A lot of people don't know how good ronaldo was. He was worldclass since sporting. He lacked the end product but his dribbling and decision making was always world class.

People who criticize him now aren't old enough to see and witness this era and can never understand how good he truly was. Respect for him.🔥🔥

Thats is why i like him, he went through alot of struggles and still kept his head high 😢

We've seen Adriano's career spiral out of control after his father's death. The fact that Ronaldo accomplished a majority of his achievements after his father's death speaks volumes about Ronaldo's drive and character.

And then, Portugal was the Greece of France. With Ronaldo off right at the start of the match. There's some poetic justice right there.

As a Greek that was a 15 year old boy back then, the image of grown ass men crying like babies and the festivities that followed, is something that I will forever keep close to my heart. I remember crying for 10 minutes straight when we scored on the semi final against Czech Republic. Almost 20 years later, I still get goosebumps and tear up when I see footage of the 2004 Euros. And this video brought me the same feelings. Well done Lucas, you absolute legend...

He will forever be remembered as one of the greatest in history

As a portuguese, I cannot watch this video, I'll fall into depression if I go any further😢

I am not a cr7 or portuguese fan. But my goodness your storytelling made me feel so bad for cr7 and portugal. Good work.👏👏👏👏👏👏

I'll be honest, was never a Ronaldo fan, but the one thing I never denied was that he was a brilliant player who could work magic on the pitch. I think if I had followed that phenomenon from the beginning of his journey I'd be lavishing praise from here to Mars on him, but guess it is just what it is. He's undeniably a legend, that's for sure. Great video.

I think people born a little later try to pretend everything before 2019 didn’t happen. This man was doing amazing things for a long time among a golden generation of footballers. An era where every team in every league had an elite footballer somewhere on the pitch.

He will win again. The amount of sacrifice he's done. There's something for him in the cosmos. He is my inspiration and every ounce of hard work I put into my work is all because I look to this man and said how could a person is so determined to achieve success? How could he force himself to work on a regular basis, how did he motivate himself everyday!

Fucking hell you got me crying hard. It is amazing how you put it, the whole story, so dramatically and with such emotion. I was always a fan of Messi but still had respect for Christiano Ronaldo. But today you showed me why Ronaldo is Ronaldo. Why he is how he is.

I was 15 years old. I remember the tournament as if it took place yesterday. We were not playing with flair and creativity but you could see the iron will and tenacity in every challenge, every contested second ball. They were playing like pirates, with knives on their teeth. The pre-game analyses. The tactical rigidity and the mixed man/zone marking. The press triggers. Zidane had his worst game in his football career against Greece. So did Henry. Czech Republic mauled us and if not for the injury of Nedved they would probably have gone through to the final. We were lucky then. In the final Portugal appeared very anxious. They had to prove something in front of their fans. They knew Greece could hurt them on the counter and from set pieces, with beasts like Delas and Charisteas, and a free kick specialist known in Sevilla as the 'maestro', V Tsiartas. We could not believe it that we won against Portugal twice. But this is football. Believe me when I say, all of Greece was rooting for Portugal in the 2016 Euros. As per your conclusive statement, I want to add that Greek tragedies end in tears but also with the intervention of a Deus Ex Machina, sometimes firing a torpedo from 35 meters. With his weaker foot. In extra time. While being challenged by 2 Centre Backs. Love your content. Keep it up pal.

Today's kid don't know how talent an entertainer was young cr7. He was everything a completely beast. Who fits in every position, changed his playing style in every 4 to 5 years...Still at the age of 38 he is still bursting net. He is the one who motivates every young generation on the ground and off the ground..is the perfect example of hardwork with a combination of talent, i love him till i die.❤❤❤

