UEFA chief refereeing officer Pierluigi Collina does not believe there was any malice in the tackle from France midfielder Dimitri Payet that prematurely ended Cristiano Ronaldo’s Euro 2016 final. Real Madrid superstar Ronaldo limped off during the first half of Portugal’s eventual 1-0 extra-time triumph with a knee problem, failing to overcome the effects of
Hungary midfielder Zoltan Gera has won the Euro 2016 Goal of the Tournament award, edging out Cristiano Ronaldo. The accolade, which is decided by supporters, saw the 37-year-old top the poll with 32% of the votes cast for his strike against Ronaldo’s Portugal in the dramatic 3-3 Group F draw on June 22. Gera’s effort,
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of four Portugal players to have been named in the official Euro 2016 team of the tournament, but Real Madrid team-mate Gareth Bale has missed out. Portugal captain Ronaldo scored three goals and supplied three assists to help Fernando Santos’ side claim their country’s first major international trophy. The Madrid star
France forward Antoine Griezmann has won the award for Euro 2016 Player of the Tournament. UEFA has announced that the 25-year-old has been voted as the winner by their team of 13 technical observers including Alex Ferguson and David Moyes. Griezmann, who signed a new long-term deal at Atletico Madrid last month, was also named
Portugal star and captain Cristiano Ronaldo praised his team for a deserved Euro 2016 success, saying they had proved their critics wrong. Eder scored a 109th-minute winner as Fernando Santos’ men claimed a 1-0 victory over France in the final in Paris on Sunday. Ronaldo came off due to a knee injury in the first
Man-of-the-match Pepe told his Portugal team-mates to win Euro 2016 for injured captain Cristiano Ronaldo and they delivered. It was an historic result as Portugal claimed their first major title via a 1-0 win over hosts France after extra time in Paris on Sunday. Eder came off the bench and scored the 109th-minute winner, but
France star Antoine Griezmann lamented a lack of luck after his team’s loss to Portugal in the Euro 2016 final. A fine Eder strike in the second half of extra time lifted Portugal to an unlikely 1-0 victory in Sunday’s decider in Paris. Griezmann, who starred at the tournament with six goals to win the
Portugal’s Euro 2016 final hero Éder says Cristiano Ronaldo told him he would score the winning goal at the Stade de France. The Lille striker, a 79th-minute substitute in Paris, fired home from 25 yards in extra time to give Fernando Santos’ side a 1-0 victory over the host nation. Captain Ronaldo had been forced
Final match between Portugal and France saw the host nation embark on a final step of their mission to pick up their third major honour on home soil but fail against Portugal who were bidding for their first ever major trophy. Two moments, however, took centre stage in this relatively uneventful match for the first
Thierry Henry has warned France that Portugal could make the Euro 2016 final ugly at Stade de France. The former Arsenal and Barcelona attacker, who won World Cup 1998 and Euro 2000 in a 123-cap Les Bleus career, also acknowledged that Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo is almost impossible to subdue for a full match. However,