This is not a sight that anybody wanted to see.
Cristiano Ronaldo comes in for a lot of abuse thanks to his perceived arrogance, but you'd need to have a cruel heart to have taken any joy in the way his tournament ended tonight.
Portugal's talismanic captain hasn't looked 100% throughout the tournament, and he had to be removed from play after an early crunching tackle from Dimitri Payet.
The 31-year-old forward did his best to play through the pain barrier, but eventually succumbed the injury - leaving the field after about 25 minutes on a stretcher. Real Madrid's star man fought back the tears as he left the field, echoing the 2004 final where Portugal lost to underdogs Greece.
Twitter mourned the loss and paid tribute to a player who is undoubtedly one of the finest the footballing world has ever witnessed:
https://twitter.com/Futbol_Agent_/status/752224637640122369
https://twitter.com/ShawnMendes/status/752224527304650753
https://twitter.com/ESPNFC/status/752224462372794368
https://twitter.com/nathanmurf/status/752224332928221185
https://twitter.com/mrdanwalker/status/752224208155975681
https://twitter.com/richardosman/status/752223918967164928