I remember I was at fourth grade when Cristiano was already a rising star and the highlight of Euro 2004. Oh the memories... I loved the "Roteiro" (the official matchball of the tournament). As kids we all had it as some kind of fake replica. I remember everyone talking about Cristiano. And as I was growing up my hatred towards him grew up exponentially, because he kept rising and he kept making people talk about him. I hated him with passion, because he was a diver, he was doing "gay useless tricks" and he was arrogant af. But man...After Euro 2016 something changed in me. After I saw him leaving the final in tears after Payet destroyed his leg and watching him help from the sidelines alongside Fernando Santos I realized this is an "Uno reverse card" of 2004. Portugal did what Greece did to them and Cristiano never stopped giving and trying to help his team. His burning passion for the game never seized to amaze me. I am 30 now and I am one of his biggest fans, because I want to have his mentality. His winner mentality, his never giving up mentality. When I feel bad and I feel like I can't push through something I watch some goals of Cristiano, I "Siuuuuu" with him, because his energy is inspiring and intoxicating. I've never seen an athlete or a player with so much confidence with so much power and resilience, such hard working ethic. He is almost 40 guys. And he doesn't stop. He trains, he scores, he entertains. It will be a sad day once he hangs up his boots, so let's enjoy him, because there won't be a player like him in the near future. Maybe Mbappe is close to young Cristiano, but no one else. For me he is trully the GOAT.

Something about 2004 is such a coincedence that greece won the euros, porto won the cl and the pistons won the NBA finals, all regarded as probably the best defensive teams in history

I can tell you as a Greek that no other Greek on earth has forgotten how Ronaldo was crying when we beat Portugal in the Euro final in 2004. Everyone here who watched that game and saw his later carrier will still have the cryong image of him popping first in his mind.

I was 16 and it still hurts...And to make things even worse, Sporting CP lost the 2005 UEFA Cup final at home. Trust me when I say that I have a PhD in football tragedy...

Hearing how hard this man works on himself to better his craft makes my love for him to grow more stronger than it already is.

R9, R10, CR7 and M10 are the 4 best players in history. Period. All just as good as each other but better in certain aspects and all could do things no other players ever did or will ever do. R9 with his lethal finishing and habit of dribbling around the keeper, R10 with the beautiful tricks and dribbles, CR7 with the pure power and athleticism combined with his mental strength and M10 with the no frills or tricks dribbling and range of passing. I can say I watched them all play over the span of 25 years and it was epic.

I forgot how Euro 2004 was that crazy. Thanks for reminding us.

That goalkeeper was a fucking badass

Amazing narration! Great video. Thanks for sharing.

From a Greek witnessing these tears on that day, It was really strange for me. I had an over joyous feeling with the win but I actually loved the Portuguese team and I always knew Ronaldo was going to be a big star. I had a home made poster of that actual moment of him crying with quotations "I wish I was Greek" for years in my shop. CR7 won in the long run, he is in my opinion the greatest footballer of all time, an absolute stud and legend of the sport. Let's not forget that Otto put on a coaching master class. I'll finish with a quote "IMPOSIBLE IS NOTHING"

O tremer da voz a descrever o caminho para o estádio, eu senti isso ❤

I wish I was older back then so I could see the final for myself. The celebrations after Greece as an underdog won the Euro... It was amazing! I am still proud of that generation. Best underdog story in football.

Love your channel 😩

back when ronaldo was a dribbling winger breaking opponents ankles and staff people only talk about his hardwork but not his talent

Another great video. Good job brother 😁

Here in Greece we remember that win every day along with Ronaldos cries

Love your videos bro

The most painfull defeat ever.But we must give Greece credit they defeat us twice.Great video!!

This guys channel so underrated

Wow dude, great vid, your best so far!

Amazing video! It really showed respect at the end to give the compliment to the greek team. I think karma struck, and portugal got at the end their euros at france, beating the hosts ☺️ Great channel, continue as you are!

Scolari has had an undeniable stroke of unluckiness. First this, then the 7-1

thank you very much my friend to give your respect in greece. thnk you very much!!! you are a great person!!! with all the respect the greek tragedies dont end with cryes but with palinorthosis. the person learn from his mistakes and come back stronger and wiser!!! like portuguese team!!!

Amazing job, making the viedo as poetic as the story. Great script

Absolutely crazy to think this guy was just a kid back then. And now he is the most prolific player. How time has passed😢

Brought me to tears! Amazing Video!

banger vid as always!

10:41 imagine if he missed..

