Portugal advances in Euro 2024, defeating Slovenia 0-0 (3-0 on penalties) after Cristiano Ronaldo's missed attempt was redeemed.

Despite missing a penalty kick in extra time, 39-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo's emotions turned to joy as Portugal defeated Slovenia on penalties to advance to a quarterfinal matchup against France in the Euro 2024.

An emotional breakdown After a tiresome goalless draw, Ronaldo converted Portugal's first penalty kick attempt in the shootout as custodian Diogo Costa made saves from Josip Ilicic, Jure Balkovec, and Benjamin Verbic to send them through. Ronaldo had to be comforted by teammates after Jan Oblak brilliantly saved his penalty in the 105th minute.

After Bruno Fernandes had already scored, Costa's heroics set up Bernardo Silva for the winning goal. Deep into extra time, Benjamin Sesko had made an equally important one-on-one save, and Slovenia had gone dangerously close to pulling off a historic upset.

But as was to be expected, Ronaldo dominated the game. The former forward for Real Madrid and Manchester United was determined to make an impression at Euro 2024 after going blank in the group stage and making an immediate emotional impact.

Throughout the 120 minutes, he had four unsuccessful attempts at goal, which sparked furious emotions. However, just before the halfway mark of extra time, Oblak rejected him from the spot, leaving him devastated instead of angry.

He made four poor tries at goal in the 120 minutes, which infuriated the crowd. But rather than making him irate, Oblak rejected him from the spot right before the halfway point of extra time.

It was up to Costa to secure Portugal's redemption for Ronaldo. The Porto custodian produced three consecutive saves in the shootout to set up a last-eight match that will see Ronaldo take on Kylian Mbappe in Hamburg on Friday night. Costa's save against Sesko was crucial.