Euro 2020: Cristiano Ronaldo is a great champion, but at times he can be annoying, says Hungary team manager Marco Rossi

Euro 2020: Cristiano Ronaldo is a great champion, but at times he can be annoying, says Hungarian national team manager Marco Rossi.National team manager Marco Rossi praised football legend Cristiano Ronaldo for his trademark celebration against his team at Euro 2020, which, according to him, can sometimes “irritate” opposing teams.

Ronaldo led from the front and fired two goals for defending champions Portugal in their 3-0 win against Hungary in Group F earlier this month.

Portugal broke the deadlock in their opening game when Raphael Guerreiro netted in the 84th minute before Ronaldo converted a penalty 3 minutes later to double the lead for his team. 5 minutes later he completed his brace by finding the back of the net in injury time.

But it was his celebration after the penalty which didn’t go down too well with Marco Rossi.

“Ronaldo is a great champion but at times he can be annoying. After the penalty with us he celebrated as if he had scored in the final. People notice these things,” Rossi told Gazzetta dello Sport.

But the criticism would hardly matter to Ronaldo, who set a new Euro record in Portugal’s last game by converting two penalties in their 2-2 draw against France that helped them seal their place in the round of 16.

The 36-year-old Portugal captain had already become the highest-ever scorer in Euro finals with his double against Hungary and his two spot-kick conversions against world champions France — in the 31st and 60th minutes — took him to 109 international goals, level with the record number scored by Iran’s Ali Daei.

Ronaldo’s Euro 2020-leading fourth and fifth goals also extended his overall tournament record to 14.

Portugal will face Belgium in their last-16 clash at the Estadio de La Cartuja stadium in Seville on Monday (June 28) while France will take on Switzerland on Tuesday (June 29) at the National Arena stadium in Bucharest.