Portugal: 47% 9 (tot) 5 (off) 3 (on) 1 (woodwork) 5 (corners) France: 53% 18 (tot) 7 (off) 7 (on) 1 (woodwork) 3 (corners) France was so much better!!! Portugal never atacked!!! foh
nobody's saying you have to like, just that it's a bitch move for these guys to cry about it like they found some loophole
Oh not saying that at all. He's exaggerating it. Walking out of the tunnel =minor limp. Noticing a cameraman on him as he reaches the field= more noticeable limp
Forty minutes after the end of the game, and McManaman is still keening like somebody punched him in his cunt
I mean. Portugal lose arguably the best player in Europe early in the game and the game is in your home country. What an opportunity. France have zero excuses and these weirdos should be talking about how disappointing of a performance that was, if anything.
Cristiano Ronaldo's 'unbelievable' half-time speech inspired Portugal - Soares http://www.espnfc.com/european-cham...believable-speech-to-in-shock-portugal-soares Cristiano Ronaldo gave the Portuguese squad what has been described as an "unbelievable" half-time speech, telling his teammates he was "sure" they would beat France in their 1-0 Euro 2016 final victory despite having to go off injured after 25 minutes, Cedric Soares has revealed. The full-back also said that Portugal were "in shock" when their star captain had to be substituted but that, far from being dejected, a "fantastic" Ronaldo helped motivate the players. "It was a very tough moment," Soares said. "I remember, for me and the team, everybody was a little bit in shock I think. "In half-time, Cristiano had fantastic words for us. He gave us a lot of confidence and said 'listen people, I'm sure we will win, so stay together and fight for it.' "It was really unbelievable. I think all the team had a fantastic attitude. And we showed tonight when you fight as one you are much much stronger." Asked whether Ronaldo was downbeat after having to go off, Soares said: "No, he was fantastic. His attitude was unbelievable. Always he helped a lot our teammates, he always had a lot of motivational words and all the team of course reacted to them, so it was very good." Ronaldo spent much of the second half and extra-time acting as an effective assistant manager, giving instructions from the bench, and Soares praised this as beneficial to the players. "Yes, he had fantastic words for each player in each moment of the game ... I'm really really happy to be part of this group and be champion." Portugal won the game thanks to Eder's 109th-minute long-range strike. After the game, as Soares spoke to ESPN FC, Ronaldo led a conga line through the mixed zone, although he interrupted his singing to hug any players who were talking to the media.
I was in that square they showed in Lisbon during their last big national team tournament when the US eliminated their asses they were mean to me though :(
I thought this was spot on: http://www.espnfc.us/blog/the-match...ony-down-to-didier-deschamps-tactical-naivety
Team of the Tournament as picked by UEFA: GK: Rui Patricio (POR) DEF: Joshua Kimmich (GER), Jerome Boateng (GER), Pepe (POR), Raphael Guerrero (POR) MID: Toni Kroos (GER), Joe Allen (WAL), Aaron Ramsey (WAL), Dimitri Payet (FRA) ATT: Antoine Griezmann (FRA), Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) Player of the Tournament : Antoine Griezmann (FRA)
Some points are valid but it was nowhere near as bad as Wilmots. Wasn't like Pogba was all that great when Kante was playing and Martial has been shit for France. Putting all the blame on Deschamps is ridiculous.
A month earlier would have done them some good. Hopefully the new coach appreciates the magisterial qualities of Mousa Dembele.
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