Portugal won the European Football Championship. Portugal won the European Football Championship Euro prizes

And for the first time in history, she won the gold medals of the continental championship.

... The layouts before the game are no longer important. It is no longer interesting what happened in the first seven minutes of the match. Few people understood what was happening after the 25th minute of the game. The gap between this segment will go down in football history no matter what: whoever wins Euro 2016, whoever scores the winning goal of the French tournament. One thing will matter to everyone - Euro 2016.

Here is how it was. At the 7th minute of the game in the center of the field, without any need, he crashes into the knee of Cristiano Ronaldo. He falls, his face a grimace of pain. The football world refuses to believe in the worst - what is the final without Ronaldo?! Moreover, the Portuguese soon rises and returns to the field. But as they say - Ronaldo is not the same. Further actions are given to him with great difficulty - jerks, ball handling, feints. Soon Cristiano leaves the field again - playing is unbearably painful, but how to leave the match of your dreams? The whole world remembers his tears 12 years ago when he and the national team lost the home Euro 2004 to the Greeks. And here are the tears again. Now - tears of pain from helplessness. Maybe Payet did not want to injure, maybe he just went to the ball. But he played very hard and didn't even get a yellow card from English referee Mark Clattenburg.

In the 25th minute, something happened that everyone (except the French, presumably) was so afraid of - Ronaldo fell to the lawn and asked for a replacement. The pain got stronger. It is unlikely that Portugal in the history of sports experienced a greater shock than in the middle of the first half of a football match in Saint-Denis. Ronaldo was carried away on a stretcher.

Further events somehow passed through the prism of the absence of Ronaldo. Instead, he came out, but the teams finished the first half on the machine, as if digesting what had happened. In other words, no moments.

The second half was like a one-way street. The French team crushed the bloodless Portugal. There were few moments, but they were. I especially remember the episode in the 66th minute, when the top scorer of the Euro hit his head at close range from the goalkeeper's line, but slightly missed. It is already the turn of France to grab his head.

However, Portugal not only fought back, but sometimes thought about counterattacks. In the 80th minute, Nani almost scored - his cut-off shot flew behind Lloris, but the goalkeeper hit the ball at the last moment, and then Quaresma finished it off in the hands of the goalkeeper.

In the last minutes of regular time of the match, no one wanted to take risks, but in injury time he hit the post! This is the first final in the history of the Euro, which ended without goals. Previously, the latest goal was scored by the 59th minute. France and Portugal went down in history as the first goalless final in regular time European Championship history.

Extra time was more fun in terms of scoring chances. And what is surprising - nominal guests managed to create them. First, Rafael Guerreiro in the 108th minute loaded the crossbar from a free kick, and a minute later, the substitute managed to break through Lloris with a blow from behind the free kick! France is in shock, Cristiano Ronaldo with a bandaged knee is jumping for happiness in the technical area. He seems to lead the team more than head coach Fernando Santos! He even went into the possession of Didier Deschamps and from there prompted his partners!

It's unbelievable, but it looks like a football god exists! To win the European Championship for the first time in history, the Portuguese had to lose their best player in the history of the national team at the very beginning of the final match. Portugal held on and became the best team on the continent! And she did it on a visit, as she once lost her home Euro 2004 to the Greeks. Never lost in France!

Rejoice, Portugal! Rejoice, Cristiano Ronaldo!

Despite Ronaldo's injury, France were defeated in extra time thanks to a goal from Eder

Exactly one month France was in the center of football attention. The European Championship did not leave a single fan of this sport aside, and vice versa, it attracted only new ones. And it ended with a dramatic final, in which the hosts of the tournament, the French team, and the national team of Portugal, which eventually won its first significant trophy in history, met. And Cristiano Ronaldo managed to cry twice during the decisive match, and for different reasons.

As expected, the meeting began with a bulk performed by football players from France. Persecuted by their native stands, they densely settled on the opponent's goal, and in addition to the habitually active Antoine Griezmann, Moussa Sissoko was especially noticeable. But even their dangerous moments, which in the end did not end with goals, did not become the main events of the first half of the final.