Ricardo was so underrated

That was a great summary

Alot of people were stating that they hate Ronaldo due to this ego but remember... This man went through alot, like *alot.* and after all of this his confidence is still in another world like no other.People don't understand what Ronaldo went through.Nowadays if people experience Ronaldo's harshful struggles, They would probably just cry out loud, stay in bed for the whole day and act like a cry out loud in the internet,But nonetheless Ronaldo still work hard after all of this.All of this also applied to Messi. You must give this man some respect, He had did so much in Football.

Another masterpiece!!!

love your videos

My father and I watched that final matchup when I was nine years old. We were so happy to watch Greece win something for once, let alone score a goal or even make it out of the group stages. But after watching this video, it made me respect Ronaldo even more. From the moment I saw him crying after my country won the trophy, little did I know he would rise to stardom and become one of the best players to play the game.

Having lived through Portugal 🇵🇹 Euro 2004, just so much to say about it. The game against Spain 🇪🇦 was one of the best that Portugal had ever played. Excellent sexy football. I remember José Mourinho was the guest commentator on the Portuguese channel, and he talked tactics so much that he basically ruined the play by play. The TV guys were too referential to interrupt Mourinho when something exciting was happening and shut him up. The scenes of people flying the flags and saluting the players on horseback and on boats and in the skies was truly epic. It was quite the moment in Portuguese history that typically doesn't get nearly the amount of attention it deserves. The day of the final was very strange. I was on a plane from the Azores to Lisboa and sitting behind me were Xutos e Pontapes, Portugal's biggest rock band. Everyone was in a good mood, acting like the trophy was already won. Landed in Lisbon and rushed home, just in time to catch Nelly Furtado singing Força in the pre-match. But instead of feeling excited and happy, I was struck by a sense of foreboding and melancholy. It was as if the ghosts of fado had besieged the walls of Lisbon and were pillaging the city. When the game started, all you could hear were the Greek 🇬🇷 fans. They completely overpowered the Portuguese fans in their own stadium. Another omen. And when it was all over, the city was silent. You could hear the fado wailing through the empty streets. Went to the Colombo mall next door to Estadio da Luz and it was full of Greek fans who were singing and chanting nasty stuff about Figo. They were really sticking it to Portugal fans. This was Portugal's Greek tragedy. We all knew Euro 2004 was ours to win, our first big boy trophy and we let the Greeks steal it from under us on our soil. But the Gods of Football love irony and in 2016, history would repeat itself. Portugal became the new Greece. In an epic case of if you can't beat em, copy paste, Portugal playing ugly football went to France 🇨🇵 and beat France 1-0 in the final, just like Euro 2004. The fado had conquered Paris. The Portuguese Greek tragedy was now France's Portuguese fado. Turns out Football is a fan of fado.

It's so sad seeing Ronaldo being mistreated by his Portuguese teammates now after doing so much with the national team.

daily odse brother , your normal voice is more appealing too hear while explaing the moments and small details and info, but i love your page , this brings people back like me born in 1984 ! :)

His mentality is what makes him a top athlete. He doesnt need to be better than messi to be a role model. in hater's eyes his confidence is just arrogance, but its also that winning mentality that allows him to make comebacks single handedly in games. the one against wolfsburg, the one against athletico madrid, the one against spain. He has done enough to prove to me he is the best player of all time. if he is arrogant, he wouldnt have improved himself when he loses. People these days only care about the product of the game, the stats, the trophies; they think these players are all just fifa cards and have no emotion, which is why many fail to see athlete's mentality, hardwork, dedication, and other things like family issues to deal with. For me, ronaldo is more inspiring because he grew up a messed up and poor family but his willingness to become the best coupled with his discipline was what allowed him to achieve so many incredible feats. Other football players wont get that because not everyone give in their 100% on the field whereas ronaldo takes each game seriously.

Love and respect to him always

I love that reference you made "they sink the heroes of the sea".

Máquina!

love ur vids

Bro took it personally and became the greatest of all time 🐐🇵🇹⚽️

This is why he's the greatest of all time. Unlike others, he didn't get anything the easy way. He had to fight for all. The greatest player of all time. Only player that can talk to him is Pele.

