France count on lucky seven to spoil Ronaldo show

Trailing in a match for the first time in the tournament, Germany could not recover their previous dominance after halftime.

England, a team that hasn’t made the semi-finals of a major tournament for 20 years, has a population of over 54 million, just for reference.

“Great players like that, they can win games; they don’t necessarily depend on the others”. No host nation has won a Euro trophy on its home soil since 1984 when France won the Euro 2016.

2 Both of France’s goals were down to individual errors, which is unusual for a German team. It was a very hard match and Germany had the most chances in the first half, controlling the ball and tempo with nearly 65% possession of the ball.

Ronaldo famously wears the white of Real Madrid, where he is the club’s talisman and record scorer with 364 goals. Robbie Brady converted for a second-minute lead, before Les Bleus restored order with Griezmann’s second-half double.

Not fully because the aim of any game is to score goals and the victor is he who scores more.

The France coach wore the skipper’s armband when the hosts lifted the 1998 World Cup and again when France claimed the European title two years later in Rotterdam.

Portugal turned to Santos, a title-winner with Porto who took Greece to Euro 2012 quarterfinals and the 2014 World Cup final 16.

I saw the replay three or four times and I couldn’t see how it was a penalty.

“He’s a very important player, as he has been for Atletico all season”.

“But I am proud of my team-mates. But they never give up, and that’s something I’m very fond of”.

According to Real Madrid and Germany midfielder Toni Kroos, Germany’s display in their defeat against France was their best Euro performance. Before the competition began, people seemed to forget how the significance of being the host nation could help the players perform to an even higher capability than critics and supporters alike give them credit for.

Paul Pogba, the influential midfielder who provided the cross which led to Antoine Griezmann’s second goal, said: “It’s great, it’s insane”.

“We’ve already [written history]”.

“But this is the work I do with my staff on a daily basis, every time we meet up with the team”. When you see the passion and the fervour in the stands around the ground…

“But putting together a great team takes a lot of time”.

Here, we break down some of the best betting offers and enhanced odds ahead of France v Portugal in the Euro 2016 final on Sunday night. “We have to keep our feet on the ground and prepare for this final”. “I hope that we’ll be smiling and that it will be tears of joy in the end”.

“We’ll talk about it on the flight home, but this has been a good tournament for us”. But that was the decision, and we can’t really complain, because we lost to a brilliant team.

Griezmann was electric from the outset in Marseille, with his movement, passing and eye for goal helping create a great chance when he danced into the area to force Manuel Neuer down low to save one-handed. Today we didn’t have the luck we needed; in 2010 and 2012 when we went out, the sides were better than us.

“We went through a crisis in French football”, Lloris acknowledged.

We want to win the final and give our country a lot of happiness. How could I ignore that Juve superstar story I just told you about and say Portugal are going to win?