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# Je revois la ville en fete et en delire

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# Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie

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# Et j'entends dans la musique les cris, les rires

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# Qui eclatent et rebondissent autour de moi

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# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

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# Nous entraine # L'un contre l'autre

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# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

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# Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent

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# Quand soudain, je me retourne, il se recule,

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France take on Portugal in the final.

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It's the morning of the Euro 2016 final. I'm up, ready and buzzing.

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Welcome to Paris for the final of Euro 2016. The whole of France has

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come to a halt to cheer on its team against a Portugal side featuring

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one of the greatest player of all time, Cristiano Ronaldo. France's

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fifth major tournament final and their third on home soil after

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winning the Euros in 1984 and the World Cup in 1998. Portugal have

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only ever reached one final, losing to Greece in Euro 2004. 80,000

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people will pack out the Stade de France. Another 90,000 have gathered

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in the fan park just outside our studio in the shadow of the Eiffel

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Tower. It's quite a site out there right now. The sage -- the stage is

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set. Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand and a man who won the World Cup and

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European Championship with France, Thierry Henry. A total of 18 major

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tournament appearances in the studio tonight. This must bring back a few

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memories of your triumph here a few years ago. What does this mean to

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France right now? We already talked about November and the terrorist

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attacks, the disconnection with the fans and the team. For me, I want

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them to experience winning a tournament of that magnitude at

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home. I had the opportunity to win it away and at home. Not the Euros,

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but the World Cup at home and the Euros away. When you win a

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tournament at home, nothing beats that. Nothing in the world beats

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that in terms of football. It brings everyone together, you can see how

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everyone is happy, you can see the joy, the country were celebrating

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for two or three months. It's amazing to see that. Believe me or

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not, I never actually saw that like that. I never wanted to look at

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them. Those guys right now are making me relive those moments.

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Thanks for that. Magical pictures of those scenes and it will be the same

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tonight. So many people behind us, it's staggering. I'm not sure this

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side is as good as 98, but they are in the final nevertheless. They've

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been the most entertaining team. They've played six games so far and

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in five of those they've scored two or more goals. They have entertained

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us. Their big players have turned up and they Griezmann, Payet, Lloris is

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top class and was in the semifinal. They've been the best team, they've

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got the top goal-scorer and they deserve to be where they are.

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Portugal are tough to beat, they are dog-eared and they have two former

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team-mates of yours, Ronaldo and Nani. Ronaldo mention this is the

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most dogged team and close-knit team he's been with and it's proven in

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this tournament. It brings into question the format of this

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tournament. They finished third in their group and hadn't won a game...

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They won one game in 90 minutes. They've improved steadily, but they

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are not pleasing on the eye. But when you have Ronaldo, you have a

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chance and they know how to get through games. We aren't the only

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ones who want a flutter on this game. There's been a moth

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infestation at the Stade de France! They are all over the place. They

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left the lights on last night and it's not been well received.

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Thousands of the things. They are currently trying to do something

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about it. They need footballs and mothballs this evening. Hopefully

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they will have cleared them before they kicked off. Amazingly, France

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have won their last ten games against Portugal, dating back 41

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years. This will be the fourth meeting between the teams at a major

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tournament. The previous three were all semifinals and the French

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triumphed on each occasion. Henry has won a penalty! The referee

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pointing straight to the spot. Thierry Henry was fouled. Zidane

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knows exactly what he's doing and he puts France ahead from the penalty

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spot after 32 minutes. The team everybody wrote off after they won

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the tournament in 1998 is certainly right back in business.

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France haven't lost a Portugal for 25 years.

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Nuno Gomes might not be tired now. Portugal have taken the lead! Nuno

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Gomes again. Henry coming in fast side. Thierry Henry! Goal for

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France! The equaliser. It looks to me as though it's a penalty. He

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scores! France are in the final. Here in the sparkling Mediterranean

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port of Marseille, the Stade Velodrome is packed with 55,000

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capacity. A superb setting for this European Championship semifinal.

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It's a goal! The young left back has scored. Jordao! It's there! Jordao

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for Portugal! They've equalised! Jordao is hanging at the back post.

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It's there! Jordao again! Blading again. -- played in. A chance the

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platter need and it's a goal for France. 2-2. Tigana. Tigana. Platter

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need! Goal! -- Platini. Platter leave for France with a minute to

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go. 3-2. I've not seen a match like this in years. The captain of France

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receives the cup, the winner in the semifinal, a goal in the final. What

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else can you do? I wonder what happened to Michel

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Platini! The current French team are soaking up the atmosphere at the

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Stade de France. It was the venue where France beat Brazil 3-0 in the

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1998 World Cup final. No late dramas with the Portuguese Ronaldo tonight.

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Let's take a look at how both teams line up. Portugal goalkeeper

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Patricio has only conceded once in five knockout games at the European

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Championship. Pepe returned in one of two changes. He missed the

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semifinal with a five problem but replaces Alves. The other change

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sees William Carvalho Ripley -- recalled with Danilo reduced the

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bench. Sanches will be the youngest man to play in a European

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Championship final at 18, broken the record set by Ronaldo in 2004.

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Ronaldo is now 31 and could become the oldest player to score in a

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European Championship final. France are unchanged. Again captained by

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Hugo Lloris. Sagna, Koscielny and Evra boast 177 caps between them,

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but Umtiti is playing only his third international game. There's no

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recall for can with Matuidi and Pogba the central midfielder 's. --

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Kante. Griezmann plays his 70th game of the season, which is more than

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any other player in the top five European leagues. Giroud leads the

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line and has ten goals in his last ten starts for France.

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It's a big night for all the players, Rio, but a special I will

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be on Paul Pogba, a player you know well from his youth at Manchester

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United and may well return to Manchester United for a lot of

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money. Potentially ?100 million, 22. Huge potential. The thing that stood

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out for me when I first met him other than his ability was his

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personality. He wants to be the best. He started very anxious, he

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wanted to prove himself. He wanted to prove worthy of the hype. He's

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grown into this tournament. He's overplaying here because he wants to

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show people he's got the talent. Didier Deschamps has to take the

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talent -- credit because he's putting in a deeper rule and you can

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see his tools. Is got great range of passing. He looks more composed,

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he's got more time in that position and he's really grown in stature in

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this tournament and they rely on him in many areas. This is the icing on

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the cake. Teasing the young full-back. Beautiful feet. Six foot

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four, twinkle toes. He is the poster boy for this tournament. Griezmann

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has become that as well, but there's a lot of pressure on his young

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shoulders. Did you see that improvement in him from when he was

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a kid at Man United? Undoubtedly. There was not one player in the

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changing room who would have said no. Everybody knew him leaving was

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huge. Is he world-class yet? He's on the way to be world-class, he's not

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far. If we talk about the money, we all go well, but that's the price

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now if you want a player like that. What I like about him is the sign of

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intelligence when he knows what he has to do. When he plays for

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Juventus he's a bit higher. He knows what he has to do for that team.

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Holding perhaps isn't his forte, but he does it very well. 18-year-old

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Renato Sanches looks a real prospect. I love him. Energy, going

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forward, he controls the ball and he goes. That's what Portugal was

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lacking at the start of the tournament. He brings energy, he

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wants to go forward. He doesn't know what to do here, but he goes forward

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with his run. When you have a player in your team playing like that, the

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whole team goes forward with him. Look at this. He wants the ball,

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he's asking for the ball. He plays it and he goes for it. Not sure

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about the finish, but I'm sure about this finish! There was a little

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deflection, but it doesn't matter. He wants to go forward. Even there,

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you might say, stop running, what are you doing, but as a defender,

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when you see the ball going all the way, it gives people a breather.

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Ronaldo drags players to him, but this guy is dragging two or three

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out. It leaves space for people like Nani and Ronaldo. I watched the

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Wales game when he played. What impressed me most about him was in

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the last five minutes when basically the game was won, he had the option

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to Pastor Ronaldo and he didn't, he cut inside and went himself or stop

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when the superstar is demanding the ball, that tells me a lot. I bet he

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doesn't do it twice! Are you surprised that Kante isn't

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in the starting line-up? Not really. They want to keep the momentum

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going. I'm thinking about how Portugal is going to play, they are

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going to counter. And that is Kante's game. We will see. But I

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understand where Didier is coming from. I thought he might have had

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him in there, once or twice against the Germans they got in their easy

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and I thought he might have stiffened that up. The Stade de

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France is filling up. 45 minutes until kick-off. We can go to the

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side of the pitch to hear from Danny Murphy and Jason Mohammed. Well,

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isn't this a truly magical year -- evening. The Portuguese fans came

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into the stadium a full two hours before the players even arrived.

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They are in fantastic voice. When you look at the occasion,

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magnificent? I was lucky enough to be on the streets of Paris when they

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were in the semifinal, and that was incredible. But this is incredible,

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here and in the let outside the stadium. I haven't seen an

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atmosphere like this for a long time. What impressed you most about

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the semifinal against Germany? Their resilience, togetherness. They were

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dominating for long periods, they showed a hunger and desire to get

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the final. For me, they are favourites. Don't rule out the Magic

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man. A relatively poor tournament until the semifinal, but that's what

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he can do? The header was magical. What impressed me more was his

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workrate. Two or three times in the second half he was running back and

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winning the ball back for his team. I don't think we have said that too

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many times about him. He wants to win it, he's got the hopes of a

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nation on his shoulders. If anyone can, he can. Of course, if France

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win, I have a feeling that the Arc de Triomphe and chanced -- will be

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pretty full. The stadium might not be at full

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capacity, but the fan zone is. Manish Bhasin is in the heart of it.

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Welcome to the fan zone, 90,000 people have been crammed in here.

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Most of them are French fans, watching the big game against

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Portugal which will kick off in the next 45 minutes or so. This place

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has been open for all, free entry since the start of the tournament. 1

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million people have passed through the gates to watch games on the big

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screen, which measure about 400 square metres, the same size as a

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basketball court. This place here is probably the same size as a team

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football pitches. They are loving the BBC, as you can see. A perfect

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French evening, no better place, if you are not in the stadium, to watch

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the game. Battled on really well! I am not sure how money Portuguese

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fans have made it in there. Only the most optimistic would have bet on

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their team making the final after drawing the opening game with

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Iceland. Portugal only qualified from a group as one of the best

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third placed teams. The victory over Wales in the semifinal is the first

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time they had won a game in the tournament in 90 minutes. They are

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here, that is all matters. MUSIC: "Movin' On Up"

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by Primal Scream. Zoltan Gera with the shot and

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the goal! Comes to Cristiano

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Ronaldo! He surely has won this

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match for Portugal. Lewandowski's scored

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inside two minutes! And Portugal have done it,

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they're through to the semifinal! It's a Portugal side that hasn't

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been beaten in the tournament, yet hasn't actually won

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a game in 90 minutes. Here's Ronaldo once again and it's

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in by Nani. Maybe this is their, and their crown

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prince Cristiano's year. Unbeaten in 13 competitive matches

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under Fernando Santos, who calls his own team the ugly ducklings. I'm not

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sure Ronaldo would appreciate that, but you know what he means? They are

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gritty? Yes, it is hard to eulogise over them, but they are functional

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and efficient. They work hard and get men behind the ball, they make

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it difficult for opposing teams. The back four, four or five in midfield,

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and Ronaldo, everybody behind the ball, sitting deep. Ronaldo does his

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fair share of work, also. He is the first point of contact, closing

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everyone down. This is in the Wales game. Very similar to what we just

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saw. Men behind the ball again, trying to keep it tight, trying to

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keep it compact. Danny mentioned about Ronaldo, tracking back. He

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worked his socks off in this game. There were quite content to let

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Wales have the ball and tried to spray it around as much as they can.

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But when it goes into the midfield, they cannot allow this to happen

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tonight. They can't allow that space, like they have done. They

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will get punished, whether it is Griezmann, Pogba, Payet. They all

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know their jobs. They are good at it. Not great to watch, not

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entertaining. But when you play like that, in the hope that something

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magical comes from their superstar, like the header from Ronaldo, that

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is what they rely on. We all know about Ronaldo, but there was another

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player, quite an enigmatic soul, Nani. Has bags of ability, but

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sometimes disappoints? He has cut a frustrating figure at times of

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Manchester United. But in terms of natural ability, this kit has it

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all. Left and right feet, pace to die for, and his brave. He wants the

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ball. He has had a good few chances to score goals. He could have been

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one of the top goal-scorers. He is somebody who, if he got it all

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together, he would be one of the best players on the part. Why

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doesn't he? I think he is getting information and digesting it, then

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decision-making in the final moments. The last part of a game

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wore on the pitch, decision-making is what separates the best players

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from the players that are good. In this tournament, he has been one of

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their best attacking players, because he has created chances, he

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is on the end of things and he is always around it causing havoc. He's

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playing as a striker, not his normal position, and that shows a level of

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intelligence. Thierry, going from a wide player to a striker, is there a

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big difference? It is hard, in terms of movement. But what you see any

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images that we saw is desire to score a goal. It doesn't matter

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where you are, you are in the box, there or about, the that is the most

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important thing. That is what I'm worried about, the Portuguese team,

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they always have guys in the box. Let's go back to the Stade de

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France, where we can hear from another man who knows exactly what

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the French players are feeling, World Cup and European champion

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winner Robert Peres. He spoke to Jason a short while ago. This is

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what they are playing for, I'm joined by a man who knows what it is

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like to win this trophy. It was his cross for Trezeguet. Does he thank

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you every day for that cross? Yes, a very good gift for him. It was in

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2000, good memory against Italy. Yes, I'm very happy to be here,

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because in 2000, we lifted this trophy with Didier Deschamps. How

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does this side comply Burleigh compared to that one? It's difficult

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to compare when he was a player, now he's a manager. Since two years ago,

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he is doing well. The team is very good, very compact. He built

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something. I think he is... Yes, it is good for them to lift this trophy

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tonight. I wish for my country. Your dad is Portuguese, your mother is

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Spanish, who is your dad cheering for? Yes, for sure, actually, he is

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in Portugal. So, it's normal, he supports Portugal. But I call him

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one hour ago, so he is very excited and has a lot of stress. Very good

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to see you. Whether France win the trophy or not, the one thing we can

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agree on is that they have been incredible hosts.

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They certainly have, the trophy should be in safe hands with

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goalkeeper Hugo Lloris if they win. He has overtaken Didier Deschamps's

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record for appearances as a captain in this tournament and he is seen as

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a real leader in his country. Point-blank reactions to bus stop!

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-- super stop! Didier Deschamps was a tiny giant of

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a player, and he's trying to achieve something enormous.

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How about these four scenes in the Fan Park? They are all getting very

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excited. Lord knows what they will be like if they actually win the

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thing! I think we could be stuck here for a long time. It will be

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quite a party, so we'll join in. Talking about Hugo Lloris, he's been

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terrific, a top class goalkeeper? A top-class goalkeeper, you can't win

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a tournament without a good goalkeeper. What I like about him is

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his positioning. He is always on the right place at the right time. You

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know, 58 times captain for France. It's unbelievable. He is doing it

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ever so well. That is a world-class save. Same here. I thought that was

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a goal, on the night. He kept that out. Just a great guy. There is

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something I like about him, his calmness, he is very calm. He

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doesn't panic, therefore he doesn't make anyone panic. We talked about

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David De Gea and Manuel Neuer, I think he has been the keeper of the

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tournament? Something I want to talk about here, a great save, mistake

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from the back four, Sagna, as you can see. But he got up and he was

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trying to be positive. Guys, it's OK, come on, next one, let's do it.

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Route that calmness spreads to the team. I've played with goalkeeper is

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that are a bit all over the place and they instil panic. Name names!

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Like Edwin van der Sar. Somebody like that, David De Gea, when he got

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going, you look back and it is just an assuredness that transpires to

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the team and it enables you to go out and perform. Nose we saw

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terrific saves. What we didn't see, right through the second half, when

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they were under the cosh, under pressure, the number of times he

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came for crosses to take pressure off his defenders. Also, he's a very

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good footballer. For a goalkeeper, you have to be. Modern day

:30:38.:30:42.

goalkeeper, you have to be good with your feet. Look at a young kids, the

:30:43.:30:46.

first question is if they are good with their feet. Here's a calm

:30:47.:30:51.

leader. In this kind of game, especially tonight, you need

:30:52.:30:51.

calmness. If Lloris does lift the trophy,

:30:52.:31:00.

he'll follow in the footsteps of Didier Deschamps, who captained

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France to victory in the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. Since taking over

:31:05.:31:09.

from Laurent Blanc in 2012 he's helped bring unity to a squad riven

:31:10.:31:14.

by years of dressing room unrest. Still only 47, he is bidding to

:31:15.:31:19.

become only the second man after Germany's Berti Vogts to win the

:31:20.:31:22.

European Championships as a player and manager.

:31:23.:31:26.

The story of modern French football is very much the story of one man.

:31:27.:31:35.

Didier Deschamps is already the most titled football man in France. He

:31:36.:31:40.

has the spirit of the winner. He's a lucky charm for all French people he

:31:41.:31:46.

won the first Champions League a French club has won with Marseille

:31:47.:31:51.

in 1993, a successful international career, then a manager. I'm with him

:31:52.:31:58.

since I'm 14 years old in not. We started together, he is assessed

:31:59.:32:07.

about the game. He was captain of Nantes at 20, but it already injured

:32:08.:32:11.

more than most. A year before his older brother was killed in a plane

:32:12.:32:13.

crash. Deschamps commanded the respect of

:32:14.:32:28.

many, but not all. Eric Cantona called him a water carrier, a

:32:29.:32:33.

domestique, somebody to fetch and carry for the stars, but while

:32:34.:32:38.

France shunned Cantona, they turned to the Holborn -- humble technician

:32:39.:32:43.

to just make it all work. People were always laughing at him because

:32:44.:32:47.

he wasn't the most skilful, but he was skilful upstairs. The best skill

:32:48.:32:54.

you can have is your brain. We had a crazy generation in terms of

:32:55.:32:58.

competitiveness, but he's just a freak. He changes people's

:32:59.:33:02.

mentality. Wherever he goes, he wins.

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He adjusted the team first during the group stage around Pogba, then

:33:16.:33:22.

he changed his mind and replaced Griezmann but hide Giroud and then

:33:23.:33:25.

picked all the players around Griezmann. I guess he had the luck,

:33:26.:33:30.

but he has the skills as well. The harder he tries the luckier he gets?

