Portugal claims Euro title without injured Ronaldo, Portugal's players awash about Cristiano Ronaldo as he sat on the turf, but their bawling captain couldn't bear the affliction of his abrasion any longer.
The Portuguese had to win their aboriginal above bays the harder way on Sunday, beauteous France 1-0 afterwards added time in the European Championship final - accepting played afterwards Ronaldo from the 25th minute.
Two hours afterwards getting agitated off on a stretcher, the three-time apple amateur of the year alternate a best for the aboriginal time with his country.
"I had bad luck because I had a baby abrasion in the alpha of the game, but my colleagues did their allotment -- they run, they fight," said Ronaldo, who has already won every above club honor. "Nobody believed in Portugal but we won".
An absurd scorer anchored the pre-tournament outsiders a appellation at last.
It could be an afflictive few months advanced for Eder, the abrupt striker who will acknowledgment anon to French club Lille afterwards breaking French hearts with his 109th-minute goal.
"The animal duckling became beautiful," Portugal drillmaster Fernando Santos said.
A second-half substitute, Eder denticulate alone his fourth ambition in 29 appearances for Portugal with a low attempt from 25 meters (yards) accomplished goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
"Cristiano told me I would be scoring the acceptable goal," Eder said. "He gave me backbone and absolute energy."
In accomplishing so, Portugal denied the French a third final achievement on home clay to add to Euro '84 and the 1998 Apple Cup.
"Football can be actual cruel," said Lloris, France's captain. "The cardinal affect is a lot of sadness."
Twelve years afterwards accident to Greece on home clay in their endure actualization in the final, it was Portugal's about-face to blemish the host nation's party. And they accomplished it afterwards acceptable alone one of their seven amateur at Euro 2016 central 90 minutes, and afterwards accident the adorning Ronaldo amid through the aboriginal half.
"It was boxy because we absent our capital man and we had all our hopes affianced on him because he's a amateur who can account a ambition at any minute," Portugal apostle Pepe said. "When he said he couldn't go on, I approved to acquaint my teammates that we accept to win it for him. That we were traveling to action for him."
It was a mostly addled and banausic final but the almanac books will alone appearance that Portugal went from third-place in its accumulation to champion, and with little advice from Ronaldo in its endure match.
The championship's aboriginal 24-team clash became a absoluteness over the endure month, but the superior of football deteriorated. Such a antiseptic showpiece -- the aboriginal European Championship final to be scoreless afterwards 90 account -- seemed a applicable climax.
"We weren't analytic enough," said France drillmaster Didier Deschamps, who aerial the Apple Cup in the amphitheater as a amateur in 1998. "We weren't aloof enough."
Even France advanced Antoine Griezmann, the tournament's arch scorer, couldn't acceleration to the big occasion. There was no seventh ambition of Euro 2016 from the Atletico Madrid forward, who aswell absent out in the Champions League final six weeks ago to Ronaldo's Real Madrid.
Griezmann was the aboriginal amateur to acquisition the target, but his attack was angled over by Rui Patricio, who was appalling in the Portugal goal. If an agreeable cantankerous from Kingsley Coman was delivered in the 66th, Griezmann absent with a chargeless header.
Only already was Patricio beaten, if Andre-Pierre Gignac's attempt hit the central of the column but it came aback out.
Luck was on Portugal's side, and Eder was able to bang the absolute blow.
It didn't assume to be traveling Portugal's way in the ninth minute if Dimitri Payet's appropriate knee clattered into Ronaldo's continuing larboard leg.
Ronaldo went down in affliction -- writhing, grimacing and screaming. He was able to return, but this was one abrasion he could not run off.
Ronaldo fell to the accommodation afresh in the 17th. One of the moths infesting the civic amphitheater fluttered over Ronaldo's bawling appropriate eye. Teammates approved to advice in arrogant to help, with Nani disposed to the knee.
Ronaldo watched the bold forlornly on the touchline as beefcake was absorbed afore boring himself aback assimilate the field.
But Ronaldo's advancement was restricted. Battling through the pain, consistently extensive down to analysis on the injury, Ronaldo accomplished there would be no phenomenon recovery.
The alarm hit 23 account and Ronaldo ripped off his captain's armband and tossed it on the turf. Slumping to the arena again, Ronaldo was consoled by Nani, who accepted his above Manchester United assistant as the armband was transferred.
The stretcher came on and in the 25th minute Ronaldo became a spectator. But acknowledgment to Patricio's arrangement of saves and adamant defending, Ronaldo larboard a champion.
Unlike his abundant battling Lionel Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona forward, the 31-year-old Ronaldo has now abounding the badge abandoned on the above all-embracing stage. It's a accelerated turnaround for a civic aggregation that exited the 2014 Apple Cup in the accumulation stage.
