That happens when you help Cristiano, the unexpected reward for Diogo Costa, Ronaldo's hero at the Euros

Portugal has an elite squad that could go far in the EUROS, but they had a big scare in the Round of 16 against Slovenia. The game ended 0-0 after extra time, and Cristiano Ronaldo had the chance to avoid a penalty shootout. He had a penalty in the 104th minute of the match, but Jan Oblak saved it. During the penalty shootout, Diogo Costa, the goalkeeper of Portugal, saved all three of the penalties that Slovenian players took in the shootout, which led to Portugal's win to advance to the quarterfinals. Many believe that Costa saved Ronaldo and Portugal from suffering a humiliating loss in the EUROS, and the CR7 fans were very happy to see the keeper do extremely well for the Portuguese legend. As a reward for his heroics, Costa received lots of positive comments and a lot of new followers on his Instagram. Costa gained more than 300k followers in less than 24 hours on his Instagram after the final whistle was blown between Portugal and Slovenia on Monday.

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At the time of writing, Costa has now gained more than 500K followers since he won Portugal the game against Slovenia. The FC Porto keeper is near the 1 million followers mark after his heroics. Before the match between Portugal and Slovenia, he was one 360k followers on Instagram. Diogo Costa won the man of the match award after his three saves in the penalty shootout vs Slovenia.

Costa spoke after the match and said, "We all make mistakes, just like me and Cristiano. What matters is what we do next. Cristiano is a hardworking person, and I understand his frustration. He devotes a lot of time to himself. He is an example for us. For me it is an honor to play with him."

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Cristiano Ronaldo helped Diogo Costa in the World Cup 2022

Similar to Ronaldo at EURO 2024, Diogo Costa almost cost Portugal in the 2022 FIFA World Cup by making a terrible mistake against Ghana. Ronaldo approached him to console him for the mistake, but in the end, Portugal won the match 3-2.