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One thing is for sure, this job has been toiled since day one. That

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shameful World Cup in world that bad rapper -- Southern Africa when the

:33:41.:33:46.

players went on strike. French football was in ruins. There was no

:33:47.:33:50.

love between the fans and the national team. He had to bring back

:33:51.:33:54.

discipline and an aesthetic and he did that in four years. 2014 was

:33:55.:33:59.

good, we knew that was a rehearsal for the Euros at home. And just

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before showtime, another hitch. A refusal to pick Guarente Benzema, a

:34:05.:34:08.

man under investigation for the blackmail of a team-mate, led to

:34:09.:34:15.

Cantona coming back into the fray, alleging Deschamps didn't pick

:34:16.:34:19.

players because of their race. He decided it was too risky. It doesn't

:34:20.:34:24.

have any sense about what Cantona was saying about it being racist.

:34:25.:34:30.

France is facing a problem, socially, the security level. We

:34:31.:34:34.

need football. We need football to be there for us, to enjoy, to have

:34:35.:34:38.

hope. He's managed to gather everyone around the team and behind

:34:39.:34:46.

him. We saw you speaking, teary, you know Didier Deschamps well.

:34:47.:34:50.

Ruthless, brave, tactical. -- Thierry. He's intelligent. He wasn't

:34:51.:34:57.

the most gifted, but he didn't care about that. He was going to beat

:34:58.:35:01.

you. He did it as a player and a coach. Talking about cohesion coming

:35:02.:35:07.

back with the fans after what happened in 2010, it started with

:35:08.:35:11.

the French Federation and Laurent Blanc. Didier with his results at

:35:12.:35:16.

the moment elevated it to another level. I saw Frank Leboeuf talking

:35:17.:35:20.

about luck, it's nothing to do with luck. He made a mistake in a couple

:35:21.:35:24.

of games by choosing the wrong tactic in the first half, but he was

:35:25.:35:28.

man enough to put his hand up, not like some managers who will change

:35:29.:35:32.

sometimes when it's too late in the game. He changed it at half-time. He

:35:33.:35:41.

wasn't scared but Pogba and Griezmann on the bench. He's not

:35:42.:35:43.

scared to put Kante on the bench. That's nothing to do with luck, its

:35:44.:35:46.

intelligence and looking at what the team can bring. You have to give him

:35:47.:35:49.

a lot of credit. When you work well, it pays. What's he like as a man?

:35:50.:35:56.

You know him well as a human being. What you see is what you get. He'll

:35:57.:36:01.

talk to you and you like it or you don't, that's your problem. The team

:36:02.:36:05.

has to win, it's not about you or him. Go out and win. That's

:36:06.:36:10.

reflected in the way the players react when he makes decisions. The

:36:11.:36:14.

big players don't throw their arms around, there's no individual

:36:15.:36:18.

rebellion. They come off the pitch because they know what they are

:36:19.:36:23.

doing -- he is doing is for the betterment of the team. He's created

:36:24.:36:27.

a tremendous team spirit. A couple of months before the tournament when

:36:28.:36:32.

it was announced that Benzema and Valbuena wouldn't be playing forward

:36:33.:36:39.

ever reason, Aranda was suspended -- Varane was out, Ribery... He

:36:40.:36:45.

deserves tremendous credit. Every decision he is made in this

:36:46.:36:49.

tournament has worked so well for him. Overall he's got things right

:36:50.:36:55.

even if it's taking him time in matches. It also comes when you're

:36:56.:36:59.

doing well, when you're getting results and late goals. We talked

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about it at the very beginning. Where were they in terms of

:37:06.:37:11.

competition? They had no point of reference. No qualifiers. You have

:37:12.:37:18.

to try stuff in the tournament. He tried Pogba on the right, Pogba in

:37:19.:37:24.

behind, Payet in behind. Then he found something that worked and now

:37:25.:37:28.

he's going with it. You have to give him credit, it's not easy to listen

:37:29.:37:32.

to what people are saying all the time. To keep the cohesion and still

:37:33.:37:39.

go forward... Defensively also. The one question about France was

:37:40.:37:42.

whether they could cope to fans of league, like England. They've

:37:43.:37:46.

answered that and he's got them well organised. Let's go back to the

:37:47.:37:50.

stadium. Portugal have played the most games in the history of the

:37:51.:37:54.

European Championships without ever winning the tournament, 34 in total.

:37:55.:37:59.

One man who featured in a few of those was Deco and he's with Jason.

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Deco joins me. How proud are you to see not only the fancier, but this

:38:07.:38:12.

fantastic Portugal side in the final? -- the fans here. I'm very

:38:13.:38:16.

proud of this team, they've done very good, they deserve to be in

:38:17.:38:21.

this final. They are good young talents with a mix of experience.

:38:22.:38:28.

They deserve to be here. You really mean they deserve to be here? They

:38:29.:38:33.

didn't win a group match, but they performed in the semifinal. When you

:38:34.:38:36.

have somebody like Ronaldo in your side, that's what you want from your

:38:37.:38:43.

main man. The first phase of the group was difficult for every team.

:38:44.:38:48.

Portugal qualified, but after they qualified they started to play well.

:38:49.:38:51.

The game against Wales was fantastic. They are prepared

:38:52.:38:59.

tonight. You said to me it's a Portugal win, 2-0. Excuse the moths!

:39:00.:39:05.

Is tonight going to be Ronaldo's night? I think so. He's strong, he's

:39:06.:39:11.

prepared. He deserves to win something with the national team.

:39:12.:39:20.

Tonight will be his day. This man is very, very confident.

:39:21.:39:24.

Some of those moths were bigger than Deco! Varies Ronaldo. Three Ballon

:39:25.:39:29.

d'Ors to his name, three Champions League wins with Manchester United

:39:30.:39:33.

and Real Madrid. Now he has the chance to achieve something that's

:39:34.:39:37.

even beyond his archrival, Lionel Messi, and claim a major prize on

:39:38.:39:39.

the international stage. This is the Paris Madeira, but Judy

:39:40.:40:04.

's oasis in the bustling metropolis. In the 1950s and 60s, thousands

:40:05.:40:09.

travelled from Portugal to France seeking refuge from the

:40:10.:40:13.

authoritarian -- or for you terry and regime of the dictator. Today

:40:14.:40:18.

the Portuguese make up the nation 's second largest immigrant population.

:40:19.:40:22.

Almost 20 years ago Cristiano Ronaldo embarked upon his own

:40:23.:40:27.

journey, from Lisbon to Manchester to Madrid. The boy from Madeira with

:40:28.:40:33.

magic in his boots and a burning desire to be the greatest. The man

:40:34.:40:41.

who would be King. Whilst the honours at club level flooded in and

:40:42.:40:46.

personal accolades stacked up, glory on the international stage remained

:40:47.:40:51.

elusive. A catalogue of bright sparks. Extinguished by crushing

:40:52.:40:55.

failure. At Euro 2016, Ronaldo's start was

:40:56.:41:10.

inauspicious. Frustration on the field, hubris of it. This is a small

:41:11.:41:16.

mentality, this is why they'll do nothing. The pantomime villain

:41:17.:41:21.

fulfilling his role. Fingers pointing, scrutiny, the pressure

:41:22.:41:24.

began to build. But Jeopardy calls for big players to step up, and step

:41:25.:41:32.

up he did. A chance for Cristiano Ronaldo! Absolutely brilliant. His

:41:33.:41:38.

will to win, relentless, enforced upon those around him. And as he

:41:39.:41:44.

dragged Portugal into the quarterfinals, an ocean away, his

:41:45.:41:49.

nemesis called it quits. Lionel Messi has announced he's retiring

:41:50.:41:52.

from international football. The chance now to usurp his archrival

:41:53.:41:56.

and imprint his name on a international tournament. The artist

:41:57.:42:04.

needed to find his feet, to perform, to inspire, to lead.

:42:05.:42:15.

And Portugal have done it on penalty kicks! The semifinal brought a

:42:16.:42:23.

galactic showdown. Could the dragon kill the King? Ronaldo has met it,

:42:24.:42:30.

what a leap. Not this time. And so to Paris and a meeting with the host

:42:31.:42:34.

nation with their own demons to slay. The Portuguese will flood the

:42:35.:42:39.

capital once again, this time seeking victory not refuge. It's

:42:40.:42:45.

something I aways dream .com to win something important for the Portugal

:42:46.:42:50.

national team. I believe and my colleagues believe, all Portugal

:42:51.:42:53.

believes, and the immigrants in France believe, I think it's going

:42:54.:42:57.

to be the first time Portugal will win an important trophy.

:42:58.:43:13.

One goal tonight would see Ronaldo overtake Michel Platini as the

:43:14.:43:19.

all-time leading scorer in the Euros. Some decent names on that

:43:20.:43:24.

list. Some less decent. Just kidding. Ronaldo is a phenomenon.

:43:25.:43:29.

Breathtakingly brilliant footballer. Wonderful goal-scorer. And a leader.

:43:30.:43:35.

That's one of the impressive things about him in this tournament.

:43:36.:43:39.

Working hard as well, which is something you wouldn't associate

:43:40.:43:45.

with him. Didn't score in his first too -- two group games, but when his

:43:46.:43:49.

country needed him most, he answered it. That is just world-class, you

:43:50.:43:54.

can't teach that. Absolutely brilliant. The run to get in there

:43:55.:43:59.

was also phenomenal. Good ball in, brilliant header. He is so, so

:44:00.:44:06.

powerful in the air. The power, the direction. I can't tell you how

:44:07.:44:10.

difficult this is, to get up there, to tie it, to stay up there and the

:44:11.:44:15.

power of the header. Absolutely phenomenal. He's an interesting

:44:16.:44:22.

personality as well. He obviously has a huge ego, we know that, as any

:44:23.:44:27.

great sportsman would, a few histrionics at times, Rio. He does.

:44:28.:44:31.

I wouldn't accept this in my changing room when I was playing.

:44:32.:44:38.

Rating players in front everybody. -- their rating. Their players

:44:39.:44:42.

believe in him and understand he will get them where they need to go.

:44:43.:44:47.

He's a team man. In the changing room, he's involved in all the

:44:48.:44:50.

banter, anything going on for the betterment of the team within the

:44:51.:44:54.

changing room. People think he's egotistical. This is great. Come and

:44:55.:45:00.

take a penalty. It's only a penalty. It's in God 's hands. That's a

:45:01.:45:05.

leader. You could see that as a young kid because he's got a desire

:45:06.:45:08.

and he's hungry to please everyone in Portugal and deliver this trophy.

:45:09.:45:13.

It's one thing getting to the top and another staying. His attitude,

:45:14.:45:18.

his desire to stay there is brilliant.

:45:19.:45:24.

He mentioned Portuguese immigrants in France. You were telling us about

:45:25.:45:31.

that earlier? We all have a Portuguese friend, we all know

:45:32.:45:34.

somebody Portuguese in France. For them to win it here, their first

:45:35.:45:38.

trophy here in France, almost like winning it at home for them. History

:45:39.:45:44.

is so big between Portugal and France, on and off the field. It is

:45:45.:45:49.

just unbelievable. It is one of the first times you will hear somebody

:45:50.:45:53.

saying, in his interview, immigrants in France believe in it, too. He has

:45:54.:46:04.

taken goal-scoring to a new level. Ronaldo, 30 goals a season, the best

:46:05.:46:09.

players to be seen. If Ronaldo or Messi scored 30 goals this season,

:46:10.:46:15.

it would be a disgraceful season! 548 goals, not bad? Portuguese hopes

:46:16.:46:22.

rest on Ronaldo, Griezmann is the man that France will look to for

:46:23.:46:27.

inspiration. Is the top scorer in the tournament, with six goals,

:46:28.:46:31.

three ahead of his rivals. It is he, more than anyone else, who has

:46:32.:46:34.

helped his team progressed to the final. Haven't the French crowd, or,

:46:35.:46:40.

as they say out here, La Foule, enjoyed the ride?

:46:41.:46:56.

# Je revois la ville en fete et en delire

:46:57.:46:58.

# Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie

:46:59.:47:01.

# Et j'entends dans la musique les cris, les rires

:47:02.:47:04.

# Qui eclatent et rebondissent autour de moi

:47:05.:47:07.

# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

:47:08.:47:15.

# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

:47:16.:47:21.

Germany face France, a fixture so fixed in the French psyche that they

:47:22.:48:08.

are calling it their Everest. # Emportes par la

:48:09.:48:22.

foule qui nous traine # Emportes par la

:48:23.:48:24.

foule qui nous traine # Emportes par la

:48:25.:48:34.

foule qui nous traine # Emportes par la

:48:35.:48:41.

foule qui nous traine We have enjoyed hearing that song

:48:42.:49:04.

over the last few weeks. This is part of the closing ceremony that is

:49:05.:49:09.

currently taking place inside the Stade de France, as we lead up to

:49:10.:49:16.

the kick-off. Two sides playing for that trophy. Well, not the one in

:49:17.:49:21.

the middle of the pitch! We saw Antoine Griezmann, star of the

:49:22.:49:24.

tournament? Player of the tournament, without a doubt, unless

:49:25.:49:30.

Ronaldo scores three or four today. He has been brilliant. He was the

:49:31.:49:33.

guy that his team looked to to produce the goods. Like Portugal,

:49:34.:49:43.

Ronaldo, like Germany and Muller, for the size of him, very good in

:49:44.:49:48.

the air. If you get balls in like that, three, which you can't afford

:49:49.:49:51.

to give him that amount of space, he proved that. He is such a clever

:49:52.:49:57.

player, intelligent, his linkup play with Giroud has been superb. A bit

:49:58.:50:05.

of luck with the finish, but who cares? Understanding of the game,

:50:06.:50:09.

he's got pace, what about that for a finish? Such a clever finish. So

:50:10.:50:14.

intelligent. What I like about him is that he involved himself in the

:50:15.:50:19.

game, comes the band plays. When the ball does come into the boss, as

:50:20.:50:23.

Alan said, he is potent, he finishes. He has had 70 odd games,

:50:24.:50:30.

how is he still running? A real Number 10? Something that is really

:50:31.:50:34.

difficult to do, 70th game tonight and he is running like a lunatic. To

:50:35.:50:39.

be able to play, still at that quality, at that level now, at the

:50:40.:50:44.

end of the season, after a long season, especially the way that

:50:45.:50:47.

Atletico Madrid plays, always on counter, he has to go up and down

:50:48.:50:50.

all the time and he is still performing. Wow. Well done. It

:50:51.:51:00.

interesting, Thierry, we have seen some bogeys laid to rest, France

:51:01.:51:09.

finally beat Germany, Iceland finally beat England. Portugal have

:51:10.:51:16.

never beaten France in a major tournament, I don't want to worry

:51:17.:51:21.

you! Listen, I just hope we keep that run going and we can carry on

:51:22.:51:26.

beating the Portuguese. If not, it's a great tournament, happiness, but

:51:27.:51:32.

you still have to win it, because you want to make history. It's

:51:33.:51:35.

always about making history at the end of the day. I know they brought

:51:36.:51:39.

happiness back, that cohesion is back, Griezmann had a great

:51:40.:51:42.

tournament, but you need to win it at the very end of the day. The

:51:43.:51:47.

final is the most important of all. Portugal, you have to be patient

:51:48.:51:51.

against them? Yes, they are resolute. They understand how to

:51:52.:51:56.

defend, were to be on the pitch. Especially as a defender, when you

:51:57.:51:59.

know you have a weapon like Cristiano and Nani, you can change

:52:00.:52:03.

games, Sanches, they can change games, and brings a unity when you

:52:04.:52:07.

defend. Listen, we keep a clean sheet, these guys will open up and

:52:08.:52:13.

can get our hands on the trophy. It's mouthwatering to see what can

:52:14.:52:17.

happen. France have that many more weapons in this game, and I think

:52:18.:52:26.

that could prove decisive. In turns Portugal, important to get payback?

:52:27.:52:30.

He gives a bit more solidity at back. Pepe is a big game player, no

:52:31.:52:41.

surprise he is back in the team. I think France will have too much for

:52:42.:52:48.

them. Griezmann, Payet, who knows, Pogba also. Giroud has had a good

:52:49.:52:56.

tournament. What worries you, Thierry Cristiano Ronaldo. I was

:52:57.:53:08.

saying, listen, when I was a player, I needed to get rid into the game.

:53:09.:53:13.

You guys, it was kind of difference. Even if you were not touching the

:53:14.:53:16.

ball, you still had your head in the game, saying, I might get one. If I

:53:17.:53:20.

wasn't getting into the game, touching the ball, moving, I was

:53:21.:53:24.

thinking, I need to get into the game. That guy can miss 20,000

:53:25.:53:29.

controls, he can miss how many opportunities, and you still think

:53:30.:53:34.

he is going to score the winner. That is what worries me. Sometimes

:53:35.:53:37.

you can see somebody is not in the game. At that guy is always in the

:53:38.:53:42.

game, somehow. 44 free kick saw something now? 43 and he hasn't

:53:43.:53:51.

scored? Wouldn't that be typical? That is a mentality thing. We keep

:53:52.:53:56.

using the word desire, his mentality is geared to winning games, winning

:53:57.:54:01.

football matches. Ultimately, do it himself, almost. He wants to be the

:54:02.:54:04.

person getting them over the line with a goal. The Portuguese team are

:54:05.:54:08.

set up for that. Two teams in the tunnel, which will be triumphant?

:54:09.:54:16.

France, for me, 2-1. France, I wanted and I don't care how they

:54:17.:54:20.

win! I backed France at the beginning, I'm going to go with

:54:21.:54:24.

them. It calls for people keeping their emotions intact. Whoever does

:54:25.:54:28.

that and has Carmen is on the night will win the game. It's time. He

:54:29.:54:33.

knows it. The final of Euro 20s at the. The host nation, France, take

:54:34.:54:38.

on Portugal at the Stade de France. Commentators are Danny Murphy and

:54:39.:54:39.

Guy Mowbray. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to

:54:40.:54:49.

the end of the month long party. A few gate-crashers threatened to

:54:50.:54:52.

spoil it early on, but it has grown into a real festival of friendship,

:54:53.:54:56.

even if not all of the football has been sparkling. Hopefully tonight we

:54:57.:55:01.

will see a finish with a flourish. Echoes of 1998, France in the final

:55:02.:55:07.

at the Stade de France, featuring a team of Portuguese speakers whose

:55:08.:55:13.

star is Ronaldo. 80 years ago, the original Ronaldo seemed elsewhere in

:55:14.:55:16.

thought and deed and did not shine. It is hard to envisage that

:55:17.:55:20.

happening with this one. -- 18 years. If you see him as show man or

:55:21.:55:25.

show off, here's the best and biggest threat to France not making

:55:26.:55:30.

it a hat-trick of tournament wins as hosts. The first thing they are

:55:31.:55:32.

bound to win is the singing. # Herois do mar, nobre povo

:55:33.:55:43.

