Cristiano Ronaldo tells Thibaut Courtois his side was lucky after Portugal's Euro exit

It's the end of the Euro race for 36-year-old Portugal ace Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portugal captain failed to make much of an impact against Belgium, but is leaving as the tournament's top scorer with five goals to his name. He is also the top scorer in the history of the competition. He matched Ali Dael as the all-time leading scorer in international football with the goals he scored during the group stage of this Euro campaign.

Thorgan Hazard scored the winner for Belgium in the first half of the game, with Portugal unable to break through the Belgian defense for an equalizer. When the final whistle was blown, a visibly furious Cristiano took off his armband and slammed on the pitch before kicking it.

He approached Belgium's keeper Thibault Courtois after the game and said: "Lucky eh? The ball didn't want to get in today." Courtois comfortably saved a 25th minute free-kick taken by Ronaldo. Ronaldo's second chance at scoring a free-kick from a better position in the second half was wasted as the ball didn't go past the wall.

Belgium will face Italy in the quarter-finals on July 2 at the Allianz Arena in Munich.

Portugal boss Fernando Santos also lamented: "There are players crying in the changing room. They gave everything. Belgium had 6 shots, we had 29. Sincerely I don't have many words.

"We believed if we won this one, we would have gone on to win the next one. They scored, we didn't. It's football."

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