At the 25th minute, Cristiano Ronaldo was on the lawn for the third time in a match. It is hardly necessary to explain how important he is to his national team, but after a collision with Dimitri Payet, he was unable to leave the field on his own. Doctors, stretchers - and Portugal is in an even more losing position than before the start of the match, and the star Portuguese for the first time in the match allowed himself to emotions and cried.

But our permanent expert, the former coach of the Russian national team, and now the head of the Association of Domestic Coaches, Mikhail Gershkovich, even then said that, perhaps, after the departure of KriRo, Portugal will only play better, because there will be no one to rely on.

So in the end it happened. Toward the end of the first half, the game became almost equal, and after the break, the Portuguese finally got used to it and even began to create chances themselves. True, like their opponents, it was not possible to realize all this, and things went smoothly to extra time. It might not have happened, but Gignac hit the post in the 93rd minute.

By that time, Fernando Santos had already made a fatal replacement. Eder entered the field, who, ironically, plays in the French championship, and in the 109th minute it was his blow that took Lloris by surprise - 1:0 and the army of thousands of French fans fell silent. Neither Griezmann, nor Pogba, nor the other stars of Didier Deschamps could fix the situation. And then Ronaldo burst into tears for the second time: from happiness. Finally, he won the trophy at the level of national teams.

Portugal is the champion of Europe-2016! And this title was submitted to them for the first time in history. By the way, the “European Brazilians” have become the first in some ways: no one has ever become a triumphant of the Old World championship without winning a single match in the group stage…

The Euro 2016 football championship has come to an end. The winner was the Portuguese team.

The meeting of the two finalists of the championship, Portugal and France, took place on July 10 at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis (a suburb of Paris). During the main time of the match, neither team was able to score a goal. The real blow for Portugal was the injury of one of the strongest players in the national team - Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo was injured during a collision with French football player Dimitri Payet in the 25th minute of the game, as a result of which he was forced to leave the field. The outcome of the match was decided by extra time, which the athletes of the Portuguese national team were able to use and score a goal. The decisive goal was scored in the 110th minute by striker Eder Macedo. With a score of 1:0, Portugal became the winner. The Portuguese national team for the first time in history became the winner of the European Football Championship.

The main match between the two strongest teams in Euro 2016 was truly exciting and spectacular. Football fans and fans unanimously agree that the match turned out to be incredibly dramatic, and pleased many with an unexpected denouement.

PORTUGAL - FRANCE 1:0. Goal by Eder Macedo. 07/10/2016 video

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The European Football Championship (until 1968 it was called the European Nations Cup) is the main tournament among the national teams of the old world, which has been held under the auspices of UEFA since 1960. Henri Delaunay founded the competition, and the USSR national team became the first European champion.

European Football Championship: The Way of the Winners

Like the World Cup, the European Championship is held every 4 years. During its history, the rules of the final part of the tournament have changed several times. To a greater extent, this concerned the number of participating teams. UEFA is trying to make the competition more interesting and popular, and at the last European Championship in 2016, the organization decided to increase the number of national teams to 24 teams.

To get into the final part of the tournament, the European teams qualify. The choice of the country in which the Cup will be held is determined by lot. In 2000, 2008 and 2012, the championship was hosted by two countries, but then there were only 16 participating teams.

The last European Championship was held in France, and in 2020 the tournament is planned to be held in 13 European countries, since in 2020 the championship will turn 60 years old.

All European football champions by year

1960 - USSR

1964 - Spain

1968 - Italy

1972 - Germany

1976 - Czechoslovakia

1980 - Germany

1984 - France

1988 - Netherlands

1992 - Denmark

1996 - Germany

2000 - France

2004 - Greece

2008 - Spain

2012 - Spain

2016 - Portugal

Germany and Spain won the most European titles (3 times each). In addition, the Red Fury managed to become the first team in history to win the tournament twice in a row (in 2008 and 2012).

The triumph of Portugal and the bitter defeat of France - the whole world is now discussing the outcome of the final match of Euro 2016. The fight for the championship title turned out to be stubborn and nervous, almost reaching a penalty shoot-out. The Portuguese scored already in the second extra half and for the first time became the owners of the coveted trophy.