Nacao valente, imortal # Levantai hoje de novo

:55:44.:55:46.

O esplendor de Portugal # Entre as brumas da memoria

:55:47.:55:54.

O Patria, sente-se a voz # Dos teus egregios avos

:55:55.:56:02.

Que ha-de guiar-te a vitoria # As armas, as armas

:56:03.:56:11.

Sobre a terra, sobre o mar, # As armas, as armas

:56:12.:56:19.

Pela Patria lutar # Contra os canhoes, marchar,

:56:20.:56:29.

marchar. # Ladies and gentlemen, please remain

:56:30.:56:48.

standing for the national anthem of France.

:56:49.:56:51.

# Allons enfants de la Patrie Le jour de gloire est arrive

:56:52.:56:56.

# Contre nous de la tyrannie, L'etendard sanglant est leve

:56:57.:57:04.

# Entendez-vous dans les campagnes Mugir ces feroces soldats

:57:05.:57:17.

# Aux armes, citoyens Formez vos bataillons

:57:18.:57:25.

# Qu'un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons

:57:26.:57:32.

# Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs Liberte, Liberte cherie

:57:33.:57:50.

# Combats avec tes defenseurs Combats avec tes defenseurs

:57:51.:57:52.

# Sous nos drapeaux que la victoire Accoure a tes males accents

:57:53.:57:55.

# Que tes ennemis expirants Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire

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# Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras Egorger vos fils et vos compagnes. #

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Not a bad way to get the juices flowing for one of the biggest

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sporting events around. Let's take a look at the teams.

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Portugal, with the excellent Rui Patricio, and Pepe fit again to

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replace Alves at the back. Carvalho returns from suspension. Adrien

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Silva is another to be born in France with a Portuguese dad. Then

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the main two... Well, one! His great rival, Lionel Messi, has found

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international glory, beyond him. This might be Cristiano Ronaldo's

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last big chance. There has not been a hat-trick scored at the

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tournament, but Mark Clattenburg completes one other kind. He has

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refereed the finals the FA Cup, Champions League and European

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Championships in the same year. A testimony to the standard of those

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in the Premier League who we are perhaps too quick to criticise.

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If France win, Hugo Lloris will be the third successive goalkeeper

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captain to lift the trophy. Although ruck can't get a game, Sissoko can.

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Excellent against Germany, that nobody shone brighter than Antoine

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Griezmann, who came close to playing for Portugal, his grandfather's

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country. One way or another, a number seven is likely to have a big

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impact on how tonight turns out. his desire to stay there is

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brilliant. A full complement of substitutes for

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the coaches after no more injury concerns.

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There will be the countdown to kick off we've got used to throughout the

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tournament. Start from ten shortly and then Mark Clattenburg can get

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ready for the biggest moment of his career so far. He'll be hoping for a

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quiet night. We're hoping for anything but.

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It is the 15th European Championship final. France are in their third,

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they've won the other two. For Portugal it's a second and their

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mission is to do to France what Greece did to them 12 years ago.

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Beat the hosts, spoil the party. They'll have to be more composed

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with their passing at the back than that. In nervous first touch from

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Jose Fonte. It was indeed. I've got to mention the atmosphere in this

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stadium, it's absolutely incredible. I've watched many big games and been

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involved in many and I can't remember one where the atmosphere

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has been like this. There really is a electricity about this place.

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Patrice Evra throws the ball to Olivier Giroud. Payet caught by

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Nani. Nani instantly looked for Ronaldo. He's being watched closely

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by Bakary Sako you. -- Bacary Sagna. A little notch -- nudge from Renato

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Sanches, but the referee was there to rule nothing untoward about that.

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The jeers are music to Ronaldo's in years already. Two sloppy passes

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early on. Carvalho this time, a little bit of nerves.

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Understandable. Fernando Santos rarely shows any nerves, any kind of

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emotion at all. He's delighted in some of the criticism his team have

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taken for being too defensive. They are having to be here. Behind

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Griezmann, but here's Payet. Headed clear by Fonte.

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Nani is rudely barged off the ball by Pogba. Portugal are quick to

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regain possession, not that Renato Sanches can keep that one in. A

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little bit frantic on either side. Good defensive play by Pogba, he did

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the hard work by winning the ball back, then he tried to trick and

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gave it back to Portugal. The French look to be on the front foot.

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Sissoko settles for the throne. A remarkable turnaround in his life

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over the last few weeks. In the Newcastle United team that went down

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and he might be European champion by the end of tonight.

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Griezmann couldn't poke it out to Sissoko. Griezmann is a worker.

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What's blatantly obvious is that Portugal will drop off like we saw

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them do in the first half against Wales, give up some possession and

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try to counter. It's what we expected.

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Paper -- Pepe didn't get much on that, but just enough and it lands

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in a safe place. Pepe Mel the semifinal against Wales with a thigh

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strain. If he was fit he was always going to come back into the side

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even though Bruno Alves had a good game. He's got big-game experience,

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he's played in all the big finals for Madrid, this won't faze him,

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he's crucial to their back four tonight. Nani has controlled it...

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He will feel that's an opportunity gone. Lovely first touch, just

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couldn't settle himself down for the blast past Lloris. It's a good run

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from Nani. Gets in behind, tried to take it early. Decent effort. He's

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had more than a decent tournament. Back in the big leagues, with

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respect to the Turkish top flight. He's left Fenerbahce and will start

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the season at Valencia. A good move for him. Seems hungry and fit in his

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new role. We used to seeing him in wider areas, but he's played well in

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this tournament. Trying to find a little gap to find

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Griezmann. Pepe and Cedric tried to get it away. It reached Sissoko and

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that's reached the moon! A poor effort from Sissoko. Watch when the

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ball comes in. Fonte reads this brilliantly, he doesn't go and

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challenge Griezmann. He anticipates the flick on and gets the clearance,

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but wild slash at that from Pogba, you'd expect better from him.

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Most of the noise at the moment is coming from the determined,

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passionate bunch of Portuguese. Nani slipped as he tried to knock one

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infield to Cedric, who had advanced. He'll have to get back quickly now.

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Nice work from Moussa Sissoko. Look how quickly Miss Tweedy was

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onto it. Griezmann was there. -- Matuidi. Portugal pride themselves

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on being defensively strong. Not looking it at the moment. Another

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good opportunity. Griezmann snatches at it. You expect more from him.

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There's men in the box, disappointed he didn't find them. Can't blame

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him, really. Goal-scoring boots on at the moment. Six in the

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tournament, five in the last three games. It was a really good run from

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Sissoko. The type of thing we know he can do. Matuidi has picked off

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another one. Renato Sanches was caught heavily by

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Payet when they both went in together. Payet in very strongly on

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Ronaldo, who is rising. On goes Griezmann. It will be put out of

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play under Pepe's command by Cedric Soares. We'll see what the damage

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is. He looks hurt. He's not been on the ball much. Might be the first

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time he's probably had it at his feet and Payet did not hang about. I

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don't think it was particularly nasty. It was just need to need. It

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can be sore. The right knee going into the left need of Ronaldo. --

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left knee. The biggest grimaces after these sorts of moments when

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the drama takes over. You're right, they do hurt. I think he's genuinely

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hurt, he's not overplaying it. Sometimes when you clash knees, it

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feels a lot worse, and then it takes a minute or two to come back to you.

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His boot was flat on the floor. Maybe a bit of a twist.

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He's one player they can't lose. The player they can't lose. Might just

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work in his favour if he's fit. Not that he should need any more firing

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up. Almost a harsh and round the ground

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as people waited to see just what the extent of the injury was.

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Griezmann... Instinctive header. He knew where the goal was. He knew

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where really protrusion would be and it's a decent save. -- Rui Patricio.

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A slip from Pepe, making their own mistakes at the moment. Good save.

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Good header from Griezmann, clever. Another Payet corner. Went big with

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it and straight at Rui Patricio from Olivier Giroud. Just how he would

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have wanted it. It was a good ball in. This is the Griezmann header.

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Tries to look it over the goalkeeper. Moves his feet well,

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good save. Both these goalkeepers have had excellent Euro 2016s.

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Portugal making too many mistakes at the moment, helping France. They

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don't need any help with the players they've got. Renato Sanches quick to

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throw it in after good movement from Adrien Silva. The bounce of the ball

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beat him. Sagna seems to have rolled back the years after the last three

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weeks. Evra, too, on the other side. Renato Sanches won't find Ronaldo

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with that. He's still feeling his way back into things. It's a worry.

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It's on the back of his mind, you can tell. He's still limping and

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testing it out. It's on the front and the sides, too.

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What a rise in TT has enjoyed, third cap in his last three games. --

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Umtiti. Matuidi had to go backwards but had

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the athleticism to sort himself out. The return not quite in the right

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spot to Payet. Awkward landing for Ronaldo after he won the header.

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That's a landing that couldn't be avoided by Pogba with Joao Mario

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coming in. He didn't want to put weight on that knee. It's a problem,

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definitely. He's going to have to make a decision soon later. If he is

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really struggling. -- sooner or later.

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Jose Fonte given time on the ball. Guerreiro looking to busy things are

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for Portugal. -- up. Umtiti was being ordered by Evra to

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play it back to Lloris with Nani about.

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Ronaldo fouled this time. Portugal took the free kick perhaps too

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quickly. I think they did. They need to get a foothold in the game, get

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some passes, some possession and some confidence on the ball.

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France have looked the better team in the opening 14 minutes. The

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saving grace for Portugal is that it is level, that one save from Rui

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Patricio. Portugal have grown into the tournament, they might have to

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grow into the final. They started slowly against Wales, actually,

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before they grew into that game. Still, most of the noises coming

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from their supporters. There is hushed expectation amongst the vast

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majority inside the Stade de France. He has started brightly, Sissoko.

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Nice and positive. Good energy. Probably a few Newcastle fans

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thinking that they haven't seen that for a while. Certainly didn't see it

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often enough last season. A bit of a pick up, once Rafael Benitez came to

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Toon. Carvalho, at the U21 tournament just

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over a year ago. Normally, players like Sanches would be playing in

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tournaments like that one. Been thrust into the tournament. Ronaldo

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has gone down. He's coming off. There are going to be tears. This

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was his stage. This is not how it was supposed to

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end in France, this summer, for Cristiano Ronaldo. A massive shame,

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absolutely devastated for him. I've been watching him for four five

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shaking his head. -- for four or five minutes, he was shaking his

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head. It's his name that the Portugal fans singing, but they

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won't be seeing him in action again tonight. Nine or messy, recently,

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copper America, it didn't work him. -- the Copa America. The two

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greatest around right now, they haven't had it go for them on the

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international stage. A little bit naughty from Payet, but

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not horrendous. Maybe he tweaked something? So wrapped up in his

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disappointment, he doesn't even notice a moth paying a visit. A

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change, and the last one that Fernando Santos would have

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contemplated making. I'm sure many of you at home will be cheering at

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this, but that is a sad sight, a great sportsman. You want to see the

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best players play. Forget the histrionics, he is a wonderful

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footballer and we want to see him on the pitch. Looks like they are

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trying to give it one last bit of treatment before they make the final

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call. He knows, now. They can take that up, but he will be playing

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within himself. He's got to be able to sprint, get off the ground, go

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past people. The things he normally does? The things he does. Every

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player knows out there, even Sunday league footballers, you try to play

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with an injury, it's impossible. At the moment, France are playing

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against ten. A few anxious Real Madrid supporters

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watching this. Portugal are doing well to keep the

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ball, while they are a man light on the field.

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Can France break? That is as quick as Giroud has moved in a while. He's

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coming back on? Fairplay for having a go, it's a risk. A risk worth

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taking. 11 on the field for Portugal, maybe

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ten plus one, but it is a big one. I understand the risk, why they are

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taking a chance. They just have to be so careful that he's not leaving

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himself open for a worse injury. But it's the biggest game of his life,

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isn't it? I'd do the same. I'd want to be out there. The only player

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they would take that risk for. Yes. Throwing for Portugal. There will be

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watching the body language very closely indeed.

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Sissoko, he has started the game keen to drive at Portugal with every

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chance he gets. He comes into a central area and he thinks, there's

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a gap, I'm going for it. That is one way of getting through a packed

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defence. Quality run. So strong. The shot was deflected and it will be a

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France corner. His home debut for Newcastle against Chelsea, he loved

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one of the best players in the world. He's not done it quite since.

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-- he looked to be one of the best players in the world.

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Outcomes Rui Patricio and that is a great acclaim. It is all going on

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behind him, as he gets on with finding Ronaldo. He has winced as he

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found the pass. He's off, he has just signalled to the bench.

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Ronaldo could not get the spring. Adrien Silva, way off target.

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Ronaldo has signalled again, he has given the call to Jose Fonte and

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Pepe. The bigger worry is this man coming off. What is it about this

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stadium and the big major finals with Ronaldo? It has struck again.

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Portugal will have to do it for their man, without their man. It's a

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shame for everybody. Viewers, players, you want to beat the best

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team, you want to play against the best players. Of course it is going

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to benefit the French team. But watching Ronaldo at his best in the

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semifinal was a delight. You can tell us, I think you have already

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explained it, but there was nothing preplanned about that? It was

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accidental, wasn't it? It was a bit lazy, from Payet. It wasn't a great

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tackle. But it wasn't nasty. He has just tweaked something in his knee,

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whether it is the medial ligament, I'm not sure. But you can't carry on

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with it. On comes, in a moment, and incidentally this is nice, this is a

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really nice thing to see, 90%, maybe more of the stadium, French,

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Portuguese, neutrals, all applauding him off the field. A nice touch from

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Didier Deschamps as well. Ricardo Quaresma, who has had a fine

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tournament himself, is on. Given away to the new Portugal

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captain, Nani. Ronaldo was just a teenager when

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Portugal were last in the Euros final. He couldn't inspire them to

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beat Greece. They won with their only shot on target the entire game.

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Maybe the teenager on the field can really step it up? Well, an obvious

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change formation, Nani is up on own, Quaresma on the right. Mario on the

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left. Sanches has gone through the midfield to make it three. It is

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for- 5-1, in effect. Quaresma does like to do whatever he

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can with the outside of the boot. Knocked down tamely by Joao Mario.

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Couldn't get a proper jump at that. Good move, nice and patient. Better

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with the build-up, good cross in. I know who I would have wanted on the

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back post. France, dominating possession, with

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twice as many passes of the ball. Bid closing by Payet. Not to close

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on that occasion. What it is going to do is make Portugal harder to

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break down. They have another midfielder on the pitch, in effect.

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Sometimes you carry Ronaldo a little bit defensively. Of course, you lose

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that wonderful talent in attack, everything he brings going forward.

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Defensively, they are certainly going to be tough to break down. As

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if they already weren't. Still unbeaten in competitive

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internationals under Fernando Santos's shrewd, wily stewardship.

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They have only lost two 26 internationals that have really

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meant something in the last four years.

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Hard to beat. France knew that would be the case. Well-organised, well

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coached, well drilled. Good shape. Rui Patricio stayed back, allowing

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Raffaele De Vita error to flick it clear. A bit of uncertain goal

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keeping. -- allowing Guerriero to flick it clear.

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Another burst through the lot from Sissoko and his won corner. He did

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it all by himself. Best player on the field at the moment. Big sack

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Clay, exactly that. Positive, good skill, good balance. -- exactly.

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Really hard to handle when he's playing like this. Griezmann on

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corners. I thought your main striker wasn't meant to take corners! He is

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little. Matuidi made a run into the box and

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that's really good stuff from Southampton's Cedric Soares. I like

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Cedric, he's a good player. Quick, doesn't dive in too often. Made his

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international debut here. 2-1 France win in the November of 2014.

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France have actually won the last ten meetings. They've only got a

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better current run against Luxembourg. I saw that the other

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day. Strange, sometimes, how you seem to do well against a particular

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team, but I don't think the Portuguese players would have been

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thinking about that. I know we've had this conversation. Club football

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don't bother with it so at international level, even less so.

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Enough on it from Fonte to find Rui Patricio. Terrific defending,

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railway, patient, stayed with Griezmann, good header.

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Nani caught waiting for it and in came Laurent Koscielny, doing what

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he does. More interceptions than any other defender in the Premier League

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last season. I'd like to see Portugal try to get Nani in behind a

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bit more. The only bit of joy they've had in the first half. Get

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him off the shoulder of Nani and play some diagonals. -- shoulder of

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Koscielny. Sagna on the charge. It's been

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forced into the boards, he couldn't do anything else with it. Nothing

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much for Mark Clattenburg to concern himself with yet. No. I have to say,

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I think the refereeing generally at this tournament has been really

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good. There's definitely been a conscious effort to keep play going,

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not that many red cards, it's been really refreshing. Absolutely. I

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suppose we have to thank one of the best, Pierluigi Collina, for some of

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that. In charge of Uefa's technical department when it comes to

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officiating. Great work again from Sissoko! He

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stung the hands of Rui Patricio. Portugal keep out another France

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forward movement. Cedric went in without enough care on Payet. He

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caught him midair and he was never going to get the ball. He has to get

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the first card of the match. Definitely, yellow card. About time

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Cedric left a bit on him, if I'm honest. Getting too much of the

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ball, Payet. I'm not suggesting you should be attacking people. This is

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the chance. Good play from Sissoko, clever turn, full of confidence.

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Didn't quite get the bend on it. A decent ball in from Payet, but a

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nice, hanging 14 Rui Patricio. -- hanging one four Rui Patricio.

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I think it's important for a full-back or a defender when you're

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playing against a talented player to let them know you're there. Get

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really close to them. That was a bit over the top, one might say.

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If you do occasionally see a shadowy shape flicker across your screen,

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there are still a lot of moths flying around the stadium and there

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have been all evening. Not sure what anyone can do about that. Close your

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wallet. I knew that was coming. Safely done from Lloris, but at the

:36:07.:36:11.

cost of a throw. You still owe me money from the goal the other day.

:36:12.:36:14.

You said you'd never mention that ever again. -- our game of golf.

:36:15.:36:35.

