EURO 2016
Cristiano's touchline hysterics: "didn't help" in Euros final says Mourinho
Jose Mourinho criticized Cristiano Ronaldo for his hysterical touchline behaviour at the end of the Euro 2016 final against France: "He wasn't helping anyone"
José Mourinho was criticial of Cristiano Ronaldo's attitude during the final minutes of the Euro 2016 final between Portugal and France in which the forward, who had retired from the game early on with a knee injury, was seen manically gesticulating to his team mates. "Cristiano Ronaldo didn't help in any way by doing that in the final few minutes of the Euros final. There were 11 players on the pitch doing their job, and the person in charge of directing them was the coach. I saw it as an overload of emotion from someone who saw that the team was just minutes away from achieving an objective which everyone wanted", the Manchester United manager said in an interview with Sport TV which was picked up by Portuguese sports daily, Record.
Mourinho said there was no need for Cristiano to get carried away: "He lost a little emotional control - not that that's a bad thing. But what myexperience tells me is that it is in these moments, when important decisions might need to be made, that the players are lost in their own little worlds".
A member of the Portugal side Eliseu revealed just how tense Cristiano had been during the final and described the huge release of emotion the player experienced on the final whistle in a documentary broadcast by Sport TV: "Cristiano Ronaldo was crying like a boy inside the dressing room".