The hosts of the tournament, who were preferred by most specialists, are confused and, it seems, still cannot believe that they missed their chance at the Stade de France.

Forty plus years! Since 1975, the Portuguese national team could not beat the French. It is difficult to convey what happened at night in Lisbon. It seems that everyone reconciled at first - the French were running out. But the Portuguese, the same Portuguese who were accused of a toothless game throughout the Championship - a single victory in regular time for the entire tournament, beat the hosts of the championship. A sleepless night in Lisbon has begun!

Let's be honest. Correspondents of Channel One, calling each other, have already planned: one will stand against the backdrop of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris with a victorious look, the other - with the look of a loser - in Lisbon. But it was not there!

Additional time. Ronaldo had already been carried off the field on a stretcher. 109 minutes of the final match. Paris! Se la vie! The script changed along the way. France expected to triumphantly paint in the tricolor, but unexpectedly immediately after the match blushed. On the Champs-Elysées, it's time to think whether you are in the center of Paris or in Lisbon. Almost a million citizens here speak French, but their blood flows hot - France has one of the largest Portuguese communities.

The bright red river of fans literally filled the city center. Carrying flags and blowing up firecrackers, the procession now and then ceased to be peaceful and festive. Bottles were thrown at the guards. Fans clashed with the police. In response - tear gas and water cannons.

The police had to go to extreme measures even before the match. The fans, who did not have enough space in the fan zones, smashed shop windows, set cars on fire.

The degree of this game was prohibitive. And around the field, and on it. The match began with drama for the Portuguese. A quarter of an hour after the start of the game, Ronaldo fell from a collision with Payet. Injured knee, and seriously. Despite severe pain, limping, he returns to the field with a tightly bandaged leg. But soon he sits down on the lawn - unable to even walk. Tears of despair and a moth on the cheek like an image: a fleeting moment made the dream of Portugal to become European champion more fragile than ever. They carry him out on a stretcher. French coach Deschamps tries to cheer up Ronaldo.

Portuguese fans froze. The Portuguese team survived. And this blow, and attacks on their own goal. The French missed chance after chance. Neither Griezmann nor Olivier Giroud managed to score. The most dangerous moment was created by Gignac, who beat Pepe. But the ball hit the post. In extra time, the referee showed a yellow card even more often. And when it seemed that a penalty shoot-out could not be avoided, Eder scored a goal. The hosts of the Euro did not have time to recoup.

Final whistle. The victory of Portugal on the screens of the fan zone and the heaviest silence here in front of the screen. France needed this victory. As a medicine, as a balm for the wounds for all the trials that have befallen the nation in recent times. They believed here: the victorious end of the football holiday is the start of a new life.

But Lisbon celebrated the victory! The Portuguese national team, which was scolded for the inertia of Ronaldo throughout the tournament. For the fact that she played on defense, she endured the attacks of the French.

Today, in the Lisbon fan zone, Portuguese fans, perhaps for the first time, are not divided into those who support the local Sporting and the local Benfica. All of them cheered for the national team, which is called here only as “Selesau das Kunyash” - “the team of the chosen ones”. Moreover, there were a lot of questions for this team in the last month - from oddities in tactics to the colors of the form in which the Portuguese entered the field. Many viewers wondered why the Portuguese national team periodically plays in an unconventional form. Light green T-shirts. So, this is the color of a taxi in the capital of Portugal - Lisbon.

Fans, however, still consider this version of the form not entirely correct. Yes, and the players. Not for nothing that in the final with the French, the color of the T-shirts of the Portuguese was still traditional.

Thanks to this victory, the Portuguese national team will play in the 2017 Confederations Cup, which will be held in Russia. In addition, in the landmark and not quite ordinary next European Championship, the Portuguese will be able to play without qualifying matches, right in the final part. The next tournament is planned to be held for the first time not in one country, but in thirteen at once in honor of the sixtieth anniversary of this European championship. Thirteen countries at the same time, including Russia - the quarterfinals will be held in St. Petersburg, will host the next European Championship. This has never happened before in history!