Portugal coping without their talismanic pretty well at the

:36:36.:36:41.

moment. They are doing OK. Sissoko is causing them a few problems with

:36:42.:36:45.

his direct running, but they can't get any good possession in the final

:36:46.:36:50.

third. They haven't really worked Lloris at all.

:36:51.:37:21.

Still the Portugal supporters, with their flags, clap and cheer. They

:37:22.:37:29.

realise they have to play their part now. They are doing well to make

:37:30.:37:32.

themselves heard. The first time Allez Les Bleus has

:37:33.:38:05.

started to build. Brilliantly done by Renato Sanches, and a way to find

:38:06.:38:12.

Quaresma. Cedric has come to help Nani. Nani might not need any

:38:13.:38:19.

assistance. Adrien Silva wanted to long on it. It was dragged by

:38:20.:38:27.

Guerreiro, but it took a French touch and it's a Portugal corner.

:38:28.:38:31.

Really good move started by Sanches with great skill in the middle of

:38:32.:38:36.

the pitch. It falls to Silva in the end, a good run from Nani. Can't get

:38:37.:38:41.

it out of his feet, gets a bit trapped. Now we have Quaresma on the

:38:42.:38:55.

floor. He's hurt himself. Among the substitutes, he was really the only

:38:56.:38:59.

possible replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo. They need him to get up and

:39:00.:39:02.

get on with it. That's fine. No goals. France have had three

:39:03.:39:18.

corners, this is Portugal's first. It was a good leap. Jose Fonte from

:39:19.:39:29.

a standing start. Good ball in. It is a good leap. He wins it quite

:39:30.:39:33.

cleanly and should do better. We've seen him score some really good

:39:34.:39:40.

headers for Southampton. Sissoko off again. Lovely early cross from

:39:41.:39:46.

Dmitri Payet. That man Sissoko again. Starting the

:39:47.:40:01.

move. Another good header from Fonte. Close to Giroud, touch type.

:40:02.:40:08.

-- touch tight. Quaresma managed to hold off Matuidi

:40:09.:40:20.

first time and second. Look how many deep red shirts are

:40:21.:40:46.

back in their own half. No frills defending from Pepe, the

:40:47.:41:21.

Real Madrid man. Good attack, good defending, good quality football all

:41:22.:41:27.

round. Renato Sanches, just enough on it for Joao Mario. Pogba, not

:41:28.:41:32.

enough on it. Nani was well placed. Another Portugal corner. Best spell

:41:33.:41:36.

of the game, end to end. Joao Mario wanders away. But the

:41:37.:42:07.

short option is still there. Pepe nearly got there. Umtiti,

:42:08.:42:10.

importantly, just nicked in ahead of him. Guerreiro once more. Caught

:42:11.:42:20.

between stand between. Unlucky. Some good ball is put in from both sides.

:42:21.:42:25.

We talked earlier in the tournament about England's Paul set plays.

:42:26.:42:31.

They've all been on the money tonight. -- whore set plays.

:42:32.:42:37.

Nearly half the 45 goals France have conceded under Deschamps have come

:42:38.:42:50.

from set pieces. We always decry goals like that, but it seems to

:42:51.:42:53.

happen more and more the higher up the levels you go. You have such big

:42:54.:42:58.

and strong guys to defend against. It gets more difficult. What it is

:42:59.:43:04.

part of football. Very important part now.

:43:05.:43:15.

Mark Clattenburg has asked for the ball to be put out. Not seen too

:43:16.:43:27.

much of Pogba. What's that about? Do we need a change of ball? I think it

:43:28.:43:31.

might have popped. Two minutes until the half-time

:43:32.:44:07.

interval, or there or thereabouts. There will be a bit more added on

:44:08.:44:13.

for Ronaldo's injury. Portugal, over the last ten to 15 minutes, have

:44:14.:44:18.

spent an increasing amount of time in the French half. Very

:44:19.:44:19.

well-balanced. They've got some good players, they

:44:20.:44:32.

have kept the ball well, grown in confidence. They started nervously

:44:33.:44:36.

in the first ten minutes and we saw some stray passes. The substitution

:44:37.:44:40.

of Ronaldo, which has change their system, has given them a bit of

:44:41.:44:47.

better balance. Luis Figo, yawning. He's allowed. They would have loved

:44:48.:44:53.

to have brought on their previous magnificent number seven. I had the

:44:54.:44:59.

pleasure of being on the same pitch as him once. See a lot of him? Not

:45:00.:45:05.

really. He was absolutely amazing. So strong.

:45:06.:45:27.

Griezmann won't jump for that and wasn't blocked unfairly, either. A

:45:28.:45:34.

Portugal throw-in. A frustrating night for the man who has lit up the

:45:35.:45:37.

tournament with his half a dozen goals so far. Not quite have the

:45:38.:45:43.

joy. He keeps getting in there, keeps asking for the ball. He always

:45:44.:45:49.

wants it. A poor cross, by the way, from Sagna. No pressure on the ball.

:45:50.:46:00.

Ricardo Quaresma is down, a clash of heads. That is why the game had to

:46:01.:46:09.

be stopped. There might be more added time than the two minutes but

:46:10.:46:11.

were indicated. There will be a feud with headaches

:46:12.:46:32.

watching the game, I would think. It's not exactly been one to get the

:46:33.:46:37.

pulse racing so far. Hasn't, but it's been fascinating. The French

:46:38.:46:42.

started really well. Portugal hung in in the early stages. They have

:46:43.:46:45.

had to deal with the massive blow of losing their captain. I think they

:46:46.:46:48.

have recovered well, I really do. They have passed the ball well.

:46:49.:46:53.

They've not troubled the goalkeeper, of course, but growing into the

:46:54.:47:01.

game. Giroud might be scratching his head looking at Moussa Sissoko's

:47:02.:47:05.

display full stop When you have someone of that ability, the only

:47:06.:47:11.

other thing you can question is his mentality. Tonight, he has looked

:47:12.:47:15.

like a world beater, he's playing with an energy and desire that, as

:47:16.:47:19.

you say, we haven't really seen since the opening month of the

:47:20.:47:22.

season, the opening month of his career in England.

:47:23.:47:36.

You would think Portugal would be quite content to take this at the

:47:37.:47:38.

interval. Joao Mario wanted Nani to jump.

:47:39.:48:00.

Couldn't do it. Koscielny didn't have to. Good break, good ball.

:48:01.:48:06.

Unlucky, tries to pick Nani out. He doesn't take a gamble, Nani.

:48:07.:48:39.

Half-time in the final of the 2016 European Championship. Griezmann has

:48:40.:48:48.

come as close as anybody, kept out by Rui Patricio. We haven't had a

:48:49.:48:53.

goal, but we have had a major story. Cristiano Ronaldo forced off injured

:48:54.:49:00.

after a clash with Dimitri Payet pretty early in proceedings. It

:49:01.:49:04.

wasn't meant to be that way. Can anything stand in France's way?

:49:05.:49:07.

Portugal are, so far, 0-0. No goals, no Ronaldo, that is the

:49:08.:49:18.

story of the first half, not much to cheer one? A pretty tame affair, the

:49:19.:49:23.

big news was obviously Ronaldo. A big blow to everybody, such a shame

:49:24.:49:26.

for him and the game, because we want to see the best players on the

:49:27.:49:30.

biggest stage. Having said that, I think the game is sitting Portugal

:49:31.:49:34.

more than France. They are playing the way that we expected them to

:49:35.:49:40.

play, sitting deep, even deeper now that their superstar has gone off.

:49:41.:49:46.

There has not been too much brilliance to break them down. What

:49:47.:49:49.

you make of it from a French perspective? Sissoko has been

:49:50.:49:56.

playing so well in the first half, Matuidi as well. But in these games

:49:57.:50:02.

coming beat people in a one-on-one situation. You need to unlock

:50:03.:50:04.

something because they are difficult to play against. That is why Moussa

:50:05.:50:08.

Sissoko was playing well, because he can't beat people one-on-one. At one

:50:09.:50:12.

point you have to do that, if not it will be very difficult. The first 15

:50:13.:50:16.

minutes were lively, but when Ronaldo went off it is almost like

:50:17.:50:21.

everybody went, what do we do now? Yes, the superstar has left, who is

:50:22.:50:25.

going to unlock the door? Who will give that

:50:26.:50:36.

moment of inspiration? This game suits Portugal, they still look a

:50:37.:50:40.

threat every now and again on the counterattack. They just haven't got

:50:41.:50:42.

that potent person in front of goal. If they get out there and get out,

:50:43.:50:45.

Nani, with Ronaldo off the pitch, he might be able to express himself

:50:46.:50:48.

more. I think Renato Sanches, as well, breaking from midfield, he's

:50:49.:50:51.

done that a couple of times. France have to be careful. Matuidi is

:50:52.:50:55.

covering a lot of ground. If he can continue doing that, they will be in

:50:56.:50:59.

with a chance. France need width. White players having coming inside

:51:00.:51:03.

all the time. If they can spread the back four of the Portuguese, they

:51:04.:51:08.

will have a chance. France have generally made changes or something

:51:09.:51:12.

at half-time and be much better in the second 45 minutes? That is what

:51:13.:51:17.

I am talking about, it might be a game for Marcel, we know that both

:51:18.:51:22.

of those guys have the ability of beating people at any time, when

:51:23.:51:26.

they are on June. Who knows what he's going to do at half-time. You

:51:27.:51:31.

need somebody to make something up, if you don't do it against Portugal,

:51:32.:51:37.

it will be difficult. It will not be Ronaldo making anything happening in

:51:38.:51:41.

this game. A shame to see a huge star, in his big final? I don't

:51:42.:51:48.

think there is any blame for Payet. It was a strong, hard challenge.

:51:49.:51:53.

Very rarely do you actually see Ronaldo getting hit with tackles, he

:51:54.:52:02.

normally jumps over them. He got one tackle, comes in again.

:52:03.:52:09.

It's unlikely, that is all you can say about it. I don't think he had

:52:10.:52:16.

the intention to hurt him, I think he wanted to put in a strong tackle,

:52:17.:52:21.

let him know he is there. You don't want to injure anybody, but you want

:52:22.:52:24.

to be physical. It is unfortunate his studs got caught. Ligaments, I

:52:25.:52:32.

would say. In fairness, he did it on Sanches just before. We saw Matuidi

:52:33.:52:36.

doing it on Carvalho. The French team came out saying, listen, we are

:52:37.:52:42.

here. You don't want to see a player of that magnitude leaving the field,

:52:43.:52:49.

knowing that he won't be in another tournament. At this stage, he got

:52:50.:52:56.

very emotional. In fact, the moth now has his own Twitter account!

:52:57.:53:05.

Such other times we -- are the times we live in. Didier Deschamps, at the

:53:06.:53:15.

end of the day, Ronaldo is an amazing guy, he will go down in

:53:16.:53:18.

history as one of the best. You don't want to see one of those

:53:19.:53:23.

players leaving the field. I was part of a final where another

:53:24.:53:26.

Ronaldo was on a clean sheet, then he wasn't, and another one in 2016.

:53:27.:53:30.

You want to beat the best team you can beat. He's not going to be

:53:31.:53:35.

there, and that is the way it is. The French players will not be

:53:36.:53:38.

bothered about it, they will be delighted, the biggest threat is off

:53:39.:53:43.

the pitch. Looking at the game itself, one or two chances. Nani was

:53:44.:53:47.

the first to have an opportunity? We've not seen a lot, attacking

:53:48.:53:52.

wise, from Portugal. They haven't had one effort on target. But that

:53:53.:53:57.

was the best they gave us in that first half. Good ball, good run,

:53:58.:54:02.

poor finish. Myself and Thierry were thinking that maybe you should have

:54:03.:54:07.

checked that over the goalkeeper, but it would take something special

:54:08.:54:11.

to beat Hugo Lloris. The Griezmann header is probably the closest that

:54:12.:54:15.

they have come to? We expected Griezmann to be the one to try to

:54:16.:54:19.

unlock the door. A bit of a mistake from Pepe. Fantastic ball from Payet

:54:20.:54:27.

and a really good saved. This guy is small, but he's very good with his

:54:28.:54:33.

head. That it is what it will take, a mistake from Pepe. Payet spotted

:54:34.:54:42.

it, a great run from Griezmann. As expected, Portugal with a lot of men

:54:43.:54:47.

behind the ball, looking for counterattack, plenty of examples?

:54:48.:54:50.

It is proving frustrating for France. But it is working for

:54:51.:54:54.

Portugal at the moment. They haven't found too many ways of getting

:54:55.:54:58.

through this. They are tight, they are compact, all together. As I said

:54:59.:55:02.

beforehand, they all know their roles. At times, it is really

:55:03.:55:08.

frustrating as an opposing player, playing against a system like this.

:55:09.:55:11.

They are good at it. They know their roles. To get through it, you have

:55:12.:55:18.

to have someone like Sissoko who will look at that. Look up the

:55:19.:55:23.

number of bodies, forcing them inside, where they want them to go.

:55:24.:55:27.

In the end, they get the ball and hit you on the break. That is how

:55:28.:55:33.

you get through, quick, incisive, 1-2 passing and all of a sudden you

:55:34.:55:41.

are in the back four. Sissoko at helping because he is picking the

:55:42.:55:44.

ball up and driving through the spaces. We have seen it all season

:55:45.:55:49.

with Newcastle(!) It is a different one to what I have seen at

:55:50.:55:55.

Newcastle. Must be his twin brother? This is what you need to do at

:55:56.:55:59.

times, not all the time, but at times to make sure you unlock the

:56:00.:56:04.

back... Well, almost 11 at times. He has that in his locker. Sometimes

:56:05.:56:09.

you will say the way that he finishes what he starts, it is not

:56:10.:56:13.

what you expect. But look at this. That is what you need to do. That

:56:14.:56:19.

scares teams. Ask any midfielder, if you are playing against a midfielder

:56:20.:56:24.

that turns and will try to beat you from the central area, especially

:56:25.:56:27.

like he is doing, it is scary for a midfielder and also the back four.

:56:28.:56:31.

He is pulling people out of position. I personally love this. I

:56:32.:56:37.

don't know why he didn't curve it. But that turn was amazing. He can

:56:38.:56:50.

run all day. Want to see some goals? It is time to choose the goal of the

:56:51.:56:53.

tournament. Eight contenders coming up.

:56:54.:57:15.

Payet! What a wonderful goal! A belter in the last minute. What a

:57:16.:57:22.

goal to win a game. Goal! Luka Modric for Croatia!

:57:23.:57:42.

Falling invitingly and, quick as a flash, Modric strikes.

:57:43.:57:50.

Hamsik! Just brilliant. Just brilliant from the best player on

:57:51.:57:57.

the field. Such a sweet strike. Transfer Cristiano Ronaldo! 2-2! --

:57:58.:58:17.

chance for Ronaldo. Ronaldo becomes the first player to score at four

:58:18.:58:20.

different European Championship finals.

:58:21.:58:30.

Shaqiri! What a goal! Stunning! The little man has opened up the magic

:58:31.:58:41.

box and produced a piece of wizardry.

:58:42.:58:51.

And he took the shot, and he scores magnificently! That is even better.

:58:52.:59:04.

Good run from Aaron Ramsey. Towards Robson-Kanu. What a turn! What I

:59:05.:59:18.

goal! What a moment for Wales. Robson-Kanu, with what may well be

:59:19.:59:19.

the goal of his life. Lovely touch by Giroud. Griezmann is

:59:20.:59:38.

in! Scores! Top scorer in the competition now. Of all the people

:59:39.:59:45.

for the chance to come to, you knew he wasn't going to miss. 38 goal for

:59:46.:59:49.

club and country this season. Hasn't been a tournament of many

:59:50.:59:58.

goals, but certainly one of great goals.

:59:59.:00:01.

in the French half. Very well-balanced.

:00:02.:00:15.

The football is almost at an end, but there's another big event just

:00:16.:00:23.

the corner. -- just around the corner.

:00:24.:01:20.

Welcome to the end of the party. Griezmann! Instinctive header. A

:01:21.:02:08.

great sportsman. Great work again from Sissoko. We haven't had a goal,

:02:09.:02:16.

but we have had a major story. Goalless at half-time. The big story

:02:17.:02:20.

was Cristiano Ronaldo limped out, sadly, early. Didier Deschamps has

:02:21.:02:26.

made some dramatic and significant changes at half-time in this

:02:27.:02:30.

tournament, do you expect him to do the same now? I don't expect him to

:02:31.:02:36.

do it yet. But I think it will come pretty quickly if it stays like that

:02:37.:02:42.

because they need to have someone... Sissoko has been doing it. I don't

:02:43.:02:47.

think he'll do it yet, but maybe I'm wrong. I think substitutions will be

:02:48.:02:51.

key, the bench of France is better than Portugal. They have players to

:02:52.:02:59.

come on who have made big impacts. Portugal will play exactly the same.

:03:00.:03:02.

They'll be content with the first 45 minutes. They just have to hope one

:03:03.:03:08.

of the game changers turns up for France in the second half. A goal

:03:09.:03:12.

generally livens things up, it might come from that man, top scorer in

:03:13.:03:17.

the tournament, and one Griezmann. He's been prolific in recent games.

:03:18.:03:24.

Payet scored late on. Who knows what will happen in the second half.

:03:25.:03:28.

Let's rejoin Guy Mowbray and Danny Murphy. No changes made during the

:03:29.:03:32.

half-time interval so just that one big one in the first half, Ricardo

:03:33.:03:38.

Quaresma on in place of Cristiano Ronaldo. We did see the site of

:03:39.:03:43.

Kingsley Coman warming up on his own throughout half-time. We been

:03:44.:03:51.

speculating as to whether -- who he might come on for and when. I would

:03:52.:03:56.

have been surprised to see him instead of Payet. Sissoko has been

:03:57.:04:00.

the player of the first half. Payet has the ability to open you up in an

:04:01.:04:06.

instant. We'll see, but he still warming up. France have started the

:04:07.:04:12.

second half in hot fashion. Nani has lost it and he hobbled away from the

:04:13.:04:21.

challenge. Umtiti followed him. Trod on his foot. Yeah, it was a foul.

:04:22.:04:29.

Good play from Nani, keeping the ball for his team. When you're up

:04:30.:04:37.

there on your own, crucial. Shiny silver boots. Not offering a great

:04:38.:04:44.

deal of protection from that, though. Can't lose him, too.

:04:45.:04:59.

