PORTUGAL has again made a
history as she systematically knocked out the host country of Euro 2016 with a clear
1-0 win against France on Sunday thereby securing their first major international
title despite losing captain and talisman Cristiano Ronaldo to injury.
Substitute Eder who scored the goal during extra-time collected
the ball in midfield, held off his marker and fired a low 25-metre shot past Hugo
Lloris with 11 minutes of extra time left to stun the Stade de France after the
home team had dominated the match.
Ronaldo, Portugal's all-time leading scorer, went down
after a heavy tackle from Dimitri Payet in the eighth minute but played on
before being replaced by Ricardo Quaresma in the 25th minute...
France nearly snatched a win in stoppage time at the end of
90 minutes when Andre-Pierre Gignac's shot rebounded off the post while Raphael
Guerreiro hit the crossbar with a free kick for Portugal in extra-time.
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