31-year-old Madrid "Real" star Cristiano Ronaldo yesterday improved the record for the most played matches of all time in the Portugal national team, but the Portuguese himself was not happy after the match with Austria.
In Group F, the Portugal national team faced Austria. Fernando Santos's players dominated the entire match, and in the 79th minute had a perfect opportunity to take the lead, but the rarely-missed penalty kicker C. Ronaldo missed - the shot from the 11-meter mark was not successful and the Portuguese played a goalless draw.
"I am proud to have played 128 matches for the national team and surpassed the legendary Luis Figo. I know that he is proud of me. I will not hide that my goal was to become the player with the most matches played and goals scored for the Portugal national team. But I am very disappointed because I did not want to improve Figo's record in this way," the forward said after the match.
"There is no doubt that winning would have been the best, but we didn't do that. So, it was not the moment I dreamed of.
"I am convinced that in the next matches Portugal will give everything to win and reach the quarterfinals," added the heavily criticized footballer.