Some neat footwork from Adrien Silva, but then he ran into the

:05:00.:05:07.

colossus that is Paul Barber. Giroud promptly did something similar

:05:08.:05:10.

himself, straight into William Carvalho. -- Paul Pogba. Mark

:05:11.:05:18.

Clattenburg not impressed. This has been the France pattern all the way

:05:19.:05:23.

through the group stages and then against the Republic of Ireland.

:05:24.:05:27.

Their first six goals of the tournament were all scored after

:05:28.:05:31.

half-time. They didn't get going in those games early doors. They

:05:32.:05:39.

promptly scored four before the break against Iceland. Sissoko

:05:40.:05:44.

penalised. Portugal free kick. It will just be a free kick. Pepe is

:05:45.:05:51.

making the most of it. Sorry, say that again?! Forget him making the

:05:52.:05:58.

most of it, he's been superb tonight. His interceptions and

:05:59.:06:01.

reading of the game have been really, really good. I hate to see

:06:02.:06:07.

all that diving about, though. He's all right, you'll be pleased to

:06:08.:06:15.

know. When he gets on with just offending, he's one of the best

:06:16.:06:19.

around. He's been named in the European Championship team of the

:06:20.:06:23.

tournament in the last two editions of this. Very, very good footballer,

:06:24.:06:25.

but spoils it with the other stuff. Carvalho had to quicken the stride

:06:26.:06:58.

to get that away from the strong, ever willing Matuidi.

:06:59.:07:10.

Lovely touch from Joao Mario, who's got it again. Cedric was busting

:07:11.:07:17.

everything to get on the end of it. Good move. Portugal quicken things

:07:18.:07:21.

up. Nice work from the full-back again

:07:22.:07:38.

until that final ball is blocked. Easy for lorries. -- Lloris. On his

:07:39.:07:46.

way back, he casually makes sure the ball doesn't reach Sissoko. You can

:07:47.:07:52.

see just why he's made a big-money move, getting on for ten money --

:07:53.:08:01.

?10 million, from Lorient to Brucie Dortmund. I've been impressed with

:08:02.:08:07.

him. -- Borussia Dortmund. Unlucky there with his final ball. Sissoko

:08:08.:08:12.

just got his toe on it. He certainly wants to get on the ball and make

:08:13.:08:14.

things happen, the left back. Sissoko tries to leave Carvalho

:08:15.:08:24.

behind and runs into Cedric. Adrien Silva couldn't take it away

:08:25.:08:46.

from Payet, but a super tackle from Pepe. Joao Mario was more concerned

:08:47.:08:53.

with where Bakary Sako was running rather than running straight for the

:08:54.:08:57.

ball. Fernando Santos is letting him know about it. -- Bacary Sagna.

:08:58.:09:22.

Payet shoulder to shoulder with Renato Sanches.

:09:23.:09:43.

Nani needed some help there. Good to see Payet coming into central areas

:09:44.:09:51.

to try to get the ball. That's twice in the last couple of minutes. Nani

:09:52.:09:59.

foul on Sissoko. Seems to be a bit of tempo to the start of the second

:10:00.:10:03.

half. Definitely. Looks like the French got a bit of a rocket from

:10:04.:10:07.

the manager. Live on yourselves up, get on the front foot and get some

:10:08.:10:12.

attacks going. They are now get a boost from the crowd.

:10:13.:10:22.

Griezmann wasn't on the scene. Pepe was. Pepe always is. France corner.

:10:23.:10:33.

Good play again from Sissoko. He really has got the bit between his

:10:34.:10:38.

teeth tonight. Aggressive with his running, desire to get forward.

:10:39.:10:48.

Rui Patricio made his mind up very quickly to make it his and he did

:10:49.:10:55.

make it his. Good goalkeeping. Just what you want from your keeper. A

:10:56.:11:01.

lazy ball in from Griezmann. The first bad one he's hit.

:11:02.:11:12.

Arms in the air from Fernando Santos, furious that Pepe did that

:11:13.:11:19.

with it. Very demonstrative manager. He's never left the edge of the

:11:20.:11:23.

technical zone. Didier Deschamps has hardly got to his feet.

:11:24.:11:36.

Giroud not blessed with a pace that some have. He's had bad luck before

:11:37.:11:49.

in big finals against Portuguese opposition. He got Porto in the 2004

:11:50.:11:54.

Champions League final and Jose Mourinho's side dismantled his

:11:55.:11:57.

Monaco team. A good ball in from Payet. Look at

:11:58.:12:23.

that for defending. If it's not Pepe, its Fonte.

:12:24.:12:29.

We'll take another look at Pogba's strike to spare you the view of an

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idiot on the field. When you think about the security situation in

:12:40.:12:43.

France right now, it is no laughing matter when somebody does invade the

:12:44.:12:48.

playing surface. Everybody is on high alert of tension. Just

:12:49.:12:59.

brainless, isn't it? Just brainless. Credit to the fluorescent jacketed

:13:00.:13:02.

stewards because they were on him in the blink of an eye.

:13:03.:13:11.

William was mindful that Giroud was somewhere near. Koscielny was

:13:12.:13:59.

blocking Zhao Mario. Strong from Pogba. Needs to impose himself on

:14:00.:14:07.

the game a little bit more. Hasn't quite got himself in the game.

:14:08.:14:19.

Umtiti has to make sure he gets in front of Nani to blast the ball

:14:20.:14:26.

behind. Good move, wasn't it? Down the left-hand side. Mario getting

:14:27.:14:35.

in, a good ball. Quaresma is on the corner.

:14:36.:14:41.

Jose Fonte trying to get away from Koscielny. It won't matter with a

:14:42.:14:45.

corner like that. It was a poor clearance from

:14:46.:14:58.

Koscielny and he got mightily lucky. He did get lucky. It could have

:14:59.:14:59.

ricocheted anywhere. Really good from Matuidi. His energy

:15:00.:15:50.

levels are terrific. Keeps going after players, making you make a

:15:51.:15:55.

mistake. We are going to have the first French change. What does

:15:56.:16:00.

Didier Deschamps have up his sleeve? It's going to be Dimitri Payet,

:16:01.:16:04.

potential matchwinner with his free kick taking abilities, but France

:16:05.:16:10.

haven't had a sniff of that yet. On comes the man who started for Bayern

:16:11.:16:13.

Munich on loan from Juventus, Kingsley Coman. I find that strange.

:16:14.:16:22.

I thought Payet started the second half well, got on the ball a bit and

:16:23.:16:26.

started to have an influence. He obviously wants that pace, the

:16:27.:16:31.

ability to go past people. The lads in the studio were saying at

:16:32.:16:34.

half-time he is certainly capable of that. One-on-one, he can beat you.

:16:35.:16:47.

Griezmann, and straight at Rui Patricio, but immediately, the

:16:48.:16:51.

substitute has brought Griezmann into the game. That was good

:16:52.:16:56.

defending from Cedric. Really quick recovery from the full-back.

:16:57.:17:09.

He has had some career, by the age of 20.

:17:10.:17:20.

He is a super talent. Just has to get the consistency that comes with

:17:21.:17:24.

more games that you play. It is a final that has matched the

:17:25.:17:53.

rest of the tournament. We have had the moment. Every game has had a

:17:54.:17:57.

moment. We just haven't had enough magic.

:17:58.:18:04.

I think Portugal might be content to go the long route. I certainly can't

:18:05.:18:14.

see them taking big risks. And awkward slip for Raphael Guerreiro.

:18:15.:18:41.

Just the 17 years his junior. Not a lot in that, for me. Just getting on

:18:42.:19:11.

top, a little bit, France. First to the loose balls, the knock-downs in

:19:12.:19:17.

the middle of the pitch, Matuidi and Pogba.

:19:18.:19:21.

I was just going to say, with the two central midfield players, in

:19:22.:19:28.

Matuidi and Pogba, you miss somebody that can open up the back four from

:19:29.:19:32.

the middle of the pitch, you know? Play delicate through balls.

:19:33.:19:40.

About 20 minutes to go when they made the change in the semifinal

:19:41.:19:50.

against Germany to put Pogba further downfield, and then he immediately

:19:51.:19:51.

made goal number two. I think that one goal either way

:19:52.:20:07.

might be good enough to make. I agree.

:20:08.:20:29.

That is a lovely bit of control by Giroud. He had his foot hooked by

:20:30.:20:38.

Joao Mario, who will be booked. Good touch from Giroud. Cynical

:20:39.:20:56.

trip, no-brainer for Mr Clattenburg. Get the yellow out.

:20:57.:21:03.

If ever there was a will from the crowd, this is it, now.

:21:04.:21:19.

That was a good duel. The daddy of the team now once everyone to lift

:21:20.:21:34.

it a bit. Good defending again from Cedric.

:21:35.:21:41.

A Portugal change is imminent. They are going to put Moutinho into the

:21:42.:22:09.

action. That was always Rui Patricio's ball.

:22:10.:22:23.

Right idea, try to get some balls behind, use that pace. Why bring him

:22:24.:22:29.

on, if not? Problem is, you are up against a full-back that is pretty

:22:30.:22:31.

quick as well. Pogba didn't have an option other

:22:32.:22:45.

than to go backwards. Sagna, a disappointing cross from

:22:46.:23:43.

the Manchester City man. Evra as well, overhit, loads of time.

:23:44.:23:54.

Coman is demanding the ball plenty. That cross, and Griezmann misses his

:23:55.:24:03.

chance! Ball of the match, chance of the match. What a cross. What a bad

:24:04.:24:15.

miss from a very good header of the ball. We saw in the last game how

:24:16.:24:23.

good he can be. A man of his quality and his standards. A bad miss, huge

:24:24.:24:32.

chance. Huge chance. Portugal substitution, their second. Adrien

:24:33.:24:39.

Silva, born in France, makes way for a player based in France, at least

:24:40.:24:42.

for the moment. Joao Moutinho has been a Monaco man for the last few

:24:43.:24:46.

seasons. He is rumoured to be making a return to one of his former clubs,

:24:47.:24:51.

auto. Joao Moutinho is generally seen as a chance maker. -- Porto. He

:24:52.:25:00.

has an array of passes, he is skilful, very creative. Definitely a

:25:01.:25:06.

positive substitution. He worked hard, Adrien Silva. Covered every

:25:07.:25:08.

blade. Tenacious midfielder. It is already quite evident the way

:25:09.:25:19.

Adrien Silva went off, the time that Rui Patricio truck with that

:25:20.:25:22.

clearance, Portugal are in no great hurry.

:25:23.:25:41.

Kingsley Coman's drive. Well, well wide.

:25:42.:25:51.

Had he managed to burst the net with that, it might have been a contender

:25:52.:25:57.

for the goal of the tournament. Just a reminder that you can go to the

:25:58.:26:01.

BBC sport website to cast your vote for what you think has been the best

:26:02.:26:05.

goal of Euro 2016. Voting closes at the end of normal time. Rui Patricio

:26:06.:26:11.

has done that quite a lot, I should think.

:26:12.:26:33.

Giroud just tries to get into Rui Patricio's face.

:26:34.:26:43.

The Portugal players will not mind the noises coming from the French

:26:44.:26:49.

fans. They are doing exactly what they should do, keeping the ball,

:26:50.:26:53.

making France come out. France have to get on the front of us and try

:26:54.:26:59.

and win the ball back. -- the front foot.

:27:00.:27:12.

That looked more of a posh, than shoulder to shoulder from Joao

:27:13.:27:20.

Mario, who has to watch his step a little. No need to do it. Quaresma

:27:21.:27:27.

put in a great cross, somebody has to be busting a gut to try to get in

:27:28.:27:30.

there and get on the end of that, in a dangerous area. Portugal have not

:27:31.:27:39.

registered a shot on target yet. We mentioned earlier, the final that

:27:40.:27:45.

they lost on home soil, 1- 02 Greece in 2004, the only goal of the game

:27:46.:27:52.

in that one was Greece's only shot on target. It could happen all over

:27:53.:27:53.

again. A similar defensive mindset all the

:27:54.:28:07.

way through that tournament, Greece, and it worked for them. I still

:28:08.:28:11.

think they have to be careful not to try and play for a draw, they have

:28:12.:28:20.

to try and make a few chances. It was Umtiti who helped it across.

:28:21.:28:43.

That lovely line from Fernando Santos, questioned about his team's

:28:44.:28:52.

playing style, being pretty and being at home, or being ugly and

:28:53.:28:56.

being here, I would prefer to be ugly. Well, you know how he feels. I

:28:57.:29:00.

keep setting you up! Only Nani in the box, and he is

:29:01.:29:47.

outnumbered. And the pass goes the wrong way. That has been the story

:29:48.:29:53.

of their night, hasn't it? Getting to those areas quite nicely, then no

:29:54.:29:57.

end product. No cutting edge in the final third. The wrong decision.

:29:58.:30:06.

This is up to France and now, surely? This is their game? The

:30:07.:30:11.

tempo is not quick enough, I'd like to see more urgency, try to press

:30:12.:30:14.

them higher, force them into some errors like they did early in the

:30:15.:30:18.

game. Right now, it is quite easy for Portugal.

:30:19.:30:24.

Nice control from Coman. Here's the young sub once more, Kingsley Coman

:30:25.:30:34.

forced wide. Nobody in the middle to help him out. France corner, but it

:30:35.:30:37.

might have been a bit more than that. That's better. Speed of the

:30:38.:30:44.

attack. The young man, Coman, the substitute. Pogba is ready to jump.

:30:45.:30:52.

Missed by everybody. Excellent control in a tight spot by

:30:53.:31:09.

Sanches and really good policing by Sissoko, who is away again. Stopped

:31:10.:31:15.

by Nani. Fouled by Nani. That's got the benches to their feet. Some

:31:16.:31:20.

passion on the touchline now. Might be what the match and needs. He was

:31:21.:31:28.

fouled. I'm not so sure. What happened to a good old shoulder to

:31:29.:31:29.

shoulder? Claiming a foul, Moutinho. You just get little sparks of France

:31:30.:32:00.

upping their game and then it all quiet and is down again. They must

:32:01.:32:02.

maintain the momentum. Coman couldn't have done much more

:32:03.:32:23.

than he has done since leaving the bench. Towards Giroud. A miss kick

:32:24.:32:32.

from Sagna, but Koscielny is there to help him.

:32:33.:33:14.

Giroud brings the save from Rui Patricio.

:33:15.:33:24.

Sissoko, one of his first models of the match. It's a good stretch from

:33:25.:33:34.

Zhao Mario. He's only got Nani with him. Quaresma is trying to help out.

:33:35.:33:41.

Renato Sanches there as well, but also many blue shirts.

:33:42.:33:49.

Cedric Soares took too long and allowed Matuidi to get there and get

:33:50.:33:57.

in the way of it. A good chance the Giroud, but made by that man again,

:33:58.:34:01.

the young substitute, really trying to make an impression, Coman.

:34:02.:34:10.

Comparisons with Franck Ribery and you can see why. Bustling, trying to

:34:11.:34:16.

make things happen, a bit of inventiveness in the French game

:34:17.:34:22.

now. He's been nice and brave. He even slipped during that run and

:34:23.:34:26.

managed to come out with the ball. He's certainly made a difference.

:34:27.:34:38.

Interesting change that France are about to make. Giroud to come off

:34:39.:34:46.

and Gignac to come on. Portugal coming on strong. Griezmann has to

:34:47.:34:58.

withstand a challenge from behind by William.

:34:59.:35:27.

Giroud got in Griezmann's way. He was set to hit that with his left

:35:28.:35:31.

foot. A substitute apiece ready to come

:35:32.:36:01.

on. Andre-Pierre Gignac for France and Portugal throwing a forward into

:36:02.:36:06.

the mix, too, with Eder ready. A straight swap for France.

:36:07.:36:10.

Like-for-like at the top end, Giroud off and Gignac on. Giroud's chance

:36:11.:36:19.

there. Didn't quite catch it. A tight angle, decent save from the

:36:20.:36:29.

goalkeeper. The Portugal substitution is going to see Renato

:36:30.:36:34.

Sanches come off. He's dropped in energy. He hasn't been demanding the

:36:35.:36:39.

ball. He's hardly been in the action in the last ten to 15 minutes, but

:36:40.:36:43.

he can be very pleased with his tournament. Showing great maturity

:36:44.:36:51.

for such a young man, super talent. Eder to come on. Didn't exactly burn

:36:52.:36:59.

it up at Swansea in the first half of the season and went to Lil --

:37:00.:37:10.

Lille on loan, a move which has now been made permanent. Portugal with a

:37:11.:37:15.

target man now. I think you'll see Nani go into a wider area.

:37:16.:37:29.

It hit Sissoko, who was unlucky. Was just a little flick off the back of

:37:30.:37:44.

the head. Goalkick for Rui Patricio to take plenty of time with. A bit

:37:45.:37:52.

of fortune for Portugal. The dummy goalkick doesn't go down well with

:37:53.:37:54.

most of the crowd. Joao Mario, on a booking and he's

:37:55.:38:05.

had a talking to since. Portugal have used all their substitutes now.

:38:06.:38:11.

Really awkward! And another save from Lloris. He was very nearly

:38:12.:38:16.

beaten first time by Nani. Not sure what Lloris is doing. A mishit from

:38:17.:38:24.

Nani, but just catch. Immediately down the other end. Eder bunt

:38:25.:38:35.

unfairly by Umtiti, free kick to Portugal. And a yellow card for the

:38:36.:38:40.

young centre back. I tell you what is evident from just that one bit of

:38:41.:38:45.

good attacking play... If Annie -- if Nani can get one-on-one with

:38:46.:38:51.

Evra, he will cause problems. And chest United team-mates of old. --

:38:52.:39:00.

Manchester United. Nani really has gone wide.

:39:01.:39:09.

Less than ten minutes of the 90 to go. This really is in the balance.

:39:10.:39:17.

It's got the feel of a one goal game. Yeah, definitely.

:39:18.:39:31.

This is where I'm talking about France, they can come and press this

:39:32.:39:39.

ball. Take a bit more of a risk, come out of position and apply some

:39:40.:39:49.

pressure. Nice Portugal move. It was there to be struck and strike it

:39:50.:39:56.

hard Nani gate. It was a good move, nice build-up. Not much pressure on

:39:57.:40:00.

the ball. Before you know it, you're in shooting distance. Seems to be...

:40:01.:40:09.

They are taking more time about it. Almost as much belief in the

:40:10.:40:15.

