The Euros wrote the tragedy of Football

Fans may remember this battlefield of football forever. The way Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe, Toni Kroos, Thomas Müller left the field last night, may be an understatement if we compare it to Bhishma's sharashya in Mahabharata. The way 41-year-old Pepe cried while holding Portuguese star Ronaldo stunned all football fans around the world for a while. Or the German legend Müller shed tears of regret, even the enemy is bound to stop. It was all part of a football-god-ordained tragedy.

Germany and Portugal have left the quarter-finals of this year's Euro. That is old news from last two days. But the wound left in the hearts of the fans will remain alive for a long time. This departure may be forcing Ronaldo-Pepe-Muller to go the hard way. Even if they don't say anything, at least the European best may not be seen on this stage again. The returned Cruz did not hide anything. Said goodbye to Germany with tears. The football star brought tears to the fans from Real Madrid before the national team. Los Blancos also bid farewell to the camp with a Champions League win. Before that, he created a moment where the kids stood with placards saying, 'Referee, don't blow the final whistle, or our crew will leave us.' Raised hope but held only tears.

In the end, Müller, who reigned in football, also came down. But luck did not help. The Germans set the stage for Spain in the semi-finals with tears. Chancellor of the country Olaf Schultz said, "They united the whole country with this football." Losing on such a stage is painful, it is impossible to forget that pain. But the way the whole team played football never felt like they were going away. A farewell like this is also proud. After the game, Tony Kroos said, "We tried our best, we gave it all away." But the end is not over. This pain will be in the heart. But there will also be the will to live for this football. Thomas Müller, another world-winning star of Germany, indicated his retirement on the day of Kruse's departure. Although he did not say anything officially, he said to the media after the match, "It is very likely that this is my last international match." If Müller had made such a decision, the football world also saw the farewell of two stars with Germany.

Portugal also wrote its name in the story of the pain of the host Germany. Kylian Mbappe's 120-minute stint against France ended in a tiebreaker. CRSeven succeeded in that fight but Joao Felix put the final nail in the coffin. Portugal also came back from their title dreams when his shot hit the post. Diego Costa, a dreamy keeper against the French, couldn't write another fairy tale. The magic he showed against Slovenia did not materialize in the France match. All 5 shots of the tiebreaker eluded him and the tragedy was an ornament. Even at the age of 41, the whole world has seen the way Pepe has played like mesmerized. The announcement that the two stars will not be seen on the Euro stage again seems to have reached the hearts of the fans. The way they have painted football with their whole life's pursuits, in the end, football did not paint them.