Ronaldo crestfallen but ‘not out of it yet’

Cristiano Ronaldo took encouragement from his side’s performance against Germany and, having spoken to his club manager and mentor Jose Mourinho, believes he can still guide Portugal to a successful tournament at Euro 2012.

“I have already spoken to Mourinho and he said to trust in ourselves for the next two games and believe we can still go through. Even Germany’s Mesut Ozil said after the game that we have a great team and that we have become very difficult to beat In my mind, Germany did very little to win the game — they used their one and only chance in the second half and scored from it. That’s it.

“I’m very frustrated because we deserved at least a draw.