Portugal look to spoil French party in Euro 2016 final

And with six strikes so far he has doubled the tally of anyone else in the tournament, including Cristiano Ronaldo. “But the France players are playing at home and they’re very experienced”, Santos told reporters on Saturday.

“There is a title at the end of it”. I think I was with you. But you also need to stay true to what you are used to doing. Ronaldo and Griezmann will be so important for their respective teams in this game.

“For the players its time to rest ahead of the game for the journalists the talk continues”.

It came down to the hosts France and the underdogs Portugal this time as Bettingexpert picks the French to win it all. If Paul Pogba gets space and can charge at goal, Portugal doesn’t have enough at the back to stop him. The Chinese Super League once again looks likely to be a major player in the window, with Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse joining Shandong Luneng on Saturday and Italy global Graziano Pelle also linked with a move. “We want to write our names in history”, the 33-year-old defender said. “In fact the FAW has been charged by UEFA on that but we put in a lot of mitigation around this because obviously it is about that future generation and that inclusivity”.

“There is pressure. We have that experience from 2004”.

“That gives us strength and is lovely to see”.

After their Euro 1984 and World Cup 1998 wins, French coach Dider Deschamps, who captained the World Cup winning side as well as the one which won Euro 2000, leads a side who are strong favorites to lift the trophy. “But it’s one thing to be favourites and another to win and I believe that Portugal will win”, he said. The side is tactically disciplined and all the players help one another. It’s usually a tight and tense, but not particularly tactical, contest between two sides playing cautiously, waiting for the opposition to make a mistake rather than prompting it through clever strategy. Indeed, they didn’t even deserve to get out of what was one of the weakest groups in the tournament.

Cinzia Rizzi: “And what are the concerns for La France?”

Why: France is much more talented and has played better overall. Seeing France, the host nation, here is entirely unsurprising.

Attacking talent: This match features the top four scorers at the tournament and five of the top six, with France star Antoine Griezmann leading the way.

Bruno Sousa:”We have seen a huge change in Portuguese team during the tournament. Feeling all of the French public behind us, feeling the joy shared between the players and the fans strengthens our bond”. Unless Cristiano Ronaldo, Renato Sanches and Nani can produce some individual magic, Les Bleus have too many weapons. “I’m sure Ronaldo wants to beat Griezmann collectively not individually”.

France is hoping the “feel good factor” of a successful Euro 2016 will fire up a tentative economic recovery, although the direct impact will be short lived. But in the last matches he has been incredible, he is scoring for fun, two in the semi against Germany.

The former Juventus midfielder has a reputation in France for being lucky and it was enhanced by Thursday’s win over Germany, who dominated the game for long periods. “But we managed to rise back up, climb up the hill again”.

Quarter final: Won 5-2 against Iceland.