"It's something astonishing in my career," Ronaldo said. "Something I deserve."
The Portuguese had to win their aboriginal above bays the harder way on Sunday, beauteous France 1-0 afterwards added time in the European Championship final - accepting played afterwards Ronaldo from the 25th minute.
Two hours afterwards getting agitated off on a stretcher, the three-time apple amateur of the year alternate a best for the aboriginal time with his country.
"I had bad luck because I had a baby abrasion in the alpha of the game, but my colleagues did their allotment -- they run, they fight," said Ronaldo, who has already won every above club honor. "Nobody believed in Portugal but we won".
An absurd scorer anchored the pre-tournament outsiders a appellation at last.
It could be an afflictive few months advanced for Eder, the abrupt striker who will acknowledgment anon to French club Lille afterwards breaking French hearts with his 109th-minute goal.
"The animal duckling became beautiful," Portugal drillmaster Fernando Santos said.
A second-half substitute, Eder denticulate alone his fourth ambition in 29 appearances for Portugal with a low attempt from 25 meters (yards) accomplished goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.
"Cristiano told me I would be scoring the acceptable goal," Eder said. "He gave me backbone and absolute energy."
In accomplishing so, Portugal denied the French a third final achievement on home clay to add to Euro '84 and the 1998 Apple Cup.
"Football can be actual cruel," said Lloris, France's captain. "The cardinal affect is a lot of sadness."
Twelve years afterwards accident to Greece on home clay in their endure actualization in the final, it was Portugal's about-face to blemish the host nation's party. And they accomplished it afterwards acceptable alone one of their seven amateur at Euro 2016 central 90 minutes, and afterwards accident the adorning Ronaldo amid through the aboriginal half.
"It was boxy because we absent our capital man and we had all our hopes affianced on him because he's a amateur who can account a ambition at any minute," Portugal apostle Pepe said. "When he said he couldn't go on, I approved to acquaint my teammates that we accept to win it for him. That we were traveling to action for him."
It was a mostly addled and banausic final but the almanac books will alone appearance that Portugal went from third-place in its accumulation to champion, and with little advice from Ronaldo in its endure match.
The championship's aboriginal 24-team clash became a absoluteness over the endure month, but the superior of football deteriorated. Such a antiseptic showpiece -- the aboriginal European Championship final to be scoreless afterwards 90 account -- seemed a applicable climax.
"We weren't analytic enough," said France drillmaster Didier Deschamps, who aerial the Apple Cup in the amphitheater as a amateur in 1998. "We weren't aloof enough."
Even France advanced Antoine Griezmann, the tournament's arch scorer, couldn't acceleration to the big occasion. There was no seventh ambition of Euro 2016 from the Atletico Madrid forward, who aswell absent out in the Champions League final six weeks ago to Ronaldo's Real Madrid.
Griezmann was the aboriginal amateur to acquisition the target, but his attack was angled over by Rui Patricio, who was appalling in the Portugal goal. If an agreeable cantankerous from Kingsley Coman was delivered in the 66th, Griezmann absent with a chargeless header.
Only already was Patricio beaten, if Andre-Pierre Gignac's attempt hit the central of the column but it came aback out.
Luck was on Portugal's side, and Eder was able to bang the absolute blow.
It didn't assume to be traveling Portugal's way in the ninth minute if Dimitri Payet's appropriate knee clattered into Ronaldo's continuing larboard leg.
Ronaldo went down in affliction -- writhing, grimacing and screaming. He was able to return, but this was one abrasion he could not run off.
Ronaldo fell to the accommodation afresh in the 17th. One of the moths infesting the civic amphitheater fluttered over Ronaldo's bawling appropriate eye. Teammates approved to advice in arrogant to help, with Nani disposed to the knee.
Ronaldo watched the bold forlornly on the touchline as beefcake was absorbed afore boring himself aback assimilate the field.
But Ronaldo's advancement was restricted. Battling through the pain, consistently extensive down to analysis on the injury, Ronaldo accomplished there would be no phenomenon recovery.
The alarm hit 23 account and Ronaldo ripped off his captain's armband and tossed it on the turf. Slumping to the arena again, Ronaldo was consoled by Nani, who accepted his above Manchester United assistant as the armband was transferred.
The stretcher came on and in the 25th minute Ronaldo became a spectator. But acknowledgment to Patricio's arrangement of saves and adamant defending, Ronaldo larboard a champion.
Unlike his abundant battling Lionel Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona forward, the 31-year-old Ronaldo has now abounding the badge abandoned on the above all-embracing stage. It's a accelerated turnaround for a civic aggregation that exited the 2014 Apple Cup in the accumulation stage.
"It's something astonishing in my career," Ronaldo said. "Something I deserve."
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