As it happened, by the end of the night she was smiling, her tears long since dried, though her flash of vulnerability may prove to be one of the tournament's lingering images.
“At first I was sad, and now I'm very happy,” he told a reporter after the game (via Fox Sports translation). “That's football. That's what football gives you. You can't explain it, it goes from eight to 80. We had a chance to go forward, I failed… I don't know if I got it right or no, but now, when I needed it the most, I missed, after having missed penalties before, so now I feel sad, but also happy.”
