Cristiano Ronaldo cried after missing a penalty and of all the hilarious takedowns, BBC Sport was simply brutal
It was touch and go for Portugal – AKA Cristiano Ronaldo – who scraped through into the Euros quarter finals on penalties against mighty Slovenia.
But the most memorable drama came earlier in the match when Ronaldo missed a penalty to put Portugal 1-0 up in normal time – and promptly burst into tears.
They can’t take that away from you. pic.twitter.com/tjvmU260fr
— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) July 1, 2024
And it prompted no end of mockery and very funny jokes.
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Going to put this in my wallet to cheer me up in difficult moments. pic.twitter.com/d3dvo6AweV
— Rick (@MrMutantes) July 1, 2024
2.
“But it worked against Al-Okhdood” pic.twitter.com/5l8QosIlNd
— Jonny Sharples (@JonnyGabriel) July 1, 2024
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I thought Southgate’s terrible football had cured my euros fever but Ronaldo making an absolute show of himself has reinfected me. Like a 5G tower reactivating my covid vaccine
— Gareth (@thehandofbeadle) July 1, 2024
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Portugal players trying to get Ronaldo to score a goal this Eurospic.twitter.com/aYqLA4we81
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) July 1, 2024
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— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 1, 2024
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when you forget to check in online https://t.co/tWnCBcObWZ
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) July 1, 2024
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Seeing that Ronaldo pen and his subsequent reaction pic.twitter.com/FoDpJcKZ4n
— Scott Innes (@Flying_Inside) July 1, 2024
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Lovely to think there are millions of us watching this Portugal game united by nothing more than the hope that Ronaldo doesn’t score
— Neil Gibbons (@neilgibbons) July 1, 2024
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The camera crew from this Portugal – Slovenia match turning into Steven Spielberg to film Cristiano Ronaldo crying from every angle is absolutely killing me
— Deniz Andres (@Koezo123) July 1, 2024
But surely no-one was funnier – or more savage – than the person at BBC Sport, which was covering the game on BBC1 last night, who did this.
BBC putting “Misstiano Penaldo” as the graphic on his pen is EVIL work pic.twitter.com/efso4W36WL
— Joe Gilmore (@Gilology) July 1, 2024
Boom!
WHY DID BBC JUST SAY MISSTIANO PENALDO pic.twitter.com/k5wqxPmoOZ
— JackyBoy777 (@JackyBoy7777) July 1, 2024
Did anyone actually spot “Misstiano Penaldo” on the BBC during the #Euro2024 game? Did this really happen?!
An intern is either getting promoted or handed their P45 tomorrow… pic.twitter.com/O4tlaiMhuQ
— Bobby Seagull (@Bobby_Seagull) July 1, 2024
Ronaldo seems like the kinda guy who’d see the funny side, no?
Ronaldo leaving the BBC offices tomorrow morning after someone called him Misstiano Penaldo pic.twitter.com/I9KqdDJjnz
— Tom Sleeman (@TomSleeman11) July 1, 2024
But it worked out for Ronaldo – and Portugal – in the end, after their goalkeeper played a blinder in the penalty shootout.
Ronaldo seeing Diogo Costa saving every pen pic.twitter.com/ghRJBMRH6o
— Tobes (@TikiTokaMate) July 1, 2024
To conclude …
The Ronaldo show is becoming ridiculous now. Great player, one of the absolute best ever, but this is not an U-10 game where the greedy kid gets to take all the free-kicks and miss all the chances
— Mark Ogden (@MarkOgden_) July 1, 2024
Source @Gilology