Portugal team now as there is in players in blue.

:40:16.:40:29.

Eder was in a little late on Umtiti and Mark Clattenburg saw it. Shows a

:40:30.:40:39.

Fonte on guard, as he has been all day. A great story, international

:40:40.:40:44.

debut just short of his 31st birthday. He would never have

:40:45.:40:48.

thought he would be in this sort of occasion. He's played well.

:40:49.:40:51.

Goalkick. Frustration for Didier Deschamps. He

:40:52.:41:05.

knows they've got more. They have had the better chances, of course

:41:06.:41:09.

they have, but they've still not played... He doesn't look best

:41:10.:41:19.

please! -- best pleased. Might have been a few thoughts of why didn't

:41:20.:41:23.

our number seven stay fit and on the field? That sort of player that wins

:41:24.:41:32.

a game as delicately balanced as this. Yeah. We'll never know, I'm

:41:33.:41:38.

afraid. What he can be proud of is their performance since he went off.

:41:39.:41:42.

They've dug in and played some OK football. They've lacked creativity

:41:43.:41:45.

and a cutting edge, but they've stayed in the game.

:41:46.:41:59.

Umtiti allowed to advance. Sissoko! Terrific strike. Sissoko is on it

:42:00.:42:14.

again. That would trouble Rui Patricio quite so much. -- won't

:42:15.:42:23.

trouble. Really positive again from Sissoko. A long way out, but it's a

:42:24.:42:31.

good strike. Decent save from the goalkeeper, one you would expect him

:42:32.:42:41.

to make. That was flying. Sissoko has hurt himself in going for the

:42:42.:42:45.

follow-up header. He is still down and will need a bit of treatment.

:42:46.:42:49.

Plenty of water being taken on board. It is a particularly warm and

:42:50.:42:57.

muggy night in Paris. As things stand, there's going to be an extra

:42:58.:43:01.

half-hour of football to be played. In the humidity.

:43:02.:43:11.

Five finals in the past have gone to extra time. If it does go that way,

:43:12.:43:23.

let's hope we have a little bit more fun and games to watch than we've

:43:24.:43:27.

seen in most of the extra half hours in some of the games at Euro 16.

:43:28.:43:35.

Only one goal scored in extra time. That was whereas late on for

:43:36.:43:39.

Portugal against Croatia. -- that Quaresma. We're not there yet.

:43:40.:43:43.

Nearly. I don't think Shelley was thanking

:43:44.:44:01.

Sissoko for that one. Gignac, first time he's got on the ball. Positive

:44:02.:44:08.

from Gignac. The shot blocked by Raphael Guerreiro.

:44:09.:44:37.

Griezmann came running towards him, but not an option that he wanted to

:44:38.:44:46.

use. A very good tackle from Joao Moutinho. In came Matuidi, too

:44:47.:44:56.

strong. Good play, strong, get the body in, get the free kick for your

:44:57.:44:57.

team. Eder tried to set him up. Brilliant

:44:58.:45:18.

from Matuidi on a give and go. It's all becoming a little bit desperate.

:45:19.:45:22.

Both teams are trying to win it if they can. It's not a bad idea from

:45:23.:45:31.

Sissoko. A positive run, just overhit pass. There are some tired

:45:32.:45:35.

legs out there, understandably. Massive occasion, warm evening.

:45:36.:45:50.

Evra can't put the brakes on and find reverse.

:45:51.:46:08.

It might not get you on the edge of your seat as often as some other

:46:09.:46:14.

teams, but you can't help but admire Portugal for their rigidity,

:46:15.:46:20.

stubbornness. They won't be beaten easily. No, as I said earlier,

:46:21.:46:27.

really well drilled, disciplined, fit, strong, they know how to

:46:28.:46:28.

defend. He was a defender in his playing

:46:29.:46:38.

days, Fernando Santos. Long gone, those, though.

:46:39.:46:46.

If the floodlights go coming he's got a degree in electrical

:46:47.:46:48.

engineering. Quaresma couldn't do a great deal

:46:49.:47:05.

with it. It was a bad touch, the ball was fine. Although that looked

:47:06.:47:13.

like it was ending with a nice friendly touch, I don't think

:47:14.:47:15.

Koscielny was best pleased about it. 90 seconds of the 90 minutes to go,

:47:16.:47:36.

two or three to be added on, maybe. Time for the big push.

:47:37.:47:50.

Pogba has not been freed from his defensive duties at all. Gignac had

:47:51.:47:58.

wandered offside. Delicately curled in a Manuel

:47:59.:48:13.

watched by Rui Patricio. Could easily have been put off by the

:48:14.:48:15.

battle going on between Pepe. Nani. And we are into the first of

:48:16.:48:57.

three minutes that will be added on. Great tackle by Koscielny, cleanly

:48:58.:49:00.

away from Nani's boots. That is not going to work from

:49:01.:49:06.

Gignac. Pogba wants more movement from

:49:07.:49:30.

Gignac and Griezmann. He's not a playmaker, Pogba. You can

:49:31.:49:49.

spray a ball in, occasionally. It is better getting shots off, making

:49:50.:49:55.

runs into the box. 100 million worth? Not for me. Might be for

:49:56.:50:01.

somebody. He's a good player, don't get me wrong. 100 million? No.

:50:02.:50:08.

Gignac! But he hits the post! The goal was his!

:50:09.:50:22.

I don't think we are going to get a chance any better than that.

:50:23.:50:31.

Sometimes you start thinking, as a footballer, it might not be your

:50:32.:50:37.

night. Just putting it out there! Andre-Pierre Gignac did everything

:50:38.:50:40.

but the goal. Gignac is offside. There will be a

:50:41.:51:04.

few mutterings about that. A man who used to play for Marseille, not

:51:05.:51:13.

exactly the flavour of the month in this area, anyway. The groans when

:51:14.:51:17.

the replay was shown. Scuffs it into the ground.

:51:18.:51:22.

They used to have a special chant for him in Paris, poking fun at his

:51:23.:51:29.

physique. He looks pretty fit to me. He does. Big Mac for Gignac was the

:51:30.:51:42.

chant. Other burgers are available. I'm glad that you said it!

:51:43.:51:48.

Time is almost up. The three minutes have been played, time is up. We are

:51:49.:51:55.

going to have extra time. Another 30 minutes, we might even have a

:51:56.:51:59.

penalty shoot out to decide who becomes the European champions. It

:52:00.:52:03.

can only get ever more exciting, I guess, from here. Let's hope so.

:52:04.:52:05.

0-0. No question that France went closest

:52:06.:52:17.

to scoring, Gignac at the end. Goalless. The first European

:52:18.:52:19.

Championship final to finish goalless. If it remains that way, it

:52:20.:52:24.

goes to a penalty shoot out. There is always something to look forward

:52:25.:52:31.

to at the end, however dour it might be. This game sums up the

:52:32.:52:35.

tournament, for me, if I'm honest. Pretty dull, pretty boring. France,

:52:36.:52:40.

without playing particularly well, have had chances to have won that

:52:41.:52:44.

game, to win the tournament. They haven't, and they might regret that.

:52:45.:52:49.

Portugal, exactly the same thing for the vast majority of the game, sit

:52:50.:52:54.

deep, in the hope they might get a set piece, a piece of brilliance

:52:55.:53:00.

from someone. Without that guy, Ronaldo, you just felt that they are

:53:01.:53:04.

lacking a little bit of edge. Interesting to see Ronaldo coming

:53:05.:53:08.

out at the end of 90 minutes to perhaps motivate the players, get

:53:09.:53:12.

them going. He wants that title as much as anyone? I think so. He wants

:53:13.:53:16.

to get his hands on that. He's the captain, he wants to lift it. He is

:53:17.:53:22.

a team man. People think he is an egotistical fellow, but his drive is

:53:23.:53:26.

to be the best, and to be the best you need a platform of a good team

:53:27.:53:29.

around you and he appreciates that, he knows that. I think Portugal are

:53:30.:53:33.

really sitting and waiting to go to penalties, I think. The way they

:53:34.:53:38.

have played and performed, defended very well. Not risking much at all.

:53:39.:53:43.

Not easy against Portugal, Thierry, but have you been disappointed with

:53:44.:53:49.

the performance? In fairness, I was waiting for this kind of final,

:53:50.:53:53.

calling for somebody to unlock something. At least he was trying to

:53:54.:54:01.

do it, and he put almost the perfect ball for Griezmann, you would have

:54:02.:54:06.

backed Griezmann to score the goal. Gignac created his own chance, when

:54:07.:54:15.

the ball hit the post. I don't want to try... This is what we are going

:54:16.:54:21.

to see now. It would have been amazing if he scored that goal.

:54:22.:54:25.

But what if? Not far from where he is from, why not? He can be the guy

:54:26.:54:42.

that can unlock the situation today, I am not Didier Deschamps, I am

:54:43.:54:46.

throwing it out there. This kind of game, I have played so many finals

:54:47.:54:51.

when it is very tight, and not easy. It is tight, it is tense, Griezmann

:54:52.:54:59.

had a really good chance? He did. We just thought he was on his way down,

:55:00.:55:03.

trying to head it on the way down, which is difficult. Trying to glance

:55:04.:55:07.

it, rather than getting the neck muscles going, power behind it. A

:55:08.:55:13.

good chance. As was this, for Giroud? And Coman is at the centre

:55:14.:55:18.

of both of those chances, looking to commit people, take them on and ask

:55:19.:55:21.

questions of defenders as individuals. People like that become

:55:22.:55:25.

very important as the game goes on, they can be decisive. He could be

:55:26.:55:29.

playing against Fulham the first game of the season next season,

:55:30.:55:35.

Sissoko, he has been the best player on the pitch. Was a Sissoko, for me,

:55:36.:55:39.

is the Man of the Match in the final. He has been the driving

:55:40.:55:48.

force, the one that has been prepared to run into defence, into

:55:49.:55:52.

the spaces that have been created. That is what has been lacking in the

:55:53.:55:55.

French team. Everything has been a little bit slow, hasn't it? The

:55:56.:56:00.

build-up, the passing. It is bravery as well. People think bravery is

:56:01.:56:03.

just about going for tackles, sometimes it is receiving the ball

:56:04.:56:07.

and saying, I'm going to take the team forward. Sissoko done that

:56:08.:56:14.

great today. That is why I am talking about Martial. We have seen

:56:15.:56:20.

at times, Coman the ball that he gives to Giroud, he overdid it, but

:56:21.:56:24.

he created something, he got up and gives the ball. It's about

:56:25.:56:27.

commitment, desire, trying to go forward. Martial has not in his

:56:28.:56:35.

locker, maybe he's going to think about that. It looks like it will be

:56:36.:56:39.

a mistake that will decide the game. So often the way. The Icelandic

:56:40.:56:45.

chant we have seen so many times that this particular tournament.

:56:46.:56:51.

Here we go. Another 30 minutes. Will that decide it or will we go all the

:56:52.:56:56.

way to a penalty shoot out? We will see, with Danny and Guy.

:56:57.:57:07.

It does seem that way. No sign of Anthony Martial, but they do have

:57:08.:57:14.

that option. Some stretches on the touchline. Yohan Cabaye alongside

:57:15.:57:21.

him. Only one substitute available now for Didier Deschamps. The last

:57:22.:57:27.

time France were European champions, they won it in extra time. It was a

:57:28.:57:31.

Golden Goal, we don't have those available this time. I quite liked

:57:32.:57:37.

that, the Golden Goal. They tried it twice and scrapped it because it

:57:38.:57:42.

made extra time to negative, teams were frightened of conceding. Well,

:57:43.:57:45.

they haven't exactly been positive in this tournament. I think... Yeah,

:57:46.:57:51.

there is an argument for both sides. My personal experience of it, we won

:57:52.:57:55.

the Uefa cup with Liverpool with a Golden Goal. I think it was against

:57:56.:58:06.

Alves. We went in on the front foot, thinking, let's get this done and

:58:07.:58:11.

not take the risk of penalties. Not every team does that, of course.

:58:12.:58:24.

This is the first time that France have been forced into two hours of

:58:25.:58:27.

football. Umtiti is Barcelona bound after this

:58:28.:58:52.

competition. Coman was trying to divert it into

:58:53.:59:15.

Griezmann's path. For Les Bleus to go Allez, they need

:59:16.:00:22.

the ball. We'll see how badly they want it. It's up to them now. Do

:00:23.:00:27.

they want to take the risk of penalties or do they have the energy

:00:28.:00:34.

and desire to get after Portugal? A bit of tension, a bit of fear factor

:00:35.:00:39.

and we shouldn't underestimate the fatigue, too.

:00:40.:00:54.

Free kick Portugal. He's done OK when he's come on, nice and strong,

:00:55.:01:05.

kept the ball for his team and earned a few free kicks. He was

:01:06.:01:16.

pulled to the floor by Umtiti. You know who wouldn't have thought twice

:01:17.:01:22.

about striking it from here. Ricardo Quaresma looks more secure in the

:01:23.:01:25.

thought of hoisting one into the air. Nice ball from Quaresma. The

:01:26.:01:32.

book -- the flag is up. Wide of the target from Pepe anywhere. A few

:01:33.:01:36.

French hearts were in mouse when they saw him rise. -- mouths. It's a

:01:37.:01:48.

good ball, he's a yard off. Unlucky from Portugal. Ronaldo's up! Just as

:01:49.:01:58.

much -- he did just as much as Fernando Santos did during the

:01:59.:02:03.

break. He went round every one of them. Sissoko has been going around

:02:04.:02:10.

everyone of them all match. A yellow card for Raphael Guerreiro. I've

:02:11.:02:14.

seen Pepe score many good headers. He's a real threat. If anyone in the

:02:15.:02:21.

Portugal side deserves to score a winning goal, it would be that man,

:02:22.:02:28.

he's been sensational tonight. The France number three, Patrice Evra,

:02:29.:02:30.

running straight into Nani. A tired ball into the box from

:02:31.:02:47.

Blaise Matuidi. I wonder when Didier Deschamps will

:02:48.:03:01.

decide to play the last card are vulnerable. -- available. He surely

:03:02.:03:09.

will at some point. I think so. Martial would be the obvious call

:03:10.:03:11.

with his ability to go past people. It's a horrible fall from Eder, the

:03:12.:03:49.

former Swansea striker. Blaise Matuidi is apologising, but it won't

:03:50.:03:53.

stop him from getting a booking. We're going to see this now from the

:03:54.:03:58.

Portuguese now. They'll take their time, stay on the floor. Miss Tweedy

:03:59.:04:07.

has done nothing wrong, he's stopped, -- Matuidi. It's not a

:04:08.:04:13.

booking. Tried to make sure that the collision didn't happen.

:04:14.:04:27.

Pepe on the ball and he'll take as long as he likes about it.

:04:28.:04:35.

I've been really impressed with Nani. His fitness levels, strength,

:04:36.:04:44.

variation in his play, sometimes spinning, sometimes coming to feet.

:04:45.:04:45.

Really good. Lost by Cedric, who is now chasing

:04:46.:05:02.

Coman. Coman is rather crudely bundled over by William Carvalho.

:05:03.:05:07.

That was just a case of stop him at all costs. The cost is a card. You

:05:08.:05:14.

hear it said a lot by former players, it's a clever one. Cynical,

:05:15.:05:19.

but needed. Stop the momentum, stop the flow.

:05:20.:05:29.

Griezmann is coming back to take this free kick.

:05:30.:05:38.

Griezmann is still not making his way into the box.

:05:39.:05:47.

Matuidi's energy levels have been absolutely brilliant. He's been

:05:48.:06:10.

nonstop. Thierry Audel about him in the studio -- Thierry talked about

:06:11.:06:24.

him. Couldn't stop the corner, it crossed the line. Fernando Santos is

:06:25.:06:29.

taking issue with that call. I think it did.

:06:30.:06:36.

Certainly did. France corner. 10th minute of the first half of extra

:06:37.:06:45.

time. Another one successfully repelled by

:06:46.:06:52.

the Portuguese back line. Koscielny was caught. Griezmann

:06:53.:07:00.

tries to play Gignac in. He can't win the corner. He was

:07:01.:07:28.

trying to play it off the shins of his opponent. I think it is a

:07:29.:07:34.

corner. It is. He looked frustrated with himself. He'd beaten him at one

:07:35.:07:41.

point and then he tried to beat him again. Koscielny is battling on. He

:07:42.:07:46.

took a real whack as he slipped to poke the ball to a team-mate to keep

:07:47.:07:51.

the pressing going. Trying to attack this, but well over him and it went

:07:52.:07:57.

past everyone. The crowd not happy. Griezmann has not had a night, he's

:07:58.:08:02.

had a tournament, but a stinker tonight. He's not been up to his

:08:03.:08:06.

normal standard. I wouldn't say a stinker. I think it's been hard for

:08:07.:08:11.

him in a congested area off the pitch where he likes to get on the

:08:12.:08:16.

ball. The header was probably his big moment. He somehow missed the

:08:17.:08:23.

target. But good players keep going. He's still got time to be the hero.

:08:24.:08:32.

Has he dropped too deep? At times. I think at times he has. He wants to

:08:33.:08:36.

get on the ball and make things happen.

:08:37.:08:51.

A quizzical look from Moussa Sissoko. He's done OK, Gignac, since

:08:52.:09:01.

he's come on. He's got good feet for a big man. We saw that when he put

:09:02.:09:04.

Pepe on his farm. -- on his bottom. Portugal corner kick. Gignac is

:09:05.:09:40.

charging back to be an extra defender. Here come Pepe and Fonte.

:09:41.:09:48.

This is their best chance by a mile. Set play. Can Pepe or Fonte use

:09:49.:09:51.

their power and their presence? Koscielny on Fonte. Umtiti pushed to

:09:52.:10:00.

the floor by Pepe. Mark Clattenburg has had a

:10:01.:10:14.

relatively comfortable night and he's handled it well. Just sort this

:10:15.:10:22.

one out. The corner will finally come into the penalty area.

:10:23.:10:29.

A lot of pushing and shoving, you can see where Quaresma is trying to

:10:30.:10:37.

put it. It is a good delivery to just the right place. Lloris

:10:38.:10:38.

couldn't hold it. Smothered by Joao Mario. Did so

:10:39.:10:55.

well, Joao Mario. Tracked back. Great fitness levels. A chance for

:10:56.:10:57.

