Ronaldo redemption as Costa saves Portugal in perfect shootout performance

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Diogo Costa became the first goalkeeper to save all three penalties at the Euros after an epic round-of-16 clash which saw Cristiano Ronaldo miss a late spot kick of his own.

A game of epic personal drama and tears for Cristiano Ronaldo ended with his Portugal making the European Championship quarterfinals after beating Slovenia in a penalty shootout on Monday .

Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva also scored for Portugal to seal the shootout 3-0 with two shots to spare. Costa answered the rest of those prayers with as good a penalty shootout as any goalkeeper ever had. Then he was in tears, too.A half-hour earlier, Ronaldo was distraught and crying at half-time in extra time after his penalty was saved by Oblak, diving to his left to push the ball against a post.

 

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