I am Greek, I've never heard this story from a Portuguese perspective. Interesting

This was the worst day of my life, i remember exactly, after the final i cried like a baby with my 14 years of age and i told my father that now we are never going to finally win a title without figo and the rest of the golden generation gone… my father calmed me down, saying there is no reason to cry about that, we have this young guy cristiano and he will do even better then luis figo. well…i have to say that he didn‘t disappointed me in this regard. but it’s crazy, as if my father foresaw that cris one day will finally lift the trophy for portugal.

Love your channel, what is the music in the background?

Good video

My goat

This makes me want you to make a video about Otto Rehhagel. Thanks for all the videos.

Man I see young Ronaldo I remember my childhood and I wanna cry man ❤😢🐐

So sad that our portuguese team isn't a family anymore instead they let the ego speak and don't care about Ronaldo...😔

Portugal is my favorite country of all Europe..astonishing beauty , amazing People ...from A hellenic fan who was there

the phenomenon the goat

Ronaldo at Sporting was frustrating sometimes because he would take on the whole team and make it with the ball to the end but he would either make a horrible cross or a not so good shot, but he did improve his shot pretty quickly and, by the time Sporting faced United, he already had it on point. By the half time, Gary Neville was already talking about ronaldo to Sir Alex Fergunson, telling him how good he was and how much difficulty he was having marking him. By the end of the match Neville urged Sir Alex to sign Ronaldo as soon as possible, they needed him and so it happened. I've also heard a story that Ronaldo was set to sign for Man United even before that match and that match was only for United to see what kind of player they were buying... He was going to sign for United but remain at Sporting as a loan deal for 1 season for him to improve and go to Manchester ready to play but... He played so good that they didn't want to loan him anymore, they wanted him right then and there.

in my eyes ronaldo is still the goat, its sad not to see him lift the cup but hes still the goat lifting the cup or not

Man seeing ronaldo crying at the end really hit hard

love this Ronaldo doesnt get enough credit for what he lived and did

As a Greek... 😂😂😂😂😂 I savour each tear ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΩ ΘΕΕ ΠΟΥ ΜΕ ΕΚΑΝΕΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΑ 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

Your epilogue (if not the whole narrative) was majestic! I love how you emphasized the tragic element e.g., scoring a goal in the group stages that would enable Greece, the nemesis advance. My only complaint is that you didn't mention anything about some questionable decisions during the match with the Netherlands. Oh well it adds to the magic of it all I guess.

GOAT

We didn't know who Ronaldo was for us at least there is and was only one Ronaldo... But when we win the Euro and we see the kid cry oh my god what a joy. Life's tough!

Someone needs to create a epic Movie of this era! Sometimes I wish I was born a bit earlier (2004), too many legends 🔥

Cr7 was just so cool and sway

Ronaldo is the best nr1 player all the time God bless him 🙏 always ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Sooo… listen to this. Iconic lines

The goat

9:08 bro actually forgot about beckham

Always support Portugal because of Ronaldo

Amazing! You actually said Ronaldo correctly instead of HEnaldo like you usually do

Hey man do a next video on a underdog player in the Prem

legend

Could you do a video about ronaldo's knee injury in 2014 and how it affected his play style afterwards.

please do a video about lingard🙏

i still cry when i remember 2004. I still can't stand greece because of it. I should get over it, but I think I never will

Danm this one got to me 😢

France lost the Euro Finals at home as well in 2016

I’ll never forget the Euro 2004, specially the England match 😌

Cr7 is the GOAT🇵🇹🐐

im not even portuguese or greek but i almost cried seeing ronaldo cry so much

It's crazy how Portugal lost a final from a ugly goal just to win their Euro by a very very lucky Chace by Eder

As a Brazilian, oh boy, I definitely did want Greece to win that match. And what a victory it was.

The Manchester United friendly with Sporting Lisbon was organized because of Cristiano, Alex Ferguson had already heard about him and knew other big clubs were after him also, He said he made his decision after the first friendly game that he would do everything he could to sign Cristiano. The First 11 of Manchester United all approached Ferguson on the plane to talk about signing him. Unaware that the talks for the transfer were already happening.

Im from greece and a huuuge CR7 fan im ashamed I hadn’t seen this video

Give Ronaldo respect the guy done he could and he was only a youngster and now 39 he is still balling out