Spanish players believe that Spain found it difficult against Portugal, Sergio Ramos thinks that his side deserved to win the match and that they were the better team as they put in a lot of effort throughout the competition.
While speaking to the press after the game, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096 said:
"After a very long season with so much work, we deserved this.”
"We are happy with the performance of the team. Individual success is not as important as the collective one, which is to reach the final. I am proud to be Spanish."
Ramos had a great game against Portugal, even though he had to face a stern test against his Real Madrid club-mate, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-Ronaldo-c9629.
The Spanish centre-back was able to keep the Portuguese strikers at bay and was later selected to take a penalty during the penalty shootout.
Ramos was the player who missed the penalty against Bayern Munich during the Champions League semi-final, but he was still selected to take the spot kick against Portugal.
The Spanish centre-back was able to deliver perfectly as he scored from the spot and helped his side qualify for the final of the Euro 2012.
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