Portugal. Lloris is quite happy to let that

:10:58.:11:27.

curl away from him. This is the chance from Eder. A good header

:11:28.:11:29.

down. Pogba trying to get himself into

:11:30.:11:41.

advanced positions now. Half-time in extra time. As has been

:11:42.:12:21.

the case with the extra time periods at Euro 2016, not a great deal

:12:22.:12:25.

happened. We did have one big moment. That was for Portugal. But

:12:26.:12:31.

somehow, for either team, it just will not go in. It's getting

:12:32.:12:35.

increasingly hard to see how it will. Portugal, we know, are happy

:12:36.:12:43.

for it to go to penalties. They will make one on a set play if they get

:12:44.:12:47.

an opportunity, of course, they'll take that all day, but it's up to

:12:48.:12:51.

the French, really, to move higher up the French as a team, as a unit,

:12:52.:12:57.

press higher and for some mistakes from Portugal. I don't know whether

:12:58.:13:00.

they've got the energy to do it. Griezmann looks tired now. He could

:13:01.:13:06.

bring on Martial, who would give them pace. Is that something that

:13:07.:13:11.

surprised you? The area was talking about it a while ago. There's 15

:13:12.:13:17.

minutes to go. Martial must be an option. It has surprised me. If you

:13:18.:13:25.

want to win a game sometimes, you have to change the personnel and it

:13:26.:13:29.

got a bit flat in the latter stages. He's got 15 minutes. Maybe now is as

:13:30.:13:36.

good a time as any with the Portuguese defenders being tired.

:13:37.:13:40.

Martial's dribbling ability, of course. Huddles are the order of the

:13:41.:13:48.

day. Mark Clattenburg has blown his whistle. Both sets of players and

:13:49.:13:52.

management teams will go into a circle. We can see Didier Deschamps

:13:53.:13:59.

emphasising to his team exactly what he wants from them in the quarter of

:14:00.:14:03.

an hour ahead. If we were to get a glimpse of the other side of the

:14:04.:14:07.

halfway line, Cristiano Ronaldo has been giving the Portuguese battle

:14:08.:14:12.

cry. When you talk about fitness levels of players, this is where it

:14:13.:14:17.

becomes so important. Physically can you cope? Can you do it? And then

:14:18.:14:25.

the mentality. Can you stay strong? Good decision-making? Staying on

:14:26.:14:28.

your feet at the right times, not diving in, not giving the ball away

:14:29.:14:32.

in city areas, and then that bit of magic in the final third. Can

:14:33.:14:37.

somebody produce that memorable moment? Gignac has come as close as

:14:38.:14:44.

anybody to scoring. I was going to say rattling the woodwork, but it

:14:45.:14:48.

didn't rattle, it dribbled against the post. He did the hard bit really

:14:49.:14:50.

well. Great bit of skill. There is just one more change left

:14:51.:15:03.

for France if they want to use it. When did we last see a really good

:15:04.:15:11.

final? I'm trying to think. We have another bit of incident. Joao

:15:12.:15:18.

Moutinho, I think that Mark Clattenburg is waving away calls for

:15:19.:15:29.

further punishment to Matuidi, who is already in the referee's book.

:15:30.:15:30.

Didn't touch him. A free kick for Portugal, generally

:15:31.:15:49.

right, generally when the boot goes that high. It absolutely right not

:15:50.:15:51.

to card him. Fonte couldn't quite get Ronaldo

:15:52.:15:58.

style and hang a time. The one that is warming up most

:15:59.:16:21.

vigorously is Cabaye. I think Martial looks pretty annoyed.

:16:22.:16:28.

Claims for handball, and gets it. Free kick for Portugal. A strike --

:16:29.:16:39.

one which can be struck. That is a yellow card for Koscielny. Is saying

:16:40.:16:49.

it's not him. It wasn't. It was the hand of Eder. Well! What a

:16:50.:16:55.

contentious call that is. Yes, but that's OK. It won't be for France,

:16:56.:17:04.

if that applies in. That's true, but I understand how he got it wrong. --

:17:05.:17:07.

flies in. Struck differently, against the bar!

:17:08.:17:26.

Caught everybody out! Looked to be all about Quaresma. What an effort.

:17:27.:17:41.

He has beat Lloris. Actually, he is there, to be fair. His hand is

:17:42.:17:45.

there. But it's a great effort, isn't it?

:17:46.:17:52.

Twice, Portugal have hit the frame of the French goal.

:17:53.:17:59.

Well, once each. It's a long game, isn't it? You had me thinking,

:18:00.:18:13.

there. You can see why Dortmund have paid that money for him. Super

:18:14.:18:19.

striker! Eder smashes Portugal to the verge

:18:20.:18:26.

of glory. The Stade de France is stunned, but

:18:27.:18:42.

for a huge pocket of Portuguese. He meant that. I was talking a couple

:18:43.:18:50.

of minutes ago about magical moments. I certainly didn't expect

:18:51.:18:55.

it to come from this man. But what a goal. We talk about strength, touch.

:18:56.:19:03.

Why not? Smashes it into the bottom corner. What a goal! I'm not sure

:19:04.:19:12.

what the celebration is about, but who cares? That could be the biggest

:19:13.:19:20.

moment of his life. The French inquest begins, Fernando Santos is

:19:21.:19:26.

the only body in the Portugal camp that managed to keep a lid on it.

:19:27.:19:31.

Tears from Cristiano Ronaldo. They are almost there, just over ten

:19:32.:19:37.

minutes. Sissoko is off, and finally Martial is on. Rescue mission for

:19:38.:19:45.

France? Ice and urgency now from the French. -- I can see some urgency

:19:46.:19:47.

from the French. Portugal goalkick. See how long Rui

:19:48.:20:10.

Patricio takes with this one. Eder, bit part player. We have hardly seen

:20:11.:20:14.

him this tournament. I tell you what, since he came on, he has been

:20:15.:20:20.

a handful. Came to Swansea for about ?5 million from Braga at the start

:20:21.:20:27.

of last season. Never hit the target for the Swans. He has only gone and

:20:28.:20:31.

done it in the biggest game of all Europe. The biggest game of his

:20:32.:20:37.

life. If it is to be the winner, it will be remembered for ever, he will

:20:38.:20:43.

be in the history books. A player who plays in France, for Lille.

:20:44.:21:00.

Koscielny goes in strongly and it is a France

:21:01.:21:35.

Rui Patricio, what a good catch. Patricia is... Did you say Patricia?

:21:36.:21:50.

I'm still in shock, honestly. What a shot that was. He's had a good

:21:51.:21:55.

tournament, Portugal's goalkeeper, Sporting Lisbon's number one for

:21:56.:22:04.

nearly a decade now. Maybe France will be ruing not doing things with

:22:05.:22:07.

more pace in the game as a whole? Exactly that. They left a Martial on

:22:08.:22:12.

the bench for too long. They were happy to pass the ball around. There

:22:13.:22:15.

wasn't enough urgency in the play. Pepe decided he couldn't take the

:22:16.:22:29.

chance and he has knocked it behind for a corner. It's about the first

:22:30.:22:33.

time they haven't been on the same page. He's right, if you are not

:22:34.:22:37.

sure, if you can't hear, get rid of the danger.

:22:38.:22:46.

Here go Portugal, on the counter, with Joao Mario seeing Quaresma

:22:47.:22:54.

across the field. Just over by Quaresma.

:22:55.:23:12.

Ronaldo is kicking every ball. He looks pretty fit down there, the

:23:13.:23:20.

moment. It is worse when you are in the dugout sometimes, when you have

:23:21.:23:25.

come off, or you are a substitute, you want the team to do well and you

:23:26.:23:28.

can't do a thing about it. You feel like a fan. Portugal angry, because

:23:29.:23:32.

they felt sure that Eder was pushed. Steered away by William Carvalho.

:23:33.:23:51.

He's played well, he's defended so well. Joao Mario has found an extra

:23:52.:24:00.

gear from somewhere. He seemed spent not long ago. He has been hauled to

:24:01.:24:06.

the floor by Pogba. The discipline, the balance, the tenacity of this

:24:07.:24:09.

Portuguese side has been really impressive. They have written their

:24:10.:24:17.

luck at times, you have to. Effort, commitment, every single one of

:24:18.:24:24.

them. Eder, at the moment, getting the fans going.

:24:25.:24:34.

Portugal, five and a bit minutes away from their first ever major

:24:35.:24:38.

trophy. If anybody can get to that, Martial

:24:39.:24:58.

can, but he is policed really smartly by Cedric. Good defending,

:24:59.:25:03.

wasn't it? I said that so many times. Trusted his pace. Go on, try

:25:04.:25:08.

and run me. I'm as quick as you. No chance. Portugal on the verge of

:25:09.:25:17.

tournament history as well. Only two other teams have reached the

:25:18.:25:19.

European Championship or World Cup final from finishing third in their

:25:20.:25:24.

group. Remember, they were on the verge of going out when they drew

:25:25.:25:30.

3-3 with Hungary in Lyon. They needed Ronaldo, three equalisers.

:25:31.:25:36.

Gignac, took a touch from Raphael Guerreiro. He has overstretched. The

:25:37.:25:55.

only two other teams to go into a final from third, Argentina, 1990,

:25:56.:25:58.

lost to West Germany in the World Cup, Italy, four years later, lost

:25:59.:26:07.

on penalties. I get that argument, but I would suggest in the group

:26:08.:26:10.

that they were not the third worst team. They had enough to win four

:26:11.:26:20.

matches. That is the point that Fernando Santos has made. He raised

:26:21.:26:25.

eyebrows yesterday when the defensive trait came out again and

:26:26.:26:29.

he said, well, we've had 36 shots on target, the same as France. Of

:26:30.:26:34.

course, some of France's have gone in. Stats, you can use, manipulate

:26:35.:26:39.

however you want as a coach or player. The simple fact is, you have

:26:40.:26:43.

to find a way to win. They have done that. Nobody gave them a chance

:26:44.:26:46.

against Croatia, they have found a way. More than any team at this

:26:47.:26:53.

tournament, they will not be beaten. They like defending, you can see

:26:54.:27:00.

that. They really do. Glamour faces are all French -- glum. They've got

:27:01.:27:13.

to get him back on the pitch, injured or not. Just needs to put

:27:14.:27:17.

one foot in front of the other. I think it is cramped, of some sought.

:27:18.:27:28.

The noise level has just risen, on Ronaldo's command. Gestures towards

:27:29.:27:39.

the Portugal funds. Free kick, Portugal again. Another chance to

:27:40.:27:45.

eat up a few more valuable seconds. Ronaldo was shouting, get on the

:27:46.:27:52.

pitch. He is bang on, stop messing around, get back on the air.

:27:53.:27:59.

Ronaldo, forcing Raphael Guerreiro back onto the field. Well, he has

:28:00.:28:09.

done his bit, without doing his bit. He knows that it's not all about

:28:10.:28:15.

him, he knows that winning this for his country, his team-mates, for

:28:16.:28:20.

himself, all of it. It means he will be remembered as one of the

:28:21.:28:23.

greatest. They always talk about international players winning

:28:24.:28:24.

trophies for their country. Koscielny. Quaresma has gone to

:28:25.:28:42.

left-back, because Guerriero can't run. I'm not sure about that.

:28:43.:28:55.

Ricardo Quaresma has burst down the field all of a sudden. And he has

:28:56.:29:04.

support from Joao Mario. Sagna just about keeps France in the game. Just

:29:05.:29:11.

about. They've actually been good in extra time, Portugal, the second

:29:12.:29:17.

period. The French haven't got enough energy.

:29:18.:29:26.

Joao Mario. He didn't want that. It did just go out. France throw. Last

:29:27.:29:37.

throw for them. 20 seconds, there might be one minute added on, that

:29:38.:29:38.

will be about all. If they win it, Ronaldo acknowledges

:29:39.:29:54.

the effort of his team-mates tonight.

:29:55.:30:00.

Two minutes. There is a groan from the Portuguese in the stands.

:30:01.:30:09.

He'll take his time getting back up again. He's done that well. Strong,

:30:10.:30:23.

keep hold of the ball. A nation that has played most games at the

:30:24.:30:26.

European Championship without winning it. That's about to change.

:30:27.:30:38.

I wonder how quickly Ronaldo will run on the pitch if they win it? His

:30:39.:30:44.

left knee is heavily strapped, covered in bandage. They are calling

:30:45.:30:50.

for full-time. Not yet. One more minute. Towering leap from Pepe.

:30:51.:30:59.

He's been immense. What a performance. Helped onto Coman. This

:31:00.:31:10.

could be the last chance for the host nation. Knocked down. Not!

:31:11.:31:21.

Offside. The flag is up. I think it's gone for France now. You can

:31:22.:31:29.

see it on the expression of Anthony Marshall. And the tired Laurent

:31:30.:31:34.

Koscielny. -- Martial. Gignac strayed. Ronaldo thinks they've won

:31:35.:31:43.

it. Rui Patricio will just get this is far downfield as he can. The hugs

:31:44.:31:49.

have started on the Portugal bench. Look how excited Cristiano Ronaldo

:31:50.:31:54.

is. All he's achieved, all the wealth he's accumulated. But he's

:31:55.:32:00.

never done this. Rui Patricio collect a token yellow card. He'll

:32:01.:32:06.

probably get the ref to sign it and give it to him later. He goes big.

:32:07.:32:14.

Eder jumps and he celebrates because he's the man who won the European

:32:15.:32:25.

Championship for Portugal! Their heartache as hosts 12 years ago is

:32:26.:32:31.

now being played out by France. Portugal do to them what Greece did

:32:32.:32:46.

in Lisbon in 2004. There are French tears, there are Portuguese tears,

:32:47.:32:51.

for very different reasons. There is no sunshine ending in Paris. Pepe

:32:52.:32:56.

has done so much, he can't keep it in. It has been a monumental effort

:32:57.:33:03.

by Cristiano Ronaldo's team. I'm sure many of them thought it had

:33:04.:33:07.

gone when he limped off. What an effort. I thought everybody did,

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including myself. So much credit to the players on the pitch, they

:33:15.:33:19.

defended with their lives, played with some quality on the break,

:33:20.:33:23.

waited for their opportunity. Fitness levels were fantastic. What

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a goal to win it. Superb. Credit to them. Portugal takes the prize.

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(STUDIO) Portugal are the European champions of 2016. Ronaldo's tiers

:33:38.:33:46.

of despair turned to tears of joy as he's hard by his team-mate and the

:33:47.:33:51.

winning goal-scorer. The Portuguese fans go mad. A lot of them in Paris,

:33:52.:33:57.

as we talked about before the game. But for the French, despair in front

:33:58.:34:01.

of their own supporters. That's never happened before in a major

:34:02.:34:05.

tournament. Didier Deschamps blows from possibly a hero to perhaps a

:34:06.:34:09.

villain in the eyes of the French people. Sam Thomas, 14 competitive

:34:10.:34:20.

games as the coach -- Santon. Not one single defeat. Allen, a

:34:21.:34:23.

tremendous performance considering they lost their star man early on.

:34:24.:34:29.

The way they stuck together, the way they responded to the bitter blow of

:34:30.:34:33.

Ronaldo going off has to be room mired -- admired. The way they

:34:34.:34:38.

defended and stuck together as a group. From that point of view, you

:34:39.:34:46.

cannot take anything away from them. The goal Eder scored, he was a

:34:47.:34:50.

threat when he scored, he held up the ball, brilliant piece of skill

:34:51.:34:55.

on the edge of the box, he held off Koscielny and what a finish it was.

:34:56.:34:59.

Down to the right of Lloris, he didn't have a chance. It's ironic

:35:00.:35:05.

that they've won one game in 90 minutes out of seven and they are

:35:06.:35:10.

champions. And Eder scoring the winning goal. 15 appearances for

:35:11.:35:16.

Swansea and he had never scored a competitive goal for Portugal before

:35:17.:35:20.

theirs. If you score one, you might as well make it important. Thierry

:35:21.:35:27.

Henry, commiseration aims, obviously disappointing for France and their

:35:28.:35:32.

football team. A sad day. I said before we have a lot of Portuguese

:35:33.:35:35.

in France and we are going to hear about it for a very long time. You

:35:36.:35:40.

have to give that team a lot of credit. First and foremost, well

:35:41.:35:44.

done to Portugal. I was saying before the game that you make sure

:35:45.:35:50.

and win it. But we have a team again. People might wonder why

:35:51.:35:54.

Martial didn't come on, why this and why that. When people were brave, we

:35:55.:36:04.

were number nine. Eder made a difference because he's a striker.

:36:05.:36:11.

He turned Koscielny inside out and scored. But listen, I said it

:36:12.:36:17.

before, I didn't want it to be the tournament of Nemesis and tournament

:36:18.:36:23.

first time you beat your nemesis. It turned out to be exactly that.

:36:24.:36:29.

Having said that, I repeat, you can only win the tournament if you have

:36:30.:36:34.

a good team. You can only win it as a team. Perfect example, Ronaldo

:36:35.:36:39.

comes out and they still win it. Maybe that gave them a lift. When

:36:40.:36:44.

you lose a big guy like that, you think let's do it for him, let's be

:36:45.:36:54.

resilient. Sometimes that gets teams together. When you go against ten

:36:55.:36:58.

men, it galvanises them and they have something to cling onto, they

:36:59.:37:03.

don't have to attack you. This Portuguese team, from the word go,

:37:04.:37:07.

they were comfortable, happy, to sit back and soak up pressure with the

:37:08.:37:12.

likes of Ronaldo and Nani on the counter to score goals. Going down

:37:13.:37:16.

to ten men, I didn't see that being a problem for them because they were

:37:17.:37:21.

sitting back anyway. You can see the hurt. I've been in finals, we'll

:37:22.:37:27.

have, where you've lost. The feelings you go through, IFS, buts,

:37:28.:37:37.

maybes. These guys... When you saw Ronaldo acting on the side of the

:37:38.:37:44.

field, we were saying... It's like a movie, the Ronaldo movie. He's the

:37:45.:37:49.

lead actor. He has the supporting role, director... He's in charge

:37:50.:37:55.

given when he's not player. Before the game, you say let's have no

:37:56.:37:59.

regrets. I think the France team will have because they didn't play

:38:00.:38:03.

well. I know they still had two or three good chances to win, but they

:38:04.:38:08.

didn't play well. We didn't see the energy, we didn't see the pace of

:38:09.:38:14.

passing from Payet, from Griezmann, from Pogba. There was definitely

:38:15.:38:17.

something missing tonight from that French team. Subdued. It seemed so

:38:18.:38:25.

one paced. There was no thrust in this team. We were talking about it

:38:26.:38:33.

off air. There was a weird rhythm in the second half and into extra time.

