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Watch: Ronaldo urges Moutinho to take penalty in shootout vs. Poland

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Listen to Cristiano Ronaldo, and good things will happen.

Before converting the first of Portugal's decisive penalty kicks in last Thursday's quarter-final against Poland, the ever-confident Ronaldo urged teammate Joao Moutinho to take one for himself.

"Hey! Hey! Come kick, come kick. Come," he told Moutinho. "You hit them well!"

Handed the necessary kick up the backside, Moutinho emerged from the sideline and successfully wrong-footed the goalkeeper to score the third of his country's five spot kicks.

Portugal went on to win 5-3 on penalties and book a spot in Wednesday's semi-final against Wales.

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