Cristiano Ronaldo has broken his silence on social media after Portugal were agonisingly knocked out of Euro 2024 by France on penalties.

There are concerns that this could be the former Man United and Real Madrid star's last appearance at a major tournament with Portugal, with Ronaldo having revealed that this will be his final European Championship earlier this week. 

Ronaldo, who was seen comforting his team-mate and Portugal stalwart, Pepe, 41, at the end of Friday night's defeat, has today issued a statement on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that his side 'deserved more.'

'We wanted more. We deserved more. For us. For each one of you. For Portugal. We are grateful for everything you have given us and for everything we have achieved so far,' Ronaldo wrote.