Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo (C) is carried on a stretcher off the pitch by team medics after an injury following a clash with France’s forward Dimitri Payet (not pictured) during the Euro 2016 final. They finished third in their group without winning a single game but managed to qualified for the knockout stage.
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Portugal have not beaten France since 1975 and are seen as outsiders for the game, despite the presence of three-times world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo in attack. Portugal are also still feeling the pain of having lost the 2004 Euro final at home to underdogs Greece.
France will be looking to continue their incredible record at major competitions on home soil when they take on Portugal in the European Championship final on Sunday.
“In football, the most hard things to fight against are pace and aerial ability. I do not think this is odd at all”, he added.
Henry, a 123-time France global, said Griezmann’s performances warranted the plaudits. The sole victim at the stadium was a chauffeur, who was born in Portugal.
“I feel great. I’m fully fit and can be chosen to play”, Pepe said at a news conference on Saturday at the Stade de France.
“They have resources in midfield and attack to put Portugal under pressure”, the 1986 Argentina World Cup victor wrote.
While the Germans played very high up, with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer at times standing near the halfway line, Portugal sits very deep and leaves far less gaps to expose.
“Let them carry on saying that Portugal won without deserving it”, he said. Midfielder William Carvalho is also set to make his return having served a one-match suspension.
You can watch Portugal vs. France live online through the streaming links provided at the end of this article.
“We have this opportunity to become European champions”.
“There is some uncertainty, it’s not science, and you may not win, but you have to do everything it takes to win and that is the state of mind we’re in”.
“We haven’t had a chance to work on tactics since the semi-final”.
Griezmann is a certainty to play, though his starting position is less clear. I’m a part of it, of course, because I’m the coach.
“The players are obviously competitors”. What matters now is the present and the future.
“He’s a really great player with athletic quality, particularly in the air”. Like Messi, he has never won a global or continental tournament with his country. A man to make them forget about strikes, unrest and the horrors of terrorism.
“They are very experienced and Didier Deschamps is a very experienced manager”. Their defensive triangle is solid. So, they have all the aces {presumably] and some might be thinking that just showing up at the Stade de France guarantees a victory.
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