Portugal’s Quaresma says Ronaldo is the only footballer I admire

As God is just, she wrote, justice in the end was done, the dream was fulfilled and Portugal are now champions. “Let’s go Portugal we are the Champions!”

And hey, given the magnitude of the victory – Ronaldo said Portugal deserved this “after many years of sacrifice” and dedicated it to ” all Portuguese” and “all immigrants” – good for him.

A total of 51 cameras will capture the action around the European Championship final.

The game was boring and stodgy at times but the record books will only show that Portugal went from third-place in its group to champion, with little help from Cristiano Ronaldo in its last match.

Water in the Portuguese colours of green and red was sacked over the plane as it landed in Lisbon following Sunday evening’s 1-0 extra-time win over hosts France at Saint-Denis. He got two chances in the final, but he did not take them. “It’s hard also for the fans who wanted that trophy so much”. “There are no words to describe this feeling”.

Tens of thousands of people welcomed back the Portugal football team in Lisbon on Monday after the team won the European Championship, its first major trophy. Victory was above all sweet for Ronaldo, despite his early exit.

A major global tournament victory was one of the only trinkets missing from the trophy cabinet of Ronaldo, the 31-year-old Real Madrid superstar who is also a team-mate of Pepe’s at club level.

His efforts also extended his record of conceding only one goal in seven-and-a-half-hours of play after Portugal limped through the group stage with three draws in third place behind Hungary and Iceland. Eder, who joined Lille from Swansea City earlier this year, saw a header pushed out by France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, while Raphael Guerreiro hit the bar from a free-kick.