:38:34.:38:40.

It was only going to suit Portugal. It can only help them to win the

:38:41.:38:45.

game and it did. Ronaldo preening a little bit, getting ready for the

:38:46.:38:49.

presentation, that magical moment. He's put his shirt back on, which is

:38:50.:38:55.

something. You saw the Portuguese fans celebrating there. This is how

:38:56.:38:59.

the victory was received in Lisbon. This is the fan park there. It's

:39:00.:39:06.

their first tournament successful stop when you saw the name of

:39:07.:39:09.

Portugal being etched onto the trophy for the first time... A

:39:10.:39:15.

population of 10 million. Hugely competitive football nation, they

:39:16.:39:19.

get a semifinal after semifinal and that fella deserves to be thrown up

:39:20.:39:22.

in the air. What a performance from the coach. He had a successful time

:39:23.:39:29.

with Greece before the Portuguese appointed him. Very experienced.

:39:30.:39:34.

Cute, clever. You have to say well done because they've got a way of

:39:35.:39:38.

playing and what they say to the opposition is come and beat us,

:39:39.:39:43.

break us down. We're going to rely on a piece of brilliance or a set

:39:44.:39:47.

piece, that's the way they play. Teams haven't been able to do that

:39:48.:39:52.

with them. You have to say well done to the coach. If you go back to the

:39:53.:39:57.

qualifiers, they didn't start well. Bento went into an argument with

:39:58.:40:01.

Ricardo Carvalho and some of the older guys in the squad. The first

:40:02.:40:06.

thing that Fernando Santos did was bring them back. Especially Ricardo

:40:07.:40:11.

Carvalho. He said I need experience in the team and especially at the

:40:12.:40:15.

back. That's why he started with Ricardo Carvalho in the tournament.

:40:16.:40:20.

You can see what experience can do in a big tournament. That's down to

:40:21.:40:24.

him. He was getting criticised, I also said that the beginning after

:40:25.:40:29.

three draws in the group stage, maybe they don't deserve to go

:40:30.:40:33.

through. But with the new rules, you have to give them their respect.

:40:34.:40:39.

Well done to Fernando Santos and Portugal. Mark Clattenburg had a

:40:40.:40:42.

really good game, although he missed one handball. By and large she had a

:40:43.:40:50.

decent game. I think the officials right throughout the tournament have

:40:51.:40:56.

been excellent. Agreed. Mark Clattenburg got one decision wrong

:40:57.:41:00.

tonight, but other than that they've been brilliant. Looking back on

:41:01.:41:05.

Portugal, 20 years, they had the golden generation of rouleur Rui

:41:06.:41:09.

Costa, Luis Figo and more and they didn't get over the line. It goes

:41:10.:41:13.

back to the thing about a team. Better players as individuals that

:41:14.:41:21.

time, but this is a close-knit, well drilled team with a strategy they

:41:22.:41:27.

all buy into. That's a powerful thing to have. Nice sportsmanship,

:41:28.:41:30.

the Portuguese players giving the French players around of applause.

:41:31.:41:36.

It's always difficult to single out a player, or two or three, because

:41:37.:41:40.

they played well as a team, but I have to single out Raphael Guerreiro

:41:41.:41:44.

tonight. What a game he had. I don't know if it's because he born -- he

:41:45.:41:49.

was born in France and grew up in France and if he had something to

:41:50.:41:54.

prove today, but he played ever so well. You can name Pepe, Fonte,

:41:55.:42:01.

Carvalho... Patricio, the goalkeeper, as well. I think

:42:02.:42:08.

Guerreiro as man of the match. That is a lonely walk. A lot of stops

:42:09.:42:14.

anyway -- steps anyway, but when you're not picking up the trophy,

:42:15.:42:19.

that's the moralising. I feel for Griezmann because I was there in

:42:20.:42:23.

2006, the final of the Champions League and the final of the World

:42:24.:42:28.

Cup, back to back. It's the worst thing that can happen in the game.

:42:29.:42:33.

You almost say sometimes, if you have to choose, you want to lose in

:42:34.:42:38.

the semifinal. He looked shattered tonight, absolutely shattered. Have

:42:39.:42:44.

any of you got your run as a medals? I haven't. They got thrown away. I

:42:45.:42:50.

don't know where they are. Koscielny didn't even put it on. You don't

:42:51.:42:56.

want it, why would you put that on your mantelpiece? I know what it

:42:57.:43:00.

means to Pat, being in the changing room for eight or nine years with

:43:01.:43:05.

him. France was is everything. Disappointing at the World Cup... It

:43:06.:43:11.

makes it worse losing in front of your home supporters. The host

:43:12.:43:16.

nation, in a final. I'm not trying to find any excuses for that team,

:43:17.:43:22.

maybe they didn't play the final people were expecting, but I'll

:43:23.:43:27.

repeat, we have a team again. Let's not forget about what Didier

:43:28.:43:30.

Deschamps did and what that team has done. They didn't finish on a high

:43:31.:43:35.

note and make history, but with what we went through as a country in

:43:36.:43:41.

terms of events off the field and events back in the day on the field,

:43:42.:43:48.

well done. What about Didier Deschamps? His legacy, what will

:43:49.:43:56.

that be? I think they will keep him. He has done well. People why --

:43:57.:44:02.

people will question why this, why that, when you don't win, but I

:44:03.:44:05.

still think he's the man for the job and let's see if we can qualify for

:44:06.:44:09.

the World Cup. The Portuguese players are going up to receive

:44:10.:44:14.

their medals and of course the European Championship trophy. The

:44:15.:44:18.

self-proclaimed ugly ducklings have turned into swans. Guy Mowbray, all

:44:19.:44:20.

yours. There can rarely have been a more

:44:21.:44:29.

determined bunch of boys than these ones. Portuguese men of war, all of

:44:30.:44:33.

them. Masterminded by Fernando Santos. He has coached all of

:44:34.:44:44.

Portugal's tres grandes, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica, Porto. Varying

:44:45.:44:52.

degrees of success. That could have been one of the saddest sights of

:44:53.:44:58.

the tournament, but even Ronaldo's bandaged knee is a thing of

:44:59.:45:01.

celebration tonight. So shattered they can barely climb the steps. But

:45:02.:45:07.

I am sure there will be a burst of energy when they get to the top. It

:45:08.:45:10.

brings back so many memories, thinking about picking up a trophy.

:45:11.:45:15.

It is the ultimate in football. This is international level, for your

:45:16.:45:18.

country, something very few players have experienced. You can see in

:45:19.:45:26.

their faces, it's an amazing story for a team that are not fancied

:45:27.:45:30.

before the tournament, aren't fancied during it, even. You said

:45:31.:45:35.

the word, team. We were led to believe this was a squad that was

:45:36.:45:39.

all about one man. I think they have shown tonight that they possess

:45:40.:45:49.

character, quality, what Ronaldo does is give them the icing on the

:45:50.:45:56.

cake. People won't remember if he played in the finals, they will

:45:57.:45:59.

remember he was the captain of the team that won the first trophy. An

:46:00.:46:19.

unlikely hero, Eder. A winning goal, thumped past Hugo Lloris. Credit to

:46:20.:46:25.

most of the French supporters, to see that trophy, named after one of

:46:26.:46:32.

their own, a Secretary General of Uefa, his brainchild. Isn't it great

:46:33.:46:37.

to have a hero, rather than a villain? Somebody scoring a

:46:38.:46:41.

wonderful goal in extra time, to win a tournament like this, compared to

:46:42.:46:45.

somebody missing a penalty? Ronaldo not the leading man, this time. But

:46:46.:46:50.

he still gets up to receive the plaudits for the best supporting

:46:51.:46:54.

role. He played it to perfection, down on the touchline, as his

:46:55.:47:00.

team-mates did it for him and for Portugal out on the field. Perennial

:47:01.:47:08.

semifinalists. They always seem to make the last four, but only reached

:47:09.:47:12.

one final before and it all went sour on their own turf, just as it

:47:13.:47:16.

has done for France tonight. All of that is forgotten now. Every one of

:47:17.:47:23.

the squad, unlike the French, of course, only too happy to get those

:47:24.:47:27.

medals around their necks. Rui Patricio has been a rock in the

:47:28.:47:32.

Portugal goal, a goal so well protected by Fonte, Pepe and

:47:33.:47:42.

company. Resolute defence. With a goal or two in there at the other

:47:43.:47:49.

end. The trophy has a new name on it. First-time European champions.

:47:50.:47:54.

Kings of Europe. Portugal! There will be a party tonight in

:47:55.:48:13.

Portugal, not Paris. Portugal the winners, lifting the

:48:14.:48:44.

trophy. Huge emotion on the faces of those players. They deserve that.

:48:45.:48:50.

What a moment for them, what a moment for that country. Overall,

:48:51.:48:56.

such a durable team. Ultimately, they have come out as winners, Alan?

:48:57.:49:01.

That's what it's about. They set their system up, as I said, they

:49:02.:49:04.

said to everyone, this is how we are going to play, you know we're going

:49:05.:49:08.

to play this way, come and beat us, break us down. Not many kinks could

:49:09.:49:12.

do it. Not the best game of football we have ever seen, often the case in

:49:13.:49:14.

a final. A cracking goal to win it? Big, strong, skilful, held Koscielny

:49:15.:49:30.

off. Turns him, get off me! The best part is that, the finish is sublime.

:49:31.:49:36.

Lloris has no chance. And he is a top goalkeeper. He's the type of

:49:37.:49:40.

striker I didn't enjoy playing against. He wants contact, elbows

:49:41.:49:45.

and kneecaps everywhere. But he is somebody that is aggressive, he

:49:46.:49:49.

wants to get goals, because it can. Sometimes it looks scruffy and he

:49:50.:49:53.

doesn't make it come off, but he always wants to get the ball and

:49:54.:49:57.

take it and engage in a battle. U of what it means to these guys, tears

:49:58.:50:02.

of joy. Who was called upon, he came on, every ball. He had one

:50:03.:50:11.

opportunity to score. I don't even know who it was an opportunity to

:50:12.:50:15.

score. He pushed him away, what a finish. There was a moment in the

:50:16.:50:19.

game when you think it is not going to beat France's night. If there was

:50:20.:50:24.

one, it was probably Gignac when he hit the post? Give him a lot of

:50:25.:50:28.

credit, you don't see a lot of people doing that to Pepe. You

:50:29.:50:38.

know... He scuffed it, that is what you will see on the replay, that is

:50:39.:50:43.

what allows the ball to go over the leg. But we were talking about

:50:44.:50:58.

dinking the ball. But he's not Messi? It's not about doing it, it's

:50:59.:51:02.

about thinking about it at that moment. Griezmann, the Golden Boot,

:51:03.:51:06.

twice as many goals as everybody else. But did he have a couple of

:51:07.:51:11.

opportunities, headers, but it didn't happen for him? Not his

:51:12.:51:16.

night? It wasn't his night. Yes, you just mentioned that he has the

:51:17.:51:20.

Golden Boot, he has probably been the player of the tournament. But he

:51:21.:51:23.

will be thinking about these for the next few weeks. Especially that one?

:51:24.:51:29.

Yes, that is a big opportunity for him.

:51:30.:51:37.

There is confirmation of the Golden Boot winner, Griezmann, with six.

:51:38.:51:43.

Ronaldo, second, with three. More assists than the other players.

:51:44.:51:50.

Another thing, you know, I am really upset for Antoine Griezmann. I think

:51:51.:51:57.

if France had won, on a personal point of view, he would not have the

:51:58.:52:01.

Golden Boot. We now know where that ball is going to go.

:52:02.:52:07.

Four weeks of football, 108 goals and Portugal are the winners.

:52:08.:52:15.

After months of fearing what might happen at the Euros, at last, the

:52:16.:52:26.

football started. France, the hosts, kickers off. France were flying.

:52:27.:52:34.

Payet! What a wonderful goal! Some couldn't look, others didn't need

:52:35.:52:41.

to. Fans under the spotlight. For every sinner 1000 Saints. The green

:52:42.:52:47.

and white Army made friends everywhere. We will never tire of

:52:48.:53:03.

the man on Fire. Others were smouldering. The Welsh beast not

:53:04.:53:12.

beaten. Massive strops, flimsy strips, impressive dips. One nation

:53:13.:53:19.

proved that size isn't everything. Their thing became the thing. The

:53:20.:53:23.

volcano erupted. Some of the big boys were

:53:24.:53:35.

struggling. No one wanted to leave early.

:53:36.:53:40.

The Republic of Ireland have scored! The place is going mad. Some could

:53:41.:53:57.

not stop the slide. Trousers, wowsers, Ledley, Dudley. Some found

:53:58.:54:01.

it hard to sit down. Some watch the tournament pass them by. Some dug

:54:02.:54:09.

deep. Some, a little too deep. England faced another dentist's

:54:10.:54:12.

chair. The teeth pulling might take some time to heal. Spiky. Crikey.

:54:13.:54:24.

Blondie. One way or another. Not even the great Italian could hold

:54:25.:54:33.

the Germans. He has blazed it, after an exaggerated run of! The masters

:54:34.:54:37.

were frail, but they didn't falter. They were born this way. Enter the

:54:38.:54:47.

Dragon. Fearless, faultless. Always in the frame. He came, he soared, he

:54:48.:54:54.

conquered. The hosts also had a hero. Nobody could stop him. Not

:54:55.:55:04.

even the unstoppables. The hosts stayed for the final dance, but

:55:05.:55:05.

their guests were the last to leave. It has been quite a few weeks. You

:55:06.:55:16.

have voted for your goal of the tournament. You voted in large

:55:17.:55:21.

numbers. These are the top three you came up with. Robson-Kanu, against

:55:22.:55:26.

Belgium. Shaqiri, against Poland, Ronaldo against Hungary. It is up to

:55:27.:55:30.

you three to decide which one of those three is going to win. I'm

:55:31.:55:37.

going to go for Robson-Kanu. He told the Belgian defenders to get out of

:55:38.:55:44.

the stadium. Johan Cruyff, composure, but net. Robson-Kanu,

:55:45.:55:51.

control, composure. Well, this is irrelevant. Shaqiri. Just the

:55:52.:55:59.

technique? Cracking goal. Let's see the winner one more time.

:56:00.:56:06.

Good run from Aaron Ramsey. From Robson-Kanu. What a turn! What I

:56:07.:56:18.

goal! What a moment from Wales! Robson-Kanu with what might be the

:56:19.:56:21.

goal of his life. It was certainly one of the moments of the

:56:22.:56:25.

tournament. What do we make of the tournament? New format, more teams

:56:26.:56:29.

in it. Pretty negative, low goal-scoring ratio.

:56:30.:56:34.

Undoubtedly, the quality levels were disappointing. Teams coming not

:56:35.:56:39.

necessarily to win, just not get beat, not coming out and... Not

:56:40.:56:45.

making a better spectacle. On one hand, we can say the quality has

:56:46.:56:49.

been a step down, if not a couple of steps down. But then we have seen

:56:50.:56:54.

great scenes with fans who never thought they would go to a

:56:55.:56:56.

tournament like this and they have been able to have moments like

:56:57.:56:59.

Iceland against England, which was great. At the end of the day, you

:57:00.:57:04.

want to see quality players, the best players playing in the best

:57:05.:57:07.

teams. We didn't get as much about us we would have liked. Is the game

:57:08.:57:13.

a little bit negative at the moment, Thierry, is there too much fear?

:57:14.:57:19.

Safety first? Yes, if you allow the third to go through in the group

:57:20.:57:23.

stage, teams know if they win one game, they draw three, they can go

:57:24.:57:29.

through. Teams don't go forward. Uefa say they are happy with it and

:57:30.:57:32.

they think it is the way ahead, they might even bring in more teams? The

:57:33.:57:36.

team that finished third has just won the tournament. And happy to see

:57:37.:57:41.

teams doing well, Albania winning a game, Iceland doing what they did.

:57:42.:57:44.

But I think the new rule killed the group stage games. Personally. But

:57:45.:57:52.

for five or six games, the standard has been poor. As I said, at

:57:53.:57:57.

full-time, it has been pretty dull and boring a lot of the time. A lot

:57:58.:58:01.

of the excitement has come from the smaller teams, Wales, Iceland,

:58:02.:58:06.

Portugal were not fancied. Uefa have got what they wanted, financial

:58:07.:58:10.

reasons, it has been a success. But I think the quality has been poor.

:58:11.:58:18.

Your personal highlights? Rio? Wales. The journey they went on was

:58:19.:58:25.

fantastic. The unity they showed, the fans behind them, the

:58:26.:58:30.

unbelievable unity that they showed with each other. It's a great story.

:58:31.:58:35.

It is something that will live on for a long time and their fans will

:58:36.:58:40.

live through that for years to come. Thierry, as regards the host nation?

:58:41.:58:46.

Put on a great show? It's not so much on the field, it is about how

:58:47.:58:55.

the tournament went, colour, joy, happiness. That is what we wanted at

:58:56.:59:00.

the beginning. There was fear, and nothing happened. On the whole, it

:59:01.:59:05.

was a successful tournament. The fans, but for the incidents with

:59:06.:59:09.

England and Russian fans, other than that, they have had a fantastic

:59:10.:59:13.

time. They've enjoyed it. The Wales fans, the Irish fans, great scenes.

:59:14.:59:19.

Thank you all very much indeed. It has been an absolute pleasure being

:59:20.:59:23.

with you over these last few weeks. There it is. Portugal have won their

:59:24.:59:32.

first major tournament with a Eder from outside the box.

:59:33.:00:16.

Sturridge scores! # We could be heroes, just for one

:00:17.:00:53.

day... Gareth McAuley, for Northern Ireland! Cristiano Ronaldo!

:00:54.:01:10.

Gareth Bale, with another wicked delivery!

:01:11.:01:29.

England's embarrassment is Iceland's ecstasy.

:01:30.:01:54.

A great chance for Griezmann! A little bit of Marseille magic.

:01:55.:02:31.

Tonight is a time for heroes. Ronaldo. He gone, his game is done.

:02:32.:02:45.

A super strike! Here's the man that has won the European Championship.

:02:46.:02:50.

The kings of are Portugal. Thank you. Thanks very much.

:02:51.:02:56.

I've got to be at the top of my game, you know.

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Stay focused, keep my feet on the ground, just keep grafting.

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