Ronaldo snubs media after Man of the Match award against Hungary

Cristiano Ronaldo refused to field any questions from the media, despite being named Man of the Match, after Portugal’s 3-3 draw with Hungary. The Real Madrid superstar scored twice and laid on one assist, as his side secured qualification into the Round of 16 at Euro 2016.
It is tradition that the player named Man of the Match, appears before the press and answer few questions.

Instead, the 31-year-old chose to give a statement, adding that Portugal’s media officer asked him not to answer questions.
“It’s a privilege to be named man of the match. But our priority was to win the match. We failed to do that,” he said.
“The bottom line was we wanted to qualify. We thought we were going to qualify in second place but Iceland scored in the last minute, so we placed third. We wanted to win, but we didn’t.
“We played a good match – it was a little insane, first they scored and then we did.

“I’m happy because the team was in dire straits as we were down three times and had to chase down our opponents to score to ensure we did not go home.”
Earlier in the day, Ronaldo threw a television presenter’s microphone into a lake during a pre-match walk.

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