It has been one of the images of the Euro Cup. See Cristiano Ronaldo crying after missing a penalty during the Portugal-Slovenia. cloud, a legendary goalkeeper, saved him. The Portuguese striker surely remembered the fifth of the shootout Milan of the Champions League final at San Siro, but the Slovenian goalkeeper’s memory didn’t fail him either. After, Portugal came afloat thanks to the stops d
and Spiderman de
Diego Costa
y
Cristiano
He regained his smile of relief. He even asked for forgiveness after scoring on penalties. In the locker room after the game, the insatiable striker explained that after
13 consecutive hits
, a year in a row without missing penalties, had to analyze why he missed, “whether the penalty was taken poorly or correctly.” His tears during the game after seeing his mother moved by him have generated ‘memes’, laughter, jokes and ridicule by all those who never liked him well, many of them are the ones who cheer the dances of
Nico Williams
y
The mine
after a goal but they censure those of
Vinicius Jr
…Because perceptions, and judgments, have colors, remember.
Me,
tears make me admire
. First because
Cristiano
, who often seemed like a robot due to his colossal achievements, showed that he is a human being, a victim of his emotions, his extraordinary ambition, his anxiety to score and last, his desire to help his country in what will be his last Eurocup. And secondly, because players like this are unrepeatable, it is advisable to enjoy them while you can, even in their obvious competitive decline. There will be no more
Christians
. I remember that once
Pau Gasol
He told me jokingly, but with respect and in complimentary terms, that
Kobe Bryant
When he had a record in sight in the NBA regular season, he forgot everything. And everything is everything. Winning or losing the game was in the background, although that behavior generally led to a victory for the team.
Lakers
. “Jesus, Kobe has a record within reach, forget about the ball reaching me,” she commented, laughing. And it was like that.
Athletes with excessive ambition
, whose competitive fury never goes away, who play the last game of their lives as the first, who have everything and seem to have nothing. I want those kinds of heroes.
They are exemplary
. Woe to anyone who laughs at them.
