Cristiano Ronaldo has been criticised for his meltdown during his Portugal's latest game.
Ronaldo was left in tears after missing a penalty for Portugal in their Euro 2024 showdown with Slovenia on Monday night.
Roberto Martinez's side were given the chance to open the scoring from 12 yards out after Liverpool's Diogo Jota was bundled down inside the box.
Ronaldo stepped up, ready to seize his moment having failed to score a goal at the competition so far, but was gutted when he missed the spot kick.
Cristiano Ronaldo burst into tears after he missed his penalty
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Speaking on GB News sports correspondent Aiden Magee said: "I think it was actually quite sad. Last night we saw a player who is at the very end of his career. He's taking in every kick on that pitch, even the ones that reveal an impossible angle to score from.
"It's a player who's too powerful within that squad. He's playing on the side, players who've won the Champions League and yes, he's an extremely important player in Portuguese football, he is an extremely important person within world football.
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"He's clearly more powerful than his manager. He's clearly more powerful than his teammates and everything he was trying last night. It's all very well if you're trying all these things and they're coming off, but they're not.
"He was given a chance to score from 12 yards in normal time, which would have spared the inconvenience of extra time and penalties, and he still missed. And so they've created this monster themselves.
"Some would say he's earned the right to do that because he's been a superstar player over the last 20 years.
"He's becoming a problem now for Portugal. All's well that ends well."
He revealed that the footballer could prove to be a big problem in the next phase of the competition
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He added: "He's acting personally and not for the team. That would be my view if I was managing his team back then.
"That's what I would say. That's what I'd be saying. That's how I'd be critiquing the situation. But nobody in that squad, in that, in that whole structure of Portuguese football is powerful enough to challenge him.
"And that's the problem. Because one thing getting past Slovenia in the second phase, it's going to be a big problem when the bigger sides work you out later in the rounds."
Emily Carver asked the football expert if Ronaldo needed to "man up" and stop crying.
Cristiano Ronaldo was visibly very upset
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He explained: "I just think that it's slightly unedifying. I think that a player of his stature should not be doing that when the game is not done, by all means save you.
"I know it's emotional. I know we can't always control when that comes to the surface and when it comes boiling to the surface, but that does not need to be done before extra time.
"I suppose people will come back to me and say, oh, hang about what about Paul Gascoigne when he cried in Italia 90? Well, to be fair, he got on with the job and he delivered a performance in extra time, which almost yielded a victory.
"Cristiano Ronaldo missed a big, big chance in normal time last night. He was on free kicks and corners, which he shouldn't have been on. As I say, Paul Gascoigne was was a real shining light for him. Than that night Cristiano Ronaldo was a problem for his team, no question about that."