Ronaldo says Portugal boss Bento asked him to be fifth penalty taker in Spain shootout .

Cristiano Ronaldo has revealed that Portugal manager Paulo Bento asked him to take the fifth penalty against Spain. 

He did not get to take his kick as Portugal missed two spot-kicks while Spain converted four of theirs. 

It has been suggested that he demanded to take the final kick for the glory of scoring the winner, but Ronaldo explained what had happened.

'I was going to take the fifth penalty but we missed two,' Ronaldo said. 'It was just a question of me speaking with the coach. He said to me: "Do you want to take the fifth one?" and I said "yes". 

'Sometimes I take the first, the second or the third. I agreed to take the fifth.

Ronaldo added: 'I expressed myself in the way that I feel. I think we played really well but to lose on penalties is always unfair and it's always unlucky.

'I hope Spain win the tournament now because I have a lot friends there and I play there and it will be a